§ 147 — Municipal officers or employees prohibited from displaying political advertisements on public property

New York § 147

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBB: Public Buildings
• Art. 5: Public Buildings Generally

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§ 147. 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 the general municipal law,\nexcept that it shall also include members of any volunteer fire\ndepartment which is part 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 the municipality by which such officer or employee is\nemployed or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or on any public flag\npole, monument, sign or any other permanent structure, as well as any\nother location specified pursuant to section ninety-nine-z of the\ngeneral municipal law that such municipal officer or employee interacts\nwith as part of their official capacity.\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