N.Y. PBS Law § 229
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Censorship prohibited
Official statutory text
§ 229. Censorship prohibited. 1. The commission may not prohibit or\nlimit any program or any class or type of program or otherwise censor\nthe communications or signals transmitted by any cable television\ncompany or over any cable television system, and may not promulgate any\nregulation or condition which would interfere with the right of free\nspeech by means of cable television.\n 2. No municipality may prohibit or limit any program or class or type\nof program or impose discriminatory or preferential franchise fees in\nany manner that would tend to encourage or discourage programming of any\nparticular nature, directly or indirectly.\n 3. No cable television company may prohibit or limit any program or\nclass or type of program presented over a leased channel or any channel\nmade available for public access or educational purposes.\n
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