2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 9 - Entrepreneurship Assistance Centers › 210 - Definitions.

§  210.  Definitions.  As  used  in  this article the following terms,
unless  the  context  indicates  otherwise,  shall  have  the  following
meanings:
1.  "Entrepreneurship  assistance  centers"  shall  mean  the business
development centers which provide assistance to primarily minority group
members, women, individuals with a disability,  dislocated  workers  and
veterans  as  established  by  the  department  pursuant  to section two
hundred eleven of this article.
2. "Disability" shall mean, with respect to an individual:
(a) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits  one  or
more of the major life activities of such individual;
(b) a record of such an impairment; or
(c) being regarded as having an impairment.
3.  "Minority  business enterprise" shall mean any business enterprise
which is at least fifty-one per centum owned by, or in  the  case  of  a
publicly  owned  business  at least fifty-one per centum of the stock of
which is owned by, citizens or permanent resident  noncitizens  who  are
Black,  Hispanic,  Asian or American Indian, Pacific Islander or Alaskan
Native where such ownership interest is real, substantial and continuing
and where such persons have the authority to independently  control  the
day-to-day business decisions of the entity.
4.  "Minority  group  member"  shall  mean  a United States citizen or
permanent resident noncitizen who is and can demonstrate  membership  in
one of the following groups:
(a)  Black  persons  having origins in any of the Black African racial
groups not of Hispanic origin;
(b) Hispanic persons  of  Mexican,  Puerto  Rican,  Dominican,  Cuban,
Central  or  South American descent of either Indian or Hispanic origin,
regardless of race;
(c) Asian and Pacific Islander persons having origins in the Far East,
Southeast Asia, the Indian sub-continent or the Pacific Islands; or
(d) American Indian or Alaskan Native persons having origins in any of
the original peoples of North America.
5.  "Women-owned  business  enterprise"  shall   mean   any   business
enterprise  which  is  at least fifty-one per centum owned by, or in the
case of a publicly owned business at least fifty-one per centum  of  the
stock  of  which is owned by, citizens or permanent resident noncitizens
who are women where such ownership interest  is  real,  substantial  and
continuing  and  where  such persons have the authority to independently
control the day-to-day business decisions of the entity.
6. "Veteran" shall mean a person who served in the United States army,
navy, air force, marines, coast guard, and/or reserves  thereof,  and/or
in  the  army  national guard, air national guard, New York guard and/or
New York naval militia and who (a) has received an honorable or  general
discharge  from  such  service,  or  (b)  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
(c)  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.