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26 sty 2024 · NEW YORK -- A stunning spike in hate crimes, including antisemitic graffiti on two stores in Westchester County on Wednesday night, has prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul to introduce legislation to...
New York City continues to have strict laws against graffiti, and the city regularly removes tags and illegal murals. However, commissioned work and legal graffiti walls offer opportunities for artists to create without facing legal consequences.
Title 10 § 117.1 establishes an Anti-Graffiti Task Force that assesses the scope and nature of the City's graffiti problem, examines the effectiveness of existing provisions of law aimed at curbing graffiti vandalism and proposes amendments to strengthen such legislation.
WHEREAS, graffiti vandalism can be a precursor to more serious acts of crime and violence; and WHEREAS, the damage caused by graffiti-related vandalism depreciates the value of the property it defaces and costs the City and property owners millions of dollars in clean-up expenses each year; and
18 cze 2018 · Despite protesters’ attempts to evade graffiti and vandalism statutes, law enforcement has still charged protesters with graffiti, illegal advertising, and defacing public or private property, among other charges. Should new media used in protest be protected as a form of free speech under the First Amendment?
12 cze 2024 · The Hate Crimes Task Force of the New York Police Department is investigating several reports of antisemitic vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum – including...
Graffiti in New York City has had a substantial local, national, and international influence. Graffiti began appearing around New York City with the words "Bird Lives" [1] but after that, it took about a decade and a half for graffiti to become noticeable in NYC.
