§ 99-Z — Municipal officers or employees prohibited from displaying political advertisements on public property

New York § 99-Z

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law GMU: General Municipal
• Art. 5: Powers, Limitations and Liabilities

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§ 99-z. Municipal officers or employees prohibited from displaying\npolitical advertisements on public property. 1. For purposes of this\nsection, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Municipal officer or employee" shall have the same meaning as\ndefined pursuant to section eight hundred of this chapter, except that\nit shall also include members of any volunteer fire department which is\npart of such municipality.\n (b) "Political advertisement" shall mean any poster, sign, flag,\nbanner, picture, sticker, patch, bumper sticker, article of clothing,\naccessory or any other item meant to advertise or promote a certain\nindividual for political office.\n 2. A municipal officer or employee, whether paid or unpaid, shall be\nprohibited from displaying or causing to be displayed any political\nadvertisement on or within any public building occupied in the discharge\nof official duties by an individual employed or holding office in the\ngovernment of such municipality, or on any public flag pole, monument,\nsign or any other permanent structure that such municipal officer or\nemployee interacts with as part of their official capacity, or on any\nuniform, accessory or other gear worn or used by a municipal officer or\nemployee as part of their official capacity, as well as on or within any\nmunicipally owned vehicle, vehicle owned by a volunteer fire company, or\nany equipment owned by a municipality or fire department.\n 3. This section shall not apply when such a political advertisement\nappears in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an\neducational or historical purpose, or in instances where the certain\nindividual who is the subject of such political advertisement is\ndeceased.\n