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NY Exec L § 355 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17 - Veterans' Services 355 - Acceptance of Gifts.

§ 355. Acceptance  of  gifts.    The division with the approval of the   governor, may accept any gift or grant for any of the purposes  of  this   article.  Any  moneys  so  received  may  be expended by the division to   effectuate any of the purposes of this  article,  subject  to  the  same   limitations  as  to  authorization, audit and approval as are prescribed   for state moneys appropriated for the purposes of this article.
NY Exec L § 356 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17 - Veterans' Services 356 - State Veterans' Service Agency.

§ 356. State  veterans'  service agency.  1. A state veterans' service   agency established by the division pursuant to this article  shall  have   power  and it shall be its duty to inform military and naval authorities   of the United  States  and  assist  members  of  the  armed  forces  and   veterans,  who  are  residents  of  this  state,  and their families, in   relation  to  (1)  matters  pertaining  to  educational   training   and   retraining   services   and   facilities,   (2)   health,   medical  and   rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state   and local laws and regulations affording special rights  and  privileges   to  members of the armed forces and war veterans and their families, (4)   employment and re-employment services, and (5) other matters of similar,   related or appropriate nature. The state veterans' service  agency  also   shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  by the state   director.2. The state director may, with the approval of the governor,  appoint   and  remove  a director of the state veterans' service agency. The state   director may from  time  to  time  establish,  alter  or  abolish  state   veterans'  service  agency  districts  within  the  state,  establish or   abolish offices therefor, and appoint and at pleasure  remove  a  deputy   director  of  the  state veterans' service agency for each such district   office. With the approval of the state director,  the  director  of  the   veterans'  service agency may appoint such officers, consultants, clerks   and other employees as may be necessary to administer the  functions  of   the  state  veterans'  service agency, fix their compensation within the   limitation provided by law, and prescribe their duties.
NY Exec L § 358 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17 - Veterans' Services 358 - Powers and Duties of Local Veterans' Service Agencies.

§ 358. 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  armed forces and veterans, who are residents of this state, and   their families, in relation to (1)  matters  pertaining  to  educational   training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and   rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state   and  local  laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges   to members of the armed forces and war veterans and their families,  (4)   employment  and re-employment services, (5) the process of submitting an   application for a discharge upgrade to the  discharge  upgrade  advisory   board,  and (6) other matters of similar, related or appropriate nature.   The local veterans' service agency may also assist families  of  members   of  the reserve components of the armed forces and the organized militia   ordered into active duty to ensure that they are made aware of  and  are   receiving  all  appropriate  support available to them and are placed in   contact with the agencies responsible for such support,  including,  but   not  limited  to,  the  division of military and naval affairs and other   state  agencies  responsible  for  providing  such  support.  The  local   veterans'  service agency also shall perform such other duties as may be   assigned by the state director.2. A local veterans' service agency shall utilize, so far as possible,   the services and facilities of existing officers, offices,  departments,   commissions,  boards,  bureaus,  institutions  and other agencies of the   state and of the political subdivisions thereof and  all  such  officers   and   agencies  shall  cooperate  with  and  extend  such  services  and   facilities to the local veterans' service agency as it may require.
NY Exec L § 360 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17 - Veterans' Services 360 - Local Veterans' Service Committees.

§ 360. 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 chairman thereof. Similar  committees   may  be appointed in each village and town where there is a deputy local   director by the mayor of such village and the supervisor of such town in   which the branch office of the deputy local director is  located  or  in   which it operates. A similar committee may also be appointed in any city   in  and  for  which  there  is not established a separate city veterans'   service agency, and in and for which there is a  deputy  local  director   and  a  branch  office  of the county veterans' service agency; and such   appointment in any case shall be made by the city official authorized to   appoint a city director in the case of a separate city veterans' service   agency.
NY Exec L § 361 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17 - Veterans' Services 361 - Appropriations for Expenses and Activities of Local Veterans' Service Agencies.

§ 361. 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 respective   county or city, such sums of money as it may deem  necessary  to  defray   the  expenses  and  activities  of  such  agency,  and  the expenses and   activities of such agencies are hereby declared to be proper county  and   city  purposes  for  which  the  moneys  of  the  county  or city may be   expended. Each city in and for which there is not established a separate   city veterans' service agency, and each village and town of the state is   hereby authorized to appropriate and make available to the deputy  local   director  heading  the  branch  office  in and for such city, village or   town, if any, of the county veterans' service agency having jurisdiction   within such city, village or town, such sums of money  as  it  may  deem   necessary  to  defray  the salary, expenses and activities of the deputy   local director heading such branch office in and for such city,  village   or  town  and  his office, including the salaries of persons employed in   such office, and such  salaries,  expenses  and  activities  are  hereby   declared  to  be  proper  city,  village and town purposes for which the   moneys of such cities, villages and towns may be expended. Each  village   and  town  is  also  authorized to appropriate and make available to the   deputy local director heading the consolidated branch  office,  if  any,   for  such village or town and any adjoining village or villages, or town   or towns, as the case may be, of the  county  veterans'  service  agency   having  jurisdiction  within such village or town, such sums of money as   it may determine to defray in part the salary, expenses  and  activities   of the deputy local director heading such consolidated branch office for   such  village  or  town and any adjoining village or villages or town or   towns, as the case may be, including the salaries of persons employed in   such  consolidated  branch  office,  and  such  salaries,  expenses  and   activities  are  hereby  declared to be proper village and town purposes   for which the moneys of such villages and towns may be expended.
NY Exec L § 363 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17 - Veterans' Services 363 - Evidence of Entitlement.

§ 363. 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 director of veterans' services who shall examine   the same.2. Upon being satisfied that such service was  performed,  that  other   facts  and  statements  in  the  application of such veteran or widow or   widower are true and that the said veteran has been  classified  by  the   New  York  state  commission  for  the  visually  handicapped as a blind   person, where such veteran is not receiving or not entitled to receive a   benefit from any existing retirement system to  which  the  state  is  a   contributor, unless such veteran shall have become disabled by reason of   loss  of  sight,  while  engaged  in  employment entitling him or her to   receive a benefit from any existing retirement system to which the state   is a contributor, and as a result of such disability  has  retired  from   such  employment  and  is  receiving or is entitled to receive a benefit   from such retirement system the director  of  veterans'  services  shall   certify to the state comptroller the name and address of such veteran or   widow or widower.3.  Thereafter  the  department  of  taxation and finance, through the   division of finance, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller,  shall   pay such veteran or widow such sum as is authorized by the provisions of   this  article  in  monthly  installments  for so long as such veteran or   widow shall meet the requirements of this article.
NY Exec L § 368 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17 - Veterans' Services 368 - Cremated Remains of a Veteran.

§  368.  Cremated  remains  of  a  veteran.  The cremated remains of a   veteran may be  disposed  of  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section   forty-two hundred three of the public health law.
NY Exec L § 368-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17 - Veterans' Services 368-A - Intake Forms for Admission and Residency.

* §  368-a. Intake forms for admission and residency. 1. The division,   in cooperation with the office of temporary and  disability  assistance,   the  office  of  mental  health  and any other state department, office,   division or agency the division deems necessary, shall require that  all   intake  forms  for  admission or residency to any homeless shelter shall   ask an applicant on their intake forms: "Have you  ever  served  in  the   military?".   Such   homeless   shelter  shall  in  writing  advise  all   individuals identifying themselves as having served in the United States   military that the division of veterans'  services  and  local  veterans'   service   agencies   established   pursuant  to  section  three  hundred   fifty-seven of this article provide  assistance  to  veterans  regarding   benefits available under federal and state law. Such written information   shall  include  the  name,  address and telephone number of the New York   state division of veterans' services, the nearest division of  veterans'   services office, the nearest county or city veterans' service agency and   the   nearest  accredited  veterans'  service  officer.  Every  homeless   shelter, with the permission of such individual's  identifying  themself   as  a  veteran,  shall transmit such veteran's status information to the   division of veterans' services.* NB Effective March 11, 2022
NY Exec L § 369 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17-A - Veterans Employment Act 369 - Short Title.

§  369.  Short  title. This article shall be known and may be cited as   the "veterans employment act".
NY Exec L § 369-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17-A - Veterans Employment Act 369-A - Legislative Findings.

§ 369-a. 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 New   York was 10.7% in two thousand  twelve,  which  is  nearly  one  percent   higher  than  the  national  average and higher than the state's overall   8.2% unemployment rate. The legislature has found previously that it  is   in  the  interest  of  the  state to ensure that returning veterans have   employment opportunities available upon their separation  from  military   service.The  state  already  encourages  private  businesses  to hire military   veterans through tax credits and other economic incentives. In addition,   the legislature has previously found that state agencies spend  millions   of  dollars  annually on temporary staff hired from temporary employment   service companies to cover temporary  staffing  needs.  These  temporary   state  jobs  could  serve  as  a bridge for recently discharged military   veterans who have yet to find full-time  permanent  work.  In  addition,   these  temporary  assignments could serve to develop the next generation   of the state workforce and help with succession planning for the current   workforce.The legislature declares it to be the policy  of  this  state  to  use   veterans  for  temporary  appointments  in  state  agencies  rather than   utilizing temporary employment service companies  in  order  to  provide   employment opportunities for returning military veterans.
NY Exec L § 369-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17-A - Veterans Employment Act 369-B - Definitions.

§ 369-b. 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 same meaning as provided  in   section sixty-four of the civil service law.3. "Veteran" shall mean an individual who served on active duty in the   United  States  army,  navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard or the   reserves component, or who served in  active  military  service  of  the   United  States  as  a  member  of  the army national guard, air national   guard, New York guard or New York naval militia, who was  released  from   such  service  otherwise  then by dishonorable discharge after September   eleventh, two thousand one.4. "Veteran temporary hiring list" shall mean a hiring list maintained   by the department of civil service.
NY Exec L § 369-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17-A - Veterans Employment Act 369-C - Temporary Hiring.

§ 369-c. Temporary hiring. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the   contrary,  a  state  agency  shall  select  a  veteran  from the veteran   temporary hiring list when making a temporary appointment provided  such   veteran  possesses  the  applicable  skills  needed  for  the  temporary   assignment.
NY Exec L § 369-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17-A - Veterans Employment Act 369-D - Department of Civil Services Responsibilities.

§ 369-d. Department of civil services responsibilities. The department   of civil service shall:1.  establish and maintain a veteran temporary hiring list, for use by   state agencies in the implementation of this article;2.  assist  state  agencies  by  making  available  services  of   the   department  of  civil  service  to  facilitate  the  provisions  of this   article; and3. establish and maintain, together with the director of the  division   of  veterans'  services, a program to educate separating service members   as to the benefits available to veterans under this article.
NY Exec L § 369-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17-A - Veterans Employment Act 369-E - Regulations.

§  369-e.  Regulations.  The  president  of  the  state  civil service   commission shall promulgate such  rules  and  regulations  as  shall  be   necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
NY Exec L § 369-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 17-B - Participation by Service-Disabled Veterans With Respect to State Contracts 369-K - Severability.

* §  369-k.  Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section   or part of this article shall be adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent   jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  the judgment shall not affect, impair or   invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation   to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section  or  part  of  this  article   directly  involved  in  the controversy in which the judgment shall have   been rendered.* NB Repealed March 31, 2024
NY Exec L § 836 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 35 - Division of Criminal Justice Services 836 - Division of Criminal Justice Services; Commissioner, Organization and Employees.

§ 836. Division    of   criminal   justice   services;   commissioner,   organization  and  employees.  1.  There  shall  be  in  the   executive   department a division of criminal justice services.2.  The  head  of  the  division shall be a commissioner, who shall be   appointed by the governor, by and with the advice  and  consent  of  the   senate,  and  hold office at the pleasure of the governor by whom he was   appointed and until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified.  The   commissioner  shall be the chief executive officer of and in sole charge   of the administration of the division. The commissioner shall receive an   annual salary to be fixed by the governor within  the  amount  available   therefor   by  appropriation;  and  he  shall  be  entitled  to  receive   reimbursement for expenses actually and necessarily incurred by  him  in   the performance of his duties.3.  The commissioner may, from time to time, create, abolish, transfer   and  consolidate  bureaus  and  other  units  within  the  division  not   expressly  established  by  law  as  he  may determine necessary for the   efficient operation of the division, subject  to  the  approval  of  the   director of the budget.4.  The  commissioner may appoint such deputies, directors, assistants   and other officers and employees, committees and consultants as  he  may   deem   necessary,   prescribe   their   powers  and  duties,  fix  their   compensation and provide for reimbursement of their expenses within  the   amounts appropriated therefor.5.  The  commissioner  may  request  and  receive from any department,   division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or  any   political  subdivision  thereof or any public authority such assistance,   information and data as will enable the division properly to  carry  out   its functions, powers and duties.6.  The  principal  office  of  the division shall be in the county of   Albany.7. The  functions,  powers  and  duties  of  the  former  division  of   probation and correctional alternatives as established in article twelve   of  this  chapter  shall now be considered a function of the division of   criminal justice services.
NY Exec L § 837-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 35 - Division of Criminal Justice Services 837-B - Duties of Courts and Peace Officers.

§ 837-b. Duties of courts and peace officers. 1. It is hereby made the   duty  of  the  state  administrator  of the unified court system; and of   every sheriff, county or city commissioner of  correction  and  head  of   every  police  department,  state,  county, or local, and also railroad,   steamship, park, aqueduct and tunnel  police  and  town  constables,  of   every district attorney, of every probation agency; and of head of every   institution  or  department,  state,  county  and  local,  dealing  with   criminals and of every other officer, person  or  agency,  dealing  with   crimes  or  criminals or with delinquency or delinquents, to transmit to   the commissioner not later than  the  fifteenth  day  of  each  calendar   month, or at such times as provided in the rules and regulations adopted   by  the commissioner, such information as may be necessary to enable him   to comply with subdivision four of section eight  hundred  thirty-seven.   Such  reports  shall  be  made upon forms which shall be supplied by the   commissioner.2. Such officers and  agencies  shall  install  and  maintain  records   needed  for  reporting  data required by the commissioner and shall give   him or his accredited agents  access  to  records  for  the  purpose  of   inspection.3.  For every neglect to comply with the requirements of this section,   the commissioner may apply to the supreme court for an order directed to   such person responsible requiring compliance. Upon such application  the   court  may issue such order as may be just, and a failure to comply with   the order of the court shall be a contempt of court  and  punishable  as   such.
NY Exec L § 837-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 35 - Division of Criminal Justice Services 837-C - Processing Requests Submitted by Police Departments.

§ 837-c. Processing  requests  submitted by police departments. a.  As   used in this section, the term  "police  department"  means  any  police   department  or  sheriff's  office  of this state or any of its political   subdivisions.b. The police department may forward and the division  shall  receive,   process   and,   subject  to  subdivision  e  of  this  section,  retain   fingerprints and such descriptive data as the division  may  require  of   persons applying for employment with such department.c.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of the division to forward to the police   department  any  arrest  record  involving  any  person   described   in   subdivision b of this section.d.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police department to notify the   division if an applicant for employment by the police department has not   been  hired,  or  an  employee  has  died,  resigned,  retired  or  been   dismissed.e.  Upon  receiving  notification  in accordance with subdivision d of   this section, the division shall either return to the police  department   or  destroy  all  documents forwarded to it pursuant to subdivision b of   this section.