NY Gen Bus L § 32 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 4 - Peddlers 32 - Licenses to Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States.

§  32.  Licenses to veterans of the armed forces of the United States.   1. Every member of the armed forces of the United  States  who  (a)  was   honorably  discharged  from  such  service,  or  (b)  has  a  qualifying   condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty  of  the  executive   law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable   from  such  service,  or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in   section three hundred fifty of the executive law,  and  has  received  a   discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, and   who is a resident of this state and a veteran of any war, or  who  shall   have  served  in the armed forces of the United States overseas, and the   surviving spouse of any such veteran, if a resident of the state,  shall   have  the  right  to  hawk,  peddle,  vend  and  sell  goods,  wares  or   merchandise or solicit trade upon the streets and  highways  within  the   county of his or her residence, as the case may be, or if such county is   embraced  wholly by a city, within such city, by procuring a license for   that purpose to be issued as herein provided. No part of  the  lands  or   premises under the jurisdiction of the division of the state fair in the   department  of  agriculture  and  markets,  shall  be deemed a street or   highway within the meaning of this section.2. Any such former member of the armed forces of the United States may   present to the clerk of any county in which he has resided for a  period   of at least six months, his original certificate of release or discharge   from  active  duty,  or  a  copy thereof duly certified by the recording   officer or  a  certificate  in  lieu  of  lost  discharge  issued  by  a   department  of  the  armed  forces of the United States which shall show   that the person presenting it is a veteran of any war, or  that  he  has   served  overseas in the armed forces of the United States. He shall also   fill out a blank which shall when filled out state his  name,  residence   at  the  time  of  application,  nature  of goods to be sold, and if the   applicant is working on commission or percentage for any person, firm or   corporation, the name and business  address  of  such  person,  firm  or   corporation.  This  statement  shall  be  signed by the applicant in the   presence of the county clerk, or a deputy designated  by  him,  and  the   name  on  this application and on the original certificate of release or   discharge from active duty shall be compared  by  the  county  clerk  to   ascertain  if  the  person  so  applying is the same person named in the   original certificate of release or  discharge  from  active  duty.  Such   county clerk when so satisfied shall issue, without cost, to such former   member  of  the  armed forces of the United States, a license certifying   him to be entitled to the benefits of this section.3. A copy of this statement shall be attached to the  license  granted   by  the  county clerk and shall remain attached thereto. On presentation   to such clerk of the affidavit of such surviving spouse  and  two  other   residents  of  the  county,  that  he  or  she is such surviving spouse,   accompanied by such original certificate of release  or  discharge  from   active  duty  of  his  or  her  deceased  spouse,  and the filing of the   statement hereinabove required, such county clerk shall  issue,  without   cost  to the surviving spouse, a license certifying the surviving spouse   to be entitled to the benefits of this section.4. The license provided for by this section shall be  used  and  valid   only for use in the county in which it was issued, except that if issued   in a county embraced wholly by a city, it may be used within such city.5.   The   application  for  the  license  herein  provided  shall  be   accompanied by a photograph of the applicant taken  within  thirty  days   prior to such application and upon the issuance of such license shall be   attached thereto.6.  A  license  issued  without  cost,  under  the  provisions of this   section, shall be  personal  to  the  licensee  and  any  assignment  or    transfer  thereof  shall  be absolutely void. Upon satisfactory proof by   affidavit of the loss or destruction of any  license  issued  as  herein   provided,  the  county clerk shall issue a duplicate license for the one   so  lost  or  destroyed and in which event the word "duplicate" shall be   legibly written in ink across the face thereof.7. A person assigning or transferring,  or  attempting  to  assign  or   transfer  any  such  license  or using or attempting to use such license   contrary to the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  guilty  of  a   misdemeanor.8. Any provisions of this section to the contrary notwithstanding, any   city,  village  or town may, by local law or ordinance, require a person   holding a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this  section  by   the  clerk of the county in which such city, village or town is located,   to file a further application with such official of the city, village or   town as is designated in such local law or ordinance, for  the  issuance   of  a  local  license  and  may prescribe the terms and conditions under   which such local license may be issued and may  prohibit  the  right  to   hawk, peddle, vend and sell goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade   upon  the  streets  and  highways  within any such city, village or town   under the provisions of this section unless such local license has  been   issued.