By Michael W. Chapman | December 17, 2020 | 10:56am EST
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) (Getty Images)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed into law on Wednesday legislation that bans the sale or display of symbols of hate, such as the Confederate flag or the Nazi swastika, on public property in New York, a law that is likely to be challenged as a violation of the First Amendment and free speech.
“This country faces a pervasive, growing attitude of intolerance and hate what I have referred to in the body politic as an American cancer,” Cuomo wrote in his approval message, as reported by the