The flag of the City shall be rectangular in shape, the hoist being 2/3 of the fly. It shall be made up in three perpendicular stripes, the hoist and the fly being the regulation United States flag red and the center being white. The fly and end stripes shall be 1/6 less in width than the center stripe. On the center stripe shall be placed in dark blue and white the coat of arms of the City, as described in § C-60 hereof.
The coat of arms of the City shall be composed of a shield,
whereon will be shown the emblem of commerce, i.e., barrels and bales
and sheaf of wheat; the emblem of navigation; a Hudson River steamboat,
behind which shall be the factories of the City, backed by the hills,
the whole surmounted by the four spires. The crest shall be the emblem
of the United States, the eagle. The supports shall be: to the right,
higher education for women represented in a figure of an Emma Willard
graduate in her cap and gown; on the left, a figure of a man representing
a graduate of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The motto to be
on a ribbon under the shield and to read "Illium Fuit Troja Est" ("Ilium
Was, Troy Is").
