2023 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 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,  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.