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 […]
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, […]
7 – Information on Status of Veterans Receiving Assistance.
§ 7. Information on status of veterans receiving assistance. Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the state and political subdivisions thereof, which provide assistance, treatment, counseling, care, supervision or custody in service areas involving health, mental health, family services, criminal justice or employment, including but not limited to the office of addiction services […]
8 – New York state supplemental burial allowance for members of the uniformed services of the United States killed in combat or duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger, as defined in 37 USC
§ 8. New York state supplemental burial allowance for members of the uniformed services of the United States killed in combat or duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger, as defined in 37 USC § 310. 1. As used in this section, “parent” means a father, a mother, a father through adoption, a mother […]
9 – New York State Veteran Burial Fund.
§ 9. New York state veteran burial fund. 1. As used in this section, “agent in control of the disposition of remains” means the person responsible or designated to control the disposition of a deceased veteran’s remains as defined and outlined in section forty-two hundred one of the public health law. The term “interment” means […]
10 – Time Within Which Marriage May Be Solemnized; Member of the Uniformed Services.
§ 10. Time within which marriage may be solemnized; member of the uniformed services. Notwithstanding section thirteen-b of the domestic relations law, where either of the parties making application for a marriage license, pursuant to section thirteen of the domestic relations law, is a member of the uniformed services of the United States on active […]