page_title: Flags of New York City
section_title: Council flag
hierarchical_section_title: Flags of New York City / Council flag
caption_attribution_description: English: The Councilmanic Flag of the City of New York, created by adding the public-domain seal to a tricolor flag.
context_page_description: 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. The tricolor design is derived from the flag of the Dutch Republic—the Prince's Flag—as used in New Amsterdam in 1625.
context_section_description: The New York City Council uses a variant of the city flag, with the word "COUNCIL" underneath the seal.
caption: Standard of the New York City Council
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