2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 19 - (400 - 403-B) DISPLAY AND USE OF THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN PARKS AND ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS
403 - Rules; manner of display.

§ 403. Rules; manner of display. The following rules and customs shall
  be deemed the proper manner to display the flag:
    1.  The  flag  shall  be  displayed  only  from  sunrise  to sunset on
  buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open.  However,  the  flag
  may  be  displayed at night upon special occasions when it is desired to
  produce a patriotic effect.
    2. The flag shall be displayed daily, weather permitting, on  or  near
  the  main  administration building of every public institution, whenever
  such institution  is  open  to  the  public.  The  flag  shall  also  be
  displayed,  weather  permitting, on the following days in each year: the
  first day of January, known as New  Year's  day;  the  third  Monday  of
  January,  known  as  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of
  February, known as Lincoln's birthday; the  third  Monday  in  February,
  known  as  Washington's  birthday;  the  last  Monday  in  May, known as
  Memorial day; the second Sunday of June, known as Flag day;  the  fourth
  day  of  July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September,
  known as Labor day; the third Friday in  September,  known  as  National
  POW/MIA  Recognition day, except if such date of commemoration cannot be
  observed due to a religious holiday,  such  observances  shall  then  be
  conducted  on  the second Friday in September; September eleventh, known
  as September 11th Remembrance Day; the second Monday in  October,  known
  as  Columbus  day;  the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans day;
  the fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving day; the  seventh
  day  of December, known as Pearl Harbor day; and the twenty-fifth day of
  December, known as Christmas day, and if any of such  days  except  Flag
  day  is  Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, and
  each day appointed by the President of  the  United  States  or  by  the
  Governor  of  this  state  as  a  day  of  general  thanksgiving  or for
  displaying the flag.
    3. The flag shall not  be  displayed  on  days  when  the  weather  is
  inclement.
    4.  The  flag  shall  be  displayed  in or near every polling place on
  election days.
    5. The flag shall be displayed daily during school days in, on or near
  every schoolhouse.
    6. The flag shall be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
    7. No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other
  national or international  flag  equal,  above,  or  in  a  position  of
  superior  prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United
  States provided, that nothing in this section shall  make  unlawful  the
  continuance  of  the practice heretofore followed of displaying the flag
  of the United Nations in a position of superior prominence or honor, and
  other national flags in positions of equal  prominence  or  honor,  with
  that  of the flag of the United States at the headquarters of the United
  Nations.
    8. When a number of flags of  states  or  localities  or  pennants  of
  societies  are grouped and displayed from staffs, the flag of the United
  States of America shall be at the center and at the highest point of the
  group.
    9. When flags  of  states,  cities,  or  localities,  or  pennants  of
  societies  are  flown  on  the  same halyard with the flag of the United
  States, the latter shall always be at the peak. When the flags are flown
  from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United  States  shall  be  hoisted
  first  and  lowered  last. No such flag or pennant shall be placed above
  the flag of the United States or to the right of the flag of the  United
  States.
    10.  When  the  flag  of  the  United States is displayed from a staff
  projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or

front of a building, the union of the flag shall be placed at  the  peak
  of  the  staff  unless  the  flag  is  at  half-staff.  When the flag is
  suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a house to  a  pole
  at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag shall be hoisted out, union first,
  from the building.
    11.  When  the  flag is displayed otherwise than by being flown from a
  staff, it shall be  displayed  flat,  whether  indoors  or  out,  or  so
  suspended that its folds fall as free as though the flag were staffed.
    12. When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it shall
  be  suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west
  street or to the east in a north and south street.
    13. The flag, when flown at half-staff, shall be first hoisted to  the
  peak  for  an  instant  and then lowered to the half-staff position. The
  flag shall be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.
  By "half-staff" is meant lowering the  flag  to  one-half  the  distance
  between  the  top  and bottom of the staff. Crepe streamers shall not be
  affixed to spear heads or flagstaffs except by order of the President of
  the United States or the Governor of this state.
    14. No disrespect shall be shown to the flag of the United  States  of
  America, nor shall the flag be dipped to any person or thing.
    15.  The  flag  shall not be displayed with the union down except as a
  signal of dire and immediate distress.
    16. The flag shall always be carried  aloft  and  free,  not  flat  or
  horizontally.
    17. The flag shall not be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such
  a  manner as will permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any
  way.
    18. No one shall place upon the flag, or on any part of it, or  attach
  to  it  any  mark,  insignia,  letter, word, figure, design, picture, or
  drawing of any nature.
    19. The flag, when it is in such condition that  it  is  no  longer  a
  fitting  emblem  for  display  shall  be destroyed in a dignified way by
  burning.
    20. The flag shall not be used as a ceiling covering or drapery of any
  sort whatsoever, nor festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds.  The  flag
  shall  always  be  allowed  to fall free without touching any surface or
  object beneath or below it.
    21. The flag shall be flown at full staff at all times except it shall
  be flown at half-staff on the eleventh of September, known as  September
  11th Remembrance Day, the seventh day of December, known as Pearl Harbor
  Day,  and  to  commemorate the death of a personage of national or state
  standing or of a local serviceman, official or public  servant  who,  in
  the opinion of the local agency concerned, contributed to the community.
  It  may  also  be flown at half-staff during special periods of mourning
  designated by the President of the United States or the Governor of this
  state.