New York S 3936: Limits the naming of municipalities and subdivisions thereof

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S03936 Summary:

BILL NOS03936 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00143

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §73-a, Gen Muni L

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Prohibits the name of municipalities and subdivisions thereof to include the word swastika.

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BILL NOS03936 

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3936

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to limiting the
 naming of municipalities and subdivisions thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 73-a to read as follows:
 3 § 73-a. Naming of municipalities; limitations. No municipal corpo-
 4 ration, or any subdivision thereof, shall have a name containing the
 5 word swastika and any municipal corporation, or any subdivision thereof,
 6 which has a name containing the word swastika in it shall, by an act of
 7 its governing body, change such name as to remove the word swastika.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00552-01-5

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