There is a newer version of the New York Consolidated Laws
2006 New York Code - Displaying A Pow/mia Flag Over Public Property.
§ 18-132 Displaying a POW/MIA flag over public property. 1. Until such time as all members of the United States Armed Forces listed either as missing in action or prisoners of war are accounted for by the United States government, the commissioner shall assure, subject to subdivisions 2 and 3 of this section, that the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) flag is flown over all public property under the jurisdiction of the commissioner whenever the American flag is flown over such property. 2. Within sixty days following the effective date of the local law that added this section, the POW/MIA flag shall be flown in twenty-five percent of all parks under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, including all parks under the jurisdiction of the commissioner that bear the name of a veteran of the United States Armed Forces or that include the word "Memorial" in the park name, whenever the American flag is flown over such property. 3. Within three years following the effective date of the local law that added this section, the POW/MIA flag shall be flown over all public property under the jurisdiction of the commissioner whenever the American flag is flown over such property. 4. The commissioner shall submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the City Council an annual report indicating all public property under the jurisdiction of the commissioner over which the POW/MIA flag is flown. Such reporting requirement shall terminate upon full compliance with the requirements set forth in subdivision 3 of this section, at which time the commissioner shall submit a final report to the Mayor and to the Speaker of the City Council indicating all public property under the jurisdiction of the commissioner over which the POW/MIA flag is flown.
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