Powers and Rights of the Corporation; Emblems and Insignia

NYC Admin. Code tit. 2, ch. 1

in effect

NYC Admin. Code § 2-101 Name; powers and rights of the corporation; seal.

§ 2-101 Name; powers and rights of the corporation; seal. The city shall be a body politic and corporate in fact and in law with power to contract and to be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to have a common seal and to have perpetual succession.

NYC Admin. Code § 2-102 City seal.

§ 2-102 City seal. a. Description. The following is hereby adopted as the device of the corporate seal of the city of New York, to-wit: 1. Arms: Upon a shield, saltire wise, the sails of a windmill. Between the sails, in chief a beaver, in base a beaver, and on each flank a flour barrel. 2. Supporters: Dexter, a sailor, his right arm bent, and holding in his right hand a plummet; his left arm bent, his left hand resting on the top of the shield; above his right shoulder a cross-staff. Sinister, an Indian of Manhattan, his right arm bent, his right hand resting on top of the shield, his left hand holding the upper end of a bow, and lower end of which rests on the ground. Shield and supporters resting upon a horizontal laurel branch. 3. Date: Beneath the horizontal laurel branch the date 1625 being the year of the establishment of New Amsterdam. 4. Crest: Upon a hemisphere, an American eagle with wings displayed. 5. Legend: Upon a ribbon encircling the lower half of the design the words "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci". 6. The whole encircled by a laurel wreath. b. Design. The following design is hereby adopted as the official and standard design of such corporate seal: c. Execution of. The city clerk shall cause the design of such seal to be engraved upon metal as the seal of the city and he shall affix the same, as necessary; and he shall also provide in the same manner for all other officers of the city who are required or authorized to have or use the corporate seal of the city. d. Use of. Such seal shall be used for all requisite purposes. All representations thereof, 1. Impressed or printed on documents, publications or stationery, issued or used by or in the name of or under the authority of the city, its agencies or of any borough or department thereof,

2. Carved or otherwise represented on buildings or structures owned by the city, or 3. Otherwise officially portrayed, shall be in exact conformity with the aforesaid standard design without alteration or addition. However, the legend "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci" may be omitted when the design is used on the city flag or for architectural or ornamental purposes. Defaced and cancelled seals shall remain in the custody of the city clerk. Any representation of the city seal used on any vehicle other than one owned or used by the city, shall subject the owner of such vehicle to a fine of twenty-five dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten days.

NYC Admin. Code § 2-103 Official city flag.

§ 2-103 Official city flag. a. The following design is hereby adopted as the design of the official flag of the city: 1. A flag combining the colors orange, white and blue arranged in perpendicular bars of equal dimensions (the blue being nearest to the flagstaff) with the standard design of the seal of the city in blue upon the middle, or white bar, omitting the legend "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci," which colors shall be the same as those of the flag of the United Netherlands in use in the year sixteen hundred twenty-five. b. The old guard of the city of New York is authorized to carry and display the official city flag at all its various functions, reviews, parades and receptions. c. The American flag shall be displayed on all city-owned or other buildings occupied by any city department or institution of whatever character on all days of the year, excepting Sundays.

NYC Admin. Code § 2-104 Official flag; borough of the Bronx.

§ 2-104 Official flag; borough of the Bronx. a. The following design is hereby adopted as the design of the official flag of the borough of the Bronx. 1. The colors orange, white, and blue as appears on the official city flag, arranged in horizontal bars of equal dimension, the orange being above the white and the blue below, with the following design in the center, encircled within a laurel wreath greater in diameter than the width of the white stripe: Crest: Upon a hemisphere, an American eagle with wings displayed. Shield: The sun with shining rays, rising from the sea. Legend: Upon a ribbon beneath the words "Ne Cede Malis". b. This flag may be displayed at reviews, parades, receptions and other civic functions.

NYC Admin. Code § 2-105 Official flag; borough of Brooklyn.

§ 2-105 Official flag; borough of Brooklyn. a. The following description is hereby adopted as the description of the official flag of the borough of Brooklyn. A white background in the center of which is the design of the seal. Within the seal appears a figure of the goddess of justice in gold holding Roman fasces in her left hand set on a background of light blue. Encircling her figure on a background of dark blue appear the words "Een Draght Mackt Maght" the old Dutch motto for "In unity there is strength" and below the words "borough of Brooklyn." The outside and inside trim of the seal is gold. b. This flag may be displayed at reviews, parades, receptions and other civic functions.

NYC Admin. Code § 2-106 Daylight saving time; effect thereof on public proceedings.

§ 2-106 Daylight saving time; effect thereof on public proceedings. The standard time throughout the city of New York is that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, except that at two o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in April of each year such standard time throughout the city shall be advanced one hour, and at two o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in October of each year, such standard time shall, by the retarding of one hour, be returned to the mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, and all courts, public offices and legal and official proceedings shall be regulated thereby.

NYC Admin. Code § 2-107 Official flag; borough of Staten Island.

§ 2-107 Official flag; borough of Staten Island. a. The following description is hereby adopted as the description of the official flag of the borough of Staten Island. A beige background in the center of which is a circular seal that is blue, green, white, and cream-colored. Within the seal appears an image of a figure of a woman, holding a sword that points downward in her left hand and a shield bearing an image of 2 turtle doves in her right hand, and observing a body of water, within which there is a large ship and a small boat carrying 3 figures of humans. Such image is set against a sky with clouds, stars, and a crescent moon. Encircling the image on a green background are the words “Staten Island” above the image, the words “City of New York” below the image, and the years “1609” and “1898” on either side of the image. b. This flag may be displayed at reviews, parades, receptions, and other civic functions. (L.L. 2026/136, 9/12/2026, eff. 9/12/2026)

Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-62Fetched: 10/24/2026