NY Gov. Kathy Hochul bans the Confederate flag, other hate symbols on public property
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul bans hate symbols including the Confederate flag, expanding legislation passed last year by her predecessor Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The bill expands on a law passed by Hochul's predecessor, disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, that prohibits the sale or display of hate symbols on state-owned property and at state-sponsored events. The new legislation adds towns, cities, villages, fire districts, volunteer fire companies and police departments to the list of institutions subject to the law.
The banned symbols include any that relate to "white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideology, or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy," the legislation states.
In August 2020, a truck from the volunteer Brookhaven Fire Department in Suffolk County displayed the flag during a parade, eliciting widespread condemnation and the resignation of two firefighters, Newsday reported.
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