The old flag would be distinctive among other state flags, especially Vermont’s and New York’s flags, which appear almost identical to Maine’s flag, he said.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week said he would like to add the Latin phrase “e pluribus unum" to the state flag. He’s already placed these words which mean “out of many, one” at New ...

The state of New York will no longer sell or display anything considered a “symbol of hate,” including the Confederate flag, according to a bill just signed into law. CNN values your feedback 1.

If the only constant in life is change, Gov. Cuomo hopes to carry that expression out in a new version of the New York state flag. They would be the first changes in 138 years.

Like probably most people in the United States, Ms. Almukhtar said that before the project, she would have been unable to identify a single state flag, not even her own (New York).

By law, it is officially known as the "The Great Seal of New York State." The current flag was adopted in 1901, when lawmakers changed the backdrop from light brown to blue. ...

New York State to collect, properly dispose of worn U.S. flags Old, tattered and torn flags will be accepted at the Mahoney State Office Building in Buffalo through May 22. Credit: Nastco ...

Staten Island isn’t a dump. But its flag “looks like seagulls flying atop the Fresh Kills Landfill,” said Borough President Jimmy Oddo. So he had the unofficial flag unofficially redesigned in 2016 to ...