NY Soc Serv L § 168 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 168 - Definitions.

§ 168. Definitions. As used in this title:   1. Veteran means a person, male or female, who has served in the armed forces  of  the  United States in time of war, or who was a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal or marine corps expeditionary medal for participation  in  operations  in  Lebanon from  June  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-three  to  December first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in  Grenada  from  October  twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three,  or  in  Panama  from December twentieth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred  ninety,  and  who (1)   has   been   honorably  discharged  or  released  under  honorable circumstances from such service or furloughed to the reserve, or (2) 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 (3) 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.   2. In time of war means the periods herein set forth for the following wars and conflicts:  (1) Civil war; from twentieth day of April, eighteen hundred sixty-one to and including the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred sixty-five.  (2) Spanish-American war; from the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred ninety-eight  to  and  including  the  eleventh  day  of  April, eighteen hundred ninety-nine.  (3)  Philippine insurrection; from the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred ninety-nine to and including the fourth day  of  July,  nineteen hundred two.  (4)  World  war  I;  from  the  sixth  day  of April, nineteen hundred seventeen to and  including  the  eleventh  day  of  November,  nineteen hundred eighteen.  (5)  World  war II; from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred forty-one to and including the thirty-first day  of  December,  nineteen hundred   forty-six,   or   who   was   employed  by  the  War  Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as  a merchant   seaman  documented  by  the  United  States  Coast  Guard  or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant  employed  by  the  United States  Army  Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the  Naval  Transportation Service;  and  who  served  satisfactorily  as  a crew member during the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one, to  August  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant vessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501)  and further  to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada, Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or  public  vessels in  oceangoing  service  or  foreign  waters  and  who  has  received  a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active  Duty  and  a  discharge certificate,  or  an  Honorable  Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of Defense or who served as a United States civilian employed by the American Field Service and served overseas under  United States  Armies  and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen  hundred  forty-one through  May  eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (i) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) 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 (iii) 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, or who served as a  United  States  civilian  Flight  Crew  and Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of its  subsidiaries  or  its affiliates and served overseas as a result of Pan  American's  contract  with  Air  Transport  Command  or  Naval  Air Transport   Service  during  the  period  of  armed  conflict,  December fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  August   fourteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who (iv) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) 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 (vi) 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.  (6) Korean conflict; from the twenty-seventh  day  of  June,  nineteen hundred fifty to and including the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred fifty-five.  (7)  Viet  Nam  conflict; from the first of November, nineteen hundred fifty-five to and including the seventh day  of  May,  nineteen  hundred seventy-five.  (8)  Persian  Gulf  conflict;  from the second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety to and including the end of such conflict.   3. Veteran organization means the:  (a) Grand Army of the Republic;  (b) United Spanish War Veterans;  (c) American Legion;  (d) Disabled American Veterans;  (e) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;  (f) Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated;  (g) Catholic War Veterans, Incorporated;  (h) Army and Navy Union of the United States;  (i) Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated;  (j) Polish Legion of American Veterans, Incorporated;  (k) The Marine Corps League;  (l) Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc.;  (m) Amvets.  (n) American Veterans of World War II;  (o) Veterans of World War I, U.S.A., Inc.  (p) Polish-American Veterans of World War II;  (q) Masonic War Veterans of the state of N.Y., Inc.;  (r) American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.;  (s) Regular Veterans Association, Inc.;  (t) Vietnam Veterans of America;  (u) Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association;   4. Veteran assistance means safety net assistance  given  pursuant  to the provisions of this title, to the persons eligible therefor.