N.Y. General City Law Section 5
Certain parades and processions forbidden

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All processions or parades occupying or marching on any street of any city to the exclusion or interruption of other citizens in their individual right and use thereof, excepting the National Guard and the police and fire departments, and the associations of veteran soldiers, are forbidden, unless written notice of the object, time and route of such procession or parade be given by the chief officer thereof, not less than six hours previous to its forming or marching, to the police authorities of such city; and such police authorities may designate to such procession or parade how much of the street in width it can occupy with especial reference to crowded thoroughfares through which such procession may move; and, when so designated, the chief officer of such procession or parade shall be responsible that the designation is obeyed; and it shall be the duty of the police authorities to furnish such escort as may be necessary to protect persons and property and maintain the public peace and order. A person wilfully violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding ten days, or both.

Source: Section 5 — Certain parades and processions forbidden; penalty, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GCT/5 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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Definition 3
Members of common council 3‑A
Liability of city officials 3‑B
Deposit of city funds 3‑C
Unlawful offers or agreements by municipal officials or omnibus lines with respect to omnibus line operations 3‑D
Receipts and disbursements of payrolls 4
Removal of appointive officers in cities of the third class 5
Certain parades and processions forbidden 6
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Licenses to adult blind persons 11
Use of soft coal in public institutions 12
Money for celebration of legal holidays in cities 12‑A
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Moneys for Memorial and Veterans days 13‑A
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Power of cities to provide moneys to replace revenues from excise taxes 13‑E
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Permits for erection of booths and arches 15
Firefighters moving from one city to another 16
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Minimum service retirement benefits for certain sanitation department employees in cities and who are members of pension or retirement sy... 17
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Nothing contained in section eighteen shall be considered to apply to any so-called miniature motion picture apparatus which uses only an... 18‑B
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The common council in all cities of the third class shall have the power, upon application, in writing, of the property owners, owning at... 18‑D
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Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 5’s source at nysenate​.gov

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