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Bill de Blasio, the city's 109th mayor, speaking from a lectern adorned with the city seal. The New York City Administrative Code states that the seal "shall be used for all requisite purposes" by the city clerk and "all other officers of the city who are required or authorized to have or use the corporate seal of the city".
The first seal of New York was created by a committee appointed April 15, 1777, with the intent that it be used "for all the purposes for which the Crown Seal was used under the Colony." [ 3 ] On the front of the seal there is an image of a rising sun with the motto "Excelsior" and the legend "The Great Seal of the State of New York."
The flags of New York City include the flag of New York City, the respective flags of the boroughs of The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, and flags of certain city departments. The city flag is a vertical tricolor in blue, white, and orange and charged in the center bar with the seal of New York City in blue.
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So at this point the city had two seals, one corporate and one public. The earlier seal, however, was last seen in 1761 and the beaver continued as the sole city seal from then on. [13] The current seal was adopted in 1789 [14] and first shows up in 1790, when Simeon De Witt, Albany's city surveyor, included the arms on his map of the city.
The Police Combat Cross is the second highest departmental award of the New York City Police Department.The Police Combat Cross is awarded to police officers who, "having received Honorable Mention awards, successfully and intelligently perform an act of extraordinary heroism while engaged in personal combat with an armed adversary under circumstances of imminent personal hazard to life".
English: Seal of the City of New York, as portrayed by Paul Manship’s standardized version. The seal’s 1.1:1 height-to-width ratio is intentional and representative Manship’s original model. Since Manship’s original was a sculpture rather than a print, there are no official standards for the seal colors.