New York City bans the N-word

I honestly don't think this will be effective in the least bit, but it's a step in a positive direction. New York City banned the use of the "N-word" yesterday in hopes to remove it from the hip-hop music and television scenes. Personally, of all taboo words to say, I would have the hardest time saying this one. Partly because I have been raised not to say such words, but mostly because it is derogatory towards a group of people instead of being derogatory generally. I think racial slurs are the worst words one can say. I think it's great that New York City is the first city to ban the use of this word; I would have expected a red state to do this first based on how conservative they are, then again, red states tend to be the most racist. How effective will this actually be? Probably not very much, but at least it is being publicly stated that the word is no longer welcome.