18 – Appropriations for Expenses and Activities of Local Veterans’ Service Agencies.
§ 18. Appropriations for expenses and activities of local veterans’ service agencies. Each county and each city of the state in which is established a county veterans’ service agency or a city veterans’ service agency, as the case may be, is hereby authorized to appropriate and make available to the veterans’ service agency of such […]
19 – Women Veterans Coordinator.
§ 19. Women veterans coordinator. 1. Definitions. (a) “Veteran” shall have the same meaning as defined in section one of this article. (b) “Department” shall mean the state department of veterans’ services. (c) “Women veterans coordinator” shall be a veteran. 2. Such women veterans coordinator shall be appointed by the commissioner. 3. Establishment of women […]
20 – Women Veterans Advisory Committee.
§ 20. Women veterans advisory committee. 1. The women veterans advisory committee is hereby created consisting of twelve members, with members appointed as follows: (a) six members by the governor; (b) two members by the temporary president of the senate; (c) two members by the speaker of the assembly; and (d) one member each by […]
21 – Creation of Annuity.
§ 21. Creation of annuity. 1. Payment to veterans. a. Any veteran as defined in this article who has been or is hereafter classified by the New York State commission for the visually handicapped as a blind person as defined in section three of chapter four hundred fifteen of the laws of nineteen hundred thirteen, […]
22 – Evidence of Entitlement.
§ 22. Evidence of entitlement. 1. The evidence of such service, blindness, residence and domicile, or of such marriage, widowhood, residence and domicile in each case shall be furnished in the manner and form prescribed by the commissioner of veterans’ services who shall examine the same. 2. Upon being satisfied that such service was performed, […]
23 – Persons Who May Receive Annuity.
§ 23. Persons who may receive annuity. 1. a. The word “veteran” means a veteran as defined in section one of this article who is a resident, and who (i) has been or may be released from such service under other than dishonorable conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one […]
24 – New York State Veterans’ Cemeteries.
§ 24. New York state veterans’ cemeteries. 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and determines that the devoted service and sacrifice of veterans deserve important, unique and eternal recognition by the state of New York. That it is by means of the devoted service and sacrifice of veterans that the liberty, freedom and prosperity enjoyed […]
14 – Local Veterans’ Service Agencies.
§ 14. Local veterans’ service agencies. 1. County veterans’ service agencies. There shall be established a county veterans’ service agency in each county not wholly included within a city, and there shall be a county director of each county veterans’ service agency. Any county director hired after the effective date of this chapter shall be […]
5 – Veteran Speaker Education Program.
§ 5. Veteran speaker education program. 1. There is hereby established within the department a veteran speaker education program to be developed and implemented by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of the New York state military museum and veterans resource center and in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such program shall […]
6 – Cooperation and Facilities of Other Departments.
§ 6. Cooperation and facilities of other departments. To effectuate the purposes of this article, the governor may direct any department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, to cooperate with and assist and advise the department in the performance of its duties and functions, and to […]