29-A – Loan Counseling for Mortgages Guaranteed by the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944.
* § 29-a. Loan counseling for mortgages guaranteed by the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. Upon the request of any veteran, the department shall provide counseling and assistance to applicants for a mortgage loan guaranteed by the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. Such service shall be provided either directly or through a contract with a […]
29-A*2 – Veterans Memorial Registry.
* § 29-a. Veterans memorial registry. 1. The department is directed to develop a veterans memorial registry in consultation with the director of the New York state military museum and veterans resource center, the commissioner of the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, the commissioner of the office of general services and the state […]
30 – Short Title.
§ 30. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the “veterans employment act”.
31 – Legislative Findings.
§ 31. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that it is estimated that over the next five years, forty-four thousand veterans are expected to return to this state from their military posts, making the Empire State home to one of the largest veteran populations in the country. Shockingly, the unemployment rate for Post-9/11 veterans in […]
32 – Definitions.
§ 32. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. “State agency” shall mean any department, board, bureau, division, commission, council or committee within the executive branch, the state university of New York, the city university of New York, and all public authorities under the control of the executive branch. 2. “Temporary appointment” shall have the […]
25 – Veterans Health Screening.
§ 25. Veterans health screening. 1. As used in this section: a. “Eligible member” means a member of the New York army national guard or the New York air national guard who served in the Persian Gulf War, as defined in 38 USC 101, or in an area designated as a combat zone by the […]
15 – Powers and Duties of Local Veterans’ Service Agencies.
§ 15. Powers and duties of local veterans’ service agencies. 1. A local veterans’ service agency shall have power under the direction of the state veterans’ service agency, and it shall be its duty to inform military and naval authorities of the United States and assist members of the uniformed services and veterans, who are […]
16 – Location and Cost of Local Veterans’ Service Agencies; Deputy Local Directors.
§ 16. Location and cost of local veterans’ service agencies; deputy local directors. 1. A local director shall designate the location of the local and branch offices of the local veterans’ service agency within his or her jurisdiction, which offices shall be open during convenient hours. The cost of maintenance and operation of a county […]
17 – Local Veterans’ Service Committees.
§ 17. Local veterans’ service committees. The same authority which appoints a local director shall appoint for each county and city veterans’ service agency a veterans’ service committee to assist the local director and shall appoint a chair thereof. Similar committees may be appointed in each village and town where there is a deputy local […]
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 […]