2023 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  one  of  the  veterans'
services  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 one of the veterans' services 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 one of the veterans'
services 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  one  of  the  veterans'  services  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  one  of  the  veterans'  services  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 one
of the veterans' services 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.