Senate Bill S3936

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Limits the naming of municipalities and subdivisions thereof

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S3936 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A143
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §73-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3188, A4658
2023-2024: S3345, A205

2025-S3936 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S3936 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3936
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             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:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 73-a to read as follows:
   §  73-A.  NAMING  OF  MUNICIPALITIES; LIMITATIONS. NO MUNICIPAL CORPO-
 RATION, OR ANY SUBDIVISION THEREOF, SHALL HAVE  A  NAME  CONTAINING  THE
 WORD SWASTIKA AND ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OR ANY SUBDIVISION THEREOF,
 WHICH  HAS A NAME CONTAINING THE WORD SWASTIKA IN IT SHALL, BY AN ACT OF
 ITS GOVERNING BODY, CHANGE SUCH NAME AS TO REMOVE THE WORD SWASTIKA.
   § 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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