New York Laws: Penal : (265.00 - 265.40) Firearms And Other Dangerous Weapons

§ 265.01 Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree when: (1) He possesses any firearm, electronic dart gun, electronic stun gun, gravity knife, switchblade knife, pilum ballistic knife, metal knuckle knife, cane sword, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, metal knuckles, chuka stick, sand bag, sandclub, wrist-brace type slingshot or slungshot, shirken or "Kung Fu star"; or (2) He possesses any dagger, dangerous knife, dirk, razor, stiletto, imitation pistol, or any other dangerous or deadly instrument or weapon with intent to use the same unlawfully against another;

Yup Sandbags are illegal in New York City to carry.

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...with intent to use the same unlawfully against another;...

Some of those items may be otherwise legal, just not with the intent to use unlawfully against another.

I'd guess that you can use your sandbag in self-defense as long as "you were in fear of your life, and that of your family". Again, providing that it's not explicitly illegal to otherwise carry, as some of those items are.

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