Section 2-102. City seal

a. Description. The following is hereby adopted as
  the device of the corporate seal of the city of New York, to-wit:
    1. Arms: Upon a shield, saltire wise, the sails of a windmill. Between
  the sails, in chief a beaver, in base a beaver,  and  on  each  flank  a
  flour barrel.
    2.  Supporters:  Dexter,  a sailor, his right arm bent, and holding in
  his right hand a plummet; his left arm bent, his left  hand  resting  on
  the top of the shield; above his right shoulder a cross-staff. Sinister,
  an  Indian  of  Manhattan, his right arm bent, his right hand resting on
  top of the shield, his left hand holding the upper end  of  a  bow,  and
  lower  end  of  which rests on the ground. Shield and supporters resting
  upon a horizontal laurel branch.
    3. Date: Beneath the horizontal laurel branch the date 1625 being  the
  year of the establishment of New Amsterdam.
    4. Crest: Upon a hemisphere, an American eagle with wings displayed.
    5.  Legend:  Upon a ribbon encircling the lower half of the design the
  words "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci".
    6. The whole encircled by a laurel wreath.
    b. Design. The following design is hereby adopted as the official  and
  standard design of such corporate seal:
 
  (For Seal see chapter 907 of the laws of 1985)
 
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    c. Execution of. The city clerk shall cause the design of such seal to
  be  engraved  upon  metal as the seal of the city and he shall affix the
  same, as necessary; and he shall also provide in the same manner for all
  other officers of the city who are required or authorized to have or use
  the corporate seal of the city.
    d. Use of. Such seal shall be used for  all  requisite  purposes.  All
  representations thereof,
    1.  Impressed  or  printed  on  documents, publications or stationery,
  issued or used by or in the name of or under the authority of the  city,
  its agencies or of any borough or department thereof,
    2. Carved or otherwise represented on buildings or structures owned by
  the city, or
    3. Otherwise officially portrayed,
    shall  be  in  exact  conformity  with  the  aforesaid standard design
  without alteration or addition. However, the legend "Sigillum  Civitatis
  Novi Eboraci" may be omitted when the design is used on the city flag or
  for  architectural  or  ornamental purposes. Defaced and cancelled seals
  shall remain in the custody of the city clerk. Any representation of the
  city seal used on any vehicle other than one owned or used by the  city,
  shall subject the owner of such vehicle to a fine of twenty-five dollars
  or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten days.