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2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 12 - Effect of and Short Title of Chapter; Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › Article 50 - Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › 3010 - Commissioner and Bureau of Motor Vehicles Continued.

§ 3010. Commissioner  and  bureau  of  motor vehicles continued.   The
  repeal by this chapter of the vehicle and traffic law as  heretofore  in
  force  and  effect  and  the enactment of the provisions of this chapter
  shall not be deemed or construed as operating to create a new office  of
  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles or a new bureau of motor vehicles, but
  shall be deemed and held to constitute a continuance of such office  and
  bureau.  The  present  commissioner  of motor vehicles shall continue in
  office until his successor  shall  have  been  duly  appointed  and  has
  qualified  and  the organization of the present bureau of motor vehicles
  shall continue as the bureau of motor  vehicles  in  the  department  of
  taxation and finance until changed pursuant to law.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 12 - Effect of and Short Title of Chapter; Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › Article 50 - Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › 3011 - Reference to Highway Law.

§ 3011. Reference  to  highway law.  The reference by any law, general
  or special, to any section of articles eleven or eleven-a of the highway
  law shall be deemed a reference to  the  corresponding  section  of  the
  vehicle and traffic law as modified or changed by this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 12 - Effect of and Short Title of Chapter; Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › Article 50 - Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › 3012 - Existing Licenses and Registrations Not Affected.

§ 3012. Existing  licenses  and registrations not affected. Subject to
  the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, hereby enacted,  relative
  to  revocation  or  suspension  of operators' or chauffeurs' licenses or
  registration of motor vehicles and motorcycles, this chapter  shall  not
  affect nor impair any such license or registration heretofore granted or
  issued.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 12 - Effect of and Short Title of Chapter; Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › Article 50 - Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › 3014 - Laws Repealed.

§ 3014. Laws  repealed.  Chapter  fifty-four  of  the laws of nineteen
  hundred twenty-nine,  entitled  "An  act  relating  to  motor  vehicles,
  motorcycles,  and  highway  traffic, constituting chapter seventy-one of
  the consolidated laws," and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental
  thereto, constituting the vehicle  and  traffic  law  as  heretofore  in
  force, are hereby repealed, except as otherwise provided herein.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 12 - Effect of and Short Title of Chapter; Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › Article 50 - Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time to Take Effect › 3015 - Time to Take Effect.

§ 3015. Time  to  take effect.  This chapter shall take effect October
  first, nineteen hundred sixty.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 1 - Definitions.

§ 1. Definitions. When used in this article:
1. The term "department" means the department of veterans' services.
2. The term "state commissioner" means the New York state commissioner
  of veterans' services.
3.  The term "veteran" means a person who served on active duty in the
  uniformed services of the United States, or in the army national  guard,
  air  national  guard, or service as a commissioned officer in the public
  health  service,  commissioned  officer  of  the  national  oceanic  and
  atmospheric    administration   or   environmental   sciences   services
  administration, cadet at a United States armed forces  service  academy,
  and   who   has  been  released  from  such  service  under  other  than
  dishonorable conditions.
4. The term "uniformed services" means the army, navy,  marine  corps,
  air  force,  space force, coast guard, public health commissioned corps,
  and the national oceanic  and  atmospheric  administration  commissioned
  officer corps of the United States.
5.  The  term  "local director" means the director of a county or city
  veterans' service agency.
6. The term "county director" means  a  local  director  of  a  county
  veterans' service agency.
7. The term "city director" means a local director of a city veterans'
  service agency.
8. The term "qualifying condition" means a diagnosis of post-traumatic
  stress  disorder  or traumatic brain injury made by, or an experience of
  military sexual trauma, as described in 38 USC 1720D,  as  amended  from
  time  to  time,  disclosed  to, an individual licensed to provide health
  care services at a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility
  or an individual licensed to provide health  care  services  within  the
  state of New York. The department shall develop a standardized form used
  to  confirm  that  the  veteran  has  a  qualifying condition under this
  subdivision.
9. The  term  "discharged  LGBT  veteran"  means  a  veteran  who  was
  discharged  less than honorably from the uniformed services due to their
  sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, as those terms  are
  defined  in  section  two  hundred  ninety-two  of the executive law, or
  statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual  acts  relating  to
  sexual  orientation, gender identity or expression, or the disclosure of
  such statements, conduct, or acts, that were prohibited by the branch of
  the uniformed services at the time of discharge.  The  department  shall
  establish  a  consistent  and  uniform  process  to  determine whether a
  veteran qualifies as a discharged LGBT veteran under  this  subdivision,
  including, at a minimum, standards for verifying a veteran's status as a
  discharged  LGBT veteran, and a method of demonstrating eligibility as a
  discharged LGBT veteran.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 2 - Department of Veterans' Services.

§  2.  Department  of  veterans'  services.  There is hereby created a
  department of veterans' services. The head of such department  shall  be
  the  New  York  state  commissioner of veterans' services who shall be a
  veteran. He or she shall be appointed by the  governor  and  shall  hold
  office during his or her pleasure. Such state commissioner shall receive
  an  annual  salary  to  be  fixed  by the governor within the limitation
  provided by law. He or she shall also be entitled to receive his or  her
  expenses  actually  and  necessarily  incurred  by  him  or  her  in the
  performance of his or her  duties.  The  state  commissioner,  with  the
  approval  of  the  governor,  may  establish  such  bureaus  within  the
  department  as  are  necessary  and  appropriate  to  carrying  out  its
  functions  and  may  consolidate  or  abolish  such  bureaus.  The state
  commissioner may appoint such officers, consultants,  clerks  and  other
  employees  and  agents  as  he  or  she  may  deem  necessary, fix their
  compensation within the limitation provided by law, and prescribe  their
  duties.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 3 - Veterans' Services Commission.

§  3.  Veterans'  services  commission.  1.  There  shall  be  in  the
department a veterans' services commission, which shall consist  of  the
members and the ex officio members provided for in this section.
2.  There  shall  be  thirteen  members of the commission who shall be
veterans  appointed  by  the  governor,  including  two   appointed   on
recommendation  of  the temporary president of the senate, one appointed
on recommendation of the minority leader of the senate, two appointed on
recommendation of the speaker of the  assembly,  and  one  appointed  on
recommendation  of  the minority leader of the assembly. The appointment
of members made by the governor without recommendation shall be  subject
to advice and consent of the senate. The members of the commission shall
serve for terms of three years each. Appointed members presently serving
on  the commission shall continue to serve for the remainder of the term
appointed. Any member chosen to fill a  vacancy  of  such  an  appointed
member occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be appointed
for  the remainder of the unexpired term of the member whom he or she is
to succeed. Members appointed as  provided  in  this  subdivision  shall
receive  no  salary or other compensation, but each shall be entitled to
receive expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of
their duties.
3. Ex officio members. (a) The adjutant general of the  state  of  New
York shall be an ex officio member of the commission.
(b)  In  addition,  the state commissioner may appoint the head of any
other state agency or their designee as a non-voting, ex officio  member
of  the  commission. Such appointments shall expire annually on December
thirty-first  unless  such  appointments  are  renewed  by   the   state
commissioner.
4.  One  of  the  members  of  the commission, which shall include the
adjutant general, shall be designated as chairperson  by  the  governor.
The  designation  shall  be  in  writing  and  shall  be  filed with the
commission.
5. The commission shall have power, and  it  shall  be  its  duty,  to
assist  the  state commissioner in the formulation of policies affecting
veterans and in the coordination of all  operations  of  state  agencies
relating to veterans' services.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 3-A - Veterans Employment Task Force.

§  3-a.  Veterans  employment  task  force.  1.  There shall be in the
department a task force on veterans employment opportunities which shall
consist of the following thirteen members: the  state  commissioner,  or
his or her designee, who shall serve as the chair of the task force; the
commissioner  of the office of general services, or his or her designee;
the president of the state civil  service  commission,  or  his  or  her
designee;  the  commissioner  of  labor,  or  his  or  her designee; the
adjutant general for the state of New York, or his or her designee;  two
members appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a representative
from  the  private  sector;  two  members  appointed  by  the  temporary
president of the senate, one of whom shall be a representative from  the
private  sector;  two  members appointed by the speaker of the assembly,
one of whom shall be a  representative  from  the  private  sector;  one
member  appointed  by  the minority leader of the senate; and one member
appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
2. No member of the task force shall be disqualified from holding  any
public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such office
of  employment  by  virtue  of  his  or her appointment pursuant to this
section.
3. Members of the task force shall receive no compensation  for  their
services,  but  shall  be  allowed  their  actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their functions pursuant to this section.
4. On an annual basis, the task force shall hold at least  two  public
hearings.  To  the  extent  practicable,  such hearings shall be held in
different regions of the state. During the  public  hearings,  the  task
force  shall  hear the testimony of voluntary witnesses, and may request
the production of any documents which are subject to article six of  the
public  officers  law and that the task force deems reasonably necessary
to carry out its responsibilities.
5.  The  task  force  shall  issue  a  report  no  later  than   March
thirty-first,  two  thousand twenty-four, and every two years after such
date, to the governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  and  the
speaker  of  the  assembly. Such report shall include but not be limited
to:
(a) recommendations on the development of  new  methods  and  programs
aimed  at  assisting  the  state's  veterans  in finding and maintaining
meaningful employment opportunities;
(b) an analysis of the current methods and programs;
(c) the impact on veterans employment by professional licensing;
(d) the impact of veterans contractor programs;
(e) the  impact  of  tax  credits  and  municipal  grants  for  hiring
unemployed veterans; and
(f) any private sector initiatives.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 6 - Cooperation and Facilities of Other Departments.

§  6.  Cooperation  and facilities of other departments. To effectuate
  the purposes of this article, the governor may  direct  any  department,
  division,  board,  bureau,  commission or agency of the state, or of any
  political subdivision thereof, to cooperate with and assist  and  advise
  the  department  in  the performance of its duties and functions, and to
  provide  such  facilities,  including  personnel,  materials  and  other
  assistance and data as will enable the department or any of its agencies
  to  properly  carry out its activities and effectuate its purposes under
  this article.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 7 - Information on Status of Veterans Receiving Assistance.

§   7.   Information  on  status  of  veterans  receiving  assistance.
  Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the
  state and political  subdivisions  thereof,  which  provide  assistance,
  treatment,  counseling,  care,  supervision  or custody in service areas
  involving health, mental health, family services,  criminal  justice  or
  employment,  including  but  not  limited  to  the  office  of addiction
  services and supports, office of mental health, office of probation  and
  correctional  alternatives,  office  of  children  and  family services,
  office of temporary and disability  assistance,  department  of  health,
  department  of  labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards, office for
  people with developmental disabilities, and  department  of  corrections
  and  community  supervision,  shall  request assisted persons to provide
  information  with  regard  to  their   veteran   status   and   military
  experiences.  Individuals  identifying  themselves  as veterans shall be
  advised that the department of veterans' services  and  local  veterans'
  service  agencies  established  pursuant  to  section  fourteen  of this
  article provide assistance to veterans regarding benefits under  federal
  and  state  law.  Information  regarding  veterans  status  and military
  service provided by assisted persons solely to  implement  this  section
  shall  be  protected  as personal confidential information under article
  six-A of the public officers  law  against  disclosure  of  confidential
  material,   and  used  only  to  assist  in  the  diagnosis,  treatment,
  assessment and handling of the  veteran's  problems  within  the  agency
  requesting  such  information  and  in  referring  the  veteran  to  the
  department of veterans' services for  information  and  assistance  with
  regard to benefits and entitlements under federal and state law.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 9 - New York State Veteran Burial Fund.

§  9.  New York state veteran burial fund. 1. As used in this section,
"agent in control of  the  disposition  of  remains"  means  the  person
responsible  or  designated  to  control  the  disposition of a deceased
veteran's remains as defined and outlined in section  forty-two  hundred
one of the public health law. The term "interment" means the disposition
of remains as defined in paragraph (g) of section fifteen hundred two of
the  not-for-profit corporation law. The term "burial" shall include the
process as defined in paragraph (e) of section fifteen  hundred  two  of
the not-for-profit corporation law.
2.  As  provided  in  subdivision  nineteen  of  section  four of this
article, there is hereby established within the department  a  New  York
state  veterans  burial  fund  for  honorably  discharged members of the
uniformed services of the United States who were residents of  New  York
state  at the time of his or her death who (i) were honorably discharged
from such service, or (ii) had a qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in
section  one  of  this  article, and received a discharge other than bad
conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) were discharged LGBT
veterans, as defined in section one of  this  article,  and  received  a
discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
(a) Eligible recipients under this program shall be those who bore the
cost  of  the  funeral  as  the  agent  in control of the disposition of
remains.  An  application  shall  be  made  available  to  an   eligible
recipient.  Any applicant convicted of making any false statement in the
application for the reimbursement shall  be  subject  to  the  penalties
prescribed in the penal law.
(b)  Such  optional burial allowance is a reimbursement of an eligible
decedent's burial and interment costs not to exceed  two  thousand  five
hundred  dollars  in  a  New  York  state  not-for-profit  cemetery. The
reimbursement is generally available as a plot interment allowance.  Any
allowance granted by the government of the United States, pursuant to 38
U.S.C.  §§  2302, 2303, 2306, 2307 and 2308 or 10 U.S.C. § 1482 shall be
first applied toward interment costs. An additional allowance of  up  to
the   cost  of  the  actual  burial  and  interment  as  provided  under
subdivision nineteen of section four of this article may be  awarded  to
cover any remaining expenses.
(c)  Evidence  of  the  military service of the decedent for each case
shall be furnished in the  manner  and  form  prescribed  by  the  state
commissioner; upon being satisfied that the facts in the application are
true,  the state commissioner shall certify to the state comptroller the
name and address of such agent in control of the disposition of  remains
for reimbursement as provided in this section.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 10 - Time Within Which Marriage May Be Solemnized; Member of the Uniformed Services.

§  10.  Time  within  which  marriage may be solemnized; member of the
  uniformed services. Notwithstanding section thirteen-b of  the  domestic
  relations  law,  where  either  of  the parties making application for a
  marriage license, pursuant to section thirteen of the domestic relations
  law, is a member of the uniformed  services  of  the  United  States  on
  active  duty  the marriage of the parties shall not be solemnized within
  twenty-four hours after the issuance of the marriage license, nor  shall
  it  be  solemnized  after  one  hundred eighty days from the date of the
  issuance of the marriage license. Proof that the applicant is  a  member
  of the uniformed services of the United States shall be furnished to the
  satisfaction of the official issuing the marriage license. Every license
  to  marry  issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall state
  the day and hour the license is issued and shall contain a recital  that
  it is issued pursuant to the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 11 - Use of Personal Confidential Information Obtained From Veterans or Family Members of Veterans Receiving Services From the State and Political Subdivisions Thereof.

§  11. Use of personal confidential information obtained from veterans
  or family members of veterans receiving  services  from  the  state  and
  political  subdivisions  thereof.  1.  Departments,  divisions, bureaus,
  boards, commissions and agencies of the state and political subdivisions
  thereof,  which  provide  assistance,   treatment,   counseling,   care,
  supervision or custody in service areas involving health, mental health,
  family  services,  criminal  justice  or employment shall be required to
  solicit information on whether their customer or client is a veteran  as
  defined in section eighty-five of the civil service law or family member
  of  a  veteran.  Any  new forms created after the effective date of this
  section shall contain the following questions: "Have you served  in  the
  United  States  military?"  "Has  someone  in  your family served in the
  United States military?"
2. Individuals identifying themselves as having served in the military
  or a family member shall be advised that  the  department  of  veterans'
  services  and  local  veterans  service agencies established pursuant to
  section  seventeen  of  this  article  provide  assistance  to  veterans
  regarding  benefits  under  federal and state law. Information regarding
  veterans and military status provided  by  assisted  persons  solely  to
  implement  this  section  shall  be  protected  as personal confidential
  material,  and  used  only  to  assist  in  the  diagnosis,   treatment,
  assessment  and  handling  of  the veteran's or family member's problems
  within the agency requesting  such  information  and  in  referring  the
  veteran or family member to the department of veterans' services for the
  information  and  assistance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements
  under federal and state law.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 12 - Acceptance of Gifts.

§  12.  Acceptance  of  gifts. The department with the approval of the
  governor, may accept any gift or grant for any of the purposes  of  this
  article.  Any  moneys  so  received may be expended by the department to
  effectuate any of the purposes of this  article,  subject  to  the  same
  limitations  as  to  authorization, audit and approval as are prescribed
  for state moneys appropriated for the purposes of this article.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 13 - State Veterans' Service Agency.

§  13.  State  veterans'  service agency. 1. A state veterans' service
  agency established by the department pursuant to this article shall have
  power and it shall be its duty to inform military and naval  authorities
  of  the  United  States and assist members of the uniformed services and
  veterans, who are residents  of  this  state,  and  their  families,  in
  relation   to   (1)  matters  pertaining  to  educational  training  and
  retraining  services   and   facilities,   (2)   health,   medical   and
  rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
  and  local  laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges
  to members  of  the  uniformed  services  and  war  veterans  and  their
  families,  (4)  employment  and  re-employment  services,  and (5) other
  matters of similar, related or appropriate nature. The  state  veterans'
  service  agency  also shall perform such other duties as may be assigned
  by the state commissioner.
2. The state commissioner may, with  the  approval  of  the  governor,
  appoint and remove a director of the state veterans' service agency. The
  state  commissioner  may  from  time to time establish, alter or abolish
  state veterans' service agency districts within the state, establish  or
  abolish  offices  therefor,  and appoint and at pleasure remove a deputy
  director of the state veterans' service agency for  each  such  district
  office. With the approval of the state commissioner, the director of the
  veterans'  service agency may appoint such officers, consultants, clerks
  and other employees as may be necessary to administer the  functions  of
  the  state  veterans'  service agency, fix their compensation within the
  limitation provided by law, and prescribe their duties.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 15 - Powers and Duties of Local Veterans' Service Agencies.

§  15.  Powers  and  duties  of local veterans' service agencies. 1. A
  local veterans' service agency shall have power under the  direction  of
  the  state  veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty to inform
  military and naval authorities of the United States and  assist  members
  of the uniformed services and veterans, who are residents of this state,
  and their families, in relation to (1) matters pertaining to educational
  training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and
  rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
  and  local  laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges
  to members  of  the  uniformed  services  and  war  veterans  and  their
  families,  (4) employment and re-employment services, (5) the process of
  submitting an application for  a  discharge  upgrade  to  the  discharge
  upgrade  advisory  board,  and  (6) other matters of similar, related or
  appropriate nature. The local veterans' service agency may  also  assist
  families  of members of the reserve components of the uniformed services
  and the organized militia ordered into active duty to ensure  that  they
  are made aware of and are receiving all appropriate support available to
  them  and  are  placed in contact with the agencies responsible for such
  support, including, but not limited to, the  division  of  military  and
  naval  affairs  and  other state agencies responsible for providing such
  support. The local veterans' service  agency  also  shall  perform  such
  other duties as may be assigned by the state commissioner.
2. A local veterans' service agency shall utilize, so far as possible,
  the  services and facilities of existing officers, offices, departments,
  commissions, boards, bureaus, institutions and  other  agencies  of  the
  state  and  of  the political subdivisions thereof and all such officers
  and  agencies  shall  cooperate  with  and  extend  such  services   and
  facilities to the local veterans' service agency as it may require.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 17 - Local Veterans' Service Committees.

§  17.  Local  veterans'  service committees. The same authority which
  appoints a local  director  shall  appoint  for  each  county  and  city
  veterans'  service  agency  a  veterans' service committee to assist the
  local director and shall appoint a chair thereof. Similar committees may
  be appointed in each village and town where  there  is  a  deputy  local
  director by the mayor of such village and the supervisor of such town in
  which  the  branch  office of the deputy local director is located or in
  which it operates. A similar committee may also be appointed in any city
  in and for which there is not  established  a  separate  city  veterans'
  service  agency,  and  in and for which there is a deputy local director
  and a branch office of the county veterans'  service  agency;  and  such
  appointment in any case shall be made by the city official authorized to
  appoint a city director in the case of a separate city veterans' service
  agency.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 18 - Appropriations for Expenses and Activities of Local Veterans' Service Agencies.

§  18.  Appropriations  for expenses and activities of local veterans'
  service agencies. Each county and each city of the  state  in  which  is
  established  a  county  veterans'  service  agency  or  a city veterans'
  service agency, as the case may be, is hereby authorized to  appropriate
  and  make  available  to the veterans' service agency of such respective
  county or city, such sums of money as it may deem  necessary  to  defray
  the  expenses  and  activities  of  such  agency,  and  the expenses and
  activities of such agencies are hereby declared to be proper county  and
  city  purposes  for  which  the  moneys  of  the  county  or city may be
  expended. Each city in and for which there is not established a separate
  city veterans' service agency, and each village and town of the state is
  hereby authorized to appropriate and make available to the deputy  local
  director  heading  the  branch  office  in and for such city, village or
  town, if any, of the county veterans' service agency having jurisdiction
  within such city, village or town, such sums of money  as  it  may  deem
  necessary  to  defray  the salary, expenses and activities of the deputy
  local director heading such branch office in and for such city,  village
  or  town  and  his  or  her  office,  including  the salaries of persons
  employed in such office, and such salaries, expenses and activities  are
  hereby  declared  to be proper city, village and town purposes for which
  the moneys of such cities, villages and  towns  may  be  expended.  Each
  village and town is also authorized to appropriate and make available to
  the  deputy  local  director  heading the consolidated branch office, if
  any, for such village or town and any adjoining village or villages,  or
  town  or  towns,  as  the  case  may be, of the county veterans' service
  agency having jurisdiction within such village or  town,  such  sums  of
  money  as  it  may  determine to defray in part the salary, expenses and
  activities of the deputy local director heading such consolidated branch
  office for such village or town and any adjoining village or villages or
  town or towns, as the case may be, including  the  salaries  of  persons
  employed in such consolidated branch office, and such salaries, expenses
  and  activities  are  hereby  declared  to  be  proper  village and town
  purposes for which  the  moneys  of  such  villages  and  towns  may  be
  expended.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 19 - Women Veterans Coordinator.

§  19. Women veterans coordinator. 1. Definitions. (a) "Veteran" shall
have the same meaning as defined in section one of this article.
(b)  "Department"  shall  mean  the  state  department  of   veterans'
services.
(c) "Women veterans coordinator" shall be a veteran.
2.   Such  women  veterans  coordinator  shall  be  appointed  by  the
commissioner.
3. Establishment  of  women  veterans  coordinator.  There  is  hereby
established  within  the  department, a "women veterans coordinator" who
shall work under the direction of  the  commissioner  and  whose  duties
shall include, but not be limited to, the:
(a)    identification,   development,   planning,   organization   and
coordination of all statewide programs and services to meet the needs of
women veterans;
(b) recommendation to the commissioner to ensure compliance  with  all
existing  department policies and regulations pertaining to the needs of
women veterans on the state and federal level and  make  recommendations
regarding the improvement of benefits and services to women veterans;
(c)  liaison  between  the department, the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs center for women veterans, the United States Department
of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, state veterans
nursing homes, state agencies, community  groups,  advocates  and  other
veterans and military organizations and interested parties;
(d) advocating for all women veterans in the state;
(e) development and maintenance of a clearinghouse for information and
resources for women veterans;
(f)  promote  events  and activities that recognize, educate and honor
women veterans, including but not limited  to  seminars  required  under
subdivision  six  of  section four of this article, veteran human rights
conferences,  veterans  benefits  and  resources  events,  and  veterans
cultural competence training;
(g)  inclusion of the contributions women veterans have made on behalf
of the United  States  and  this  state  on  the  department's  official
website; and
(h)  preparation  of  reports on topics including, but not limited to,
the demographics of women veterans, the number of women veterans  listed
by county, and the unique needs of the women veterans population, to the
extent  such information is available, to the commissioner on the status
of women veterans within New York state.
4. Reports. The women veterans coordinator shall submit  a  report  to
the  commissioner  each  year  after the effective date of this section.
Such report shall include, but not be limited to, a description  of  the
women  veterans  coordinator's  activities for the calendar year and the
programs developed pursuant to  the  provisions  of  this  section.  The
commissioner  shall submit the report or a synopsis of the report to the
governor in accordance with the  provisions  of  section  four  of  this
article.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 22 - Evidence of Entitlement.

§  22.  Evidence  of  entitlement.  1.  The  evidence of such service,
  blindness, residence and  domicile,  or  of  such  marriage,  widowhood,
  residence and domicile in each case shall be furnished in the manner and
  form  prescribed  by  the  commissioner  of veterans' services who shall
  examine the same.
2. Upon being satisfied that such service was  performed,  that  other
  facts  and  statements  in  the  application of such veteran or widow or
  widower are true and that the said veteran has been  classified  by  the
  New  York  state  commission  for  the  visually  handicapped as a blind
  person, where such veteran is not receiving or not entitled to receive a
  benefit from any existing retirement system to  which  the  state  is  a
  contributor, unless such veteran shall have become disabled by reason of
  loss  of  sight,  while  engaged  in  employment entitling him or her to
  receive a benefit from any existing retirement system to which the state
  is a contributor, and as a result of such disability  has  retired  from
  such  employment  and  is  receiving or is entitled to receive a benefit
  from such retirement system the commissioner of veterans' services shall
  certify to the state comptroller the name and address of such veteran or
  widow or widower.
3. Thereafter the department of  taxation  and  finance,  through  the
  division  of finance, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller, shall
  pay such veteran or widow or widower such sum as is  authorized  by  the
  provisions  of  this article in monthly installments for so long as such
  veteran or widow or widower shall meet the requirements of this article.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 28 - New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service Certificate.

§  28.  New  York  state silver rose veterans service certificate. The
  commissioner, in consultation  with  the  adjutant  general,  is  hereby
  authorized to present in the name of the legislature of the state of New
  York,  a  certificate,  to  be  known as the "New York State Silver Rose
  Veterans Service Certificate", bearing a  suitable  inscription  to  any
  person:
1. who is a citizen of the state of New York; or
2.  who  was  a  citizen of the state of New York while serving in the
  uniformed services of the United States, and who while  serving  in  the
  uniformed  services  of  the  United States, or the organized militia on
  active duty was exposed to dioxin or phenoxy herbicides, as evinced by a
  medical diagnosis  of  a  disease  associated  with  dioxin  or  phenoxy
  herbicides, and any other proof determined by the adjutant general to be
  necessary; or
3.   who   was   honorably  discharged  or  released  under  honorable
  circumstances.
Not more than one New York state  silver  rose  veterans  certificates
  shall  be awarded or presented, under the provisions of this section, to
  any person whose entire service subsequent to the time of the receipt of
  such certificate shall not have been honorable.  In  the  event  of  the
  death  of  any  person  during  or  subsequent  to  the  receipt of such
  certificate it shall be presented to such representative of the deceased
  as may  be  designated.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the
  adjutant general, shall make such rules and regulations as may be deemed
  necessary   for   the  proper  presentation  and  distribution  of  such
  certificates.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 29 - Intake Forms for Admission and Residency.

§  29. Intake forms for admission and residency. 1. The department, in
cooperation with the office of temporary and disability  assistance  and
any  other  state  department, office, division or agency the department
deems necessary, shall require that all intake forms  for  admission  or
residency  to  any  temporary  shelter  that is reimbursed from state or
state-administered grants or funds shall ask an applicant: "Have you  or
anyone in your household ever been in the United States military?". Each
social services district or social services district's designee shall in
writing advise all individuals applying for temporary housing assistance
and  identifying themselves as having been in the United States military
that the department of veterans' services and  local  veterans'  service
agencies  established  pursuant  to  section  fourteen  of  this article
provide  assistance  to  veterans  regarding  benefits  available  under
federal  and state law. Such written information shall include the name,
address and telephone  number  of  the  New  York  state  department  of
veterans' services, the nearest department of veterans' services office,
the  nearest  county  or  city  veterans' service agency and the nearest
accredited veterans' service officer. Each social services  district  or
social  services  district's  designee,  with  the  permission  of  such
individual's identifying themself as  a  veteran,  shall  transmit  such
veteran's status information to the department of veterans' services.
2.  The  department,  in  cooperation with the office of temporary and
disability assistance and any other state department,  office,  division
or  agency  the  department  deems  necessary, shall encourage all other
temporary shelter providers to share  information  to  increase  veteran
access to benefits by:
(a) providing information on the department website including:
(i)  potential  questions for inclusion on intake forms including, but
not limited to: "Have you or anyone in your household ever been  in  the
United States military?";
(ii)   advising   such  providers  that  all  individuals  identifying
themselves as having  been  in  the  United  States  military  that  the
division  and  local  veterans'  service  agencies provide assistance to
veterans regarding benefits available under federal and state law; and
(iii) the address and telephone number of the department,  county  and
city   veterans'  service  agencies  and  accredited  veterans'  service
officers; and
(b)  facilitating  the   transmission   of   such   veteran's   status
information,  with  the permission of individuals identifying themselves
as a veteran, to the department.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 29-A - Loan Counseling for Mortgages Guaranteed by the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.

* § 29-a. Loan counseling for mortgages guaranteed by the Servicemen's
  Readjustment  Act  of  1944.  Upon  the  request  of  any  veteran,  the
  department shall provide counseling and assistance to applicants  for  a
  mortgage  loan  guaranteed by the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.
  Such service shall be provided either directly  or  through  a  contract
  with  a  not-for-profit  entity  which  has  a Commercial and Government
  Entity (CAGE) code assigned by the federal System for  Award  Management
  and  which  is  not  owned by, affiliated with or operated by a mortgage
  company. Counselors shall be certified by the United  States  department
  of  housing and urban development under Part 214 of Title 24 of the Code
  of Federal Regulations. Loan counseling and assistance shall  include  a
  review  of  the  terms  and  restrictions  of  the  loan  and  any other
  information which may be required under federal law, rule or regulation.
  The department may  promulgate  regulations  necessary  to  prevent  any
  potential   conflicts   of  interest  between  counselors  and  mortgage
  companies to ensure that any counseling and  assistance  provided  under
  the provisions of this section shall be made in the best interest of the
  veteran seeking such mortgage loan.
* NB There are 2 § 29-a's
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services › 29-A*2 - Veterans Memorial Registry.

* § 29-a. Veterans memorial registry. 1. The department is directed to
  develop  a  veterans memorial registry in consultation with the director
  of the New York state military museum and veterans resource center,  the
  commissioner   of   the   office   of  parks,  recreation  and  historic
  preservation, the commissioner of the office of general services and the
  state  historian.  The  registry  shall  be  made   available   on   the
  department's website.
2.  The  registry  shall  consist  of  a  searchable database of those
  veterans memorials  located  within  the  state  submitted  pursuant  to
  subdivision  three  of this section. The registry shall include, but not
  be limited to, information regarding the location of a memorial and  who
  or  what  veteran  or  battle  such  memorial  is  honoring.  Additional
  information may include historical information such  as  who  authorized
  the  erection  of  such  memorial  and  the year of the dedication. Such
  registry shall be searchable by location, veteran or battle.
3. The state commissioner shall issue, on behalf of the department,  a
  public  request  for  information for any county, city, town, or village
  desiring to have any memorial located within their  municipality  listed
  within  the  registry.  Each  county,  city, town, or village may submit
  responses to the department's request for information at any time  after
  the   request   for   information   has  been  issued.  Individuals  and
  organizations, including but not limited  to,  local  veterans'  service
  agencies  staff  and  members  of  congressionally  chartered  veterans'
  service organizations may provide recommendations to a municipality  for
  inclusion  in  the  registry.  In  responding to the department's public
  request for information, a municipality shall identify the  memorial  or
  memorials  it  desires  to  have included in the registry and submit any
  information required pursuant to subdivision two of this section to  the
  department.
* NB There are 2 § 29-a's
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 2 - Veterans Employment Act › 31 - Legislative Findings.

§  31.  Legislative  findings. The legislature hereby finds that it is
  estimated that over the next five years,  forty-four  thousand  veterans
  are  expected  to return to this state from their military posts, making
  the Empire State home to one of the largest veteran populations  in  the
  country. Shockingly, the unemployment rate for Post-9/11 veterans in New
  York  was  10.7%  in  two  thousand  twelve, which is nearly one percent
  higher than the national average and higher  than  the  state's  overall
  8.2%  unemployment rate. The legislature has found previously that it is
  in the interest of the state to  ensure  that  returning  veterans  have
  employment  opportunities  available upon their separation from military
  service.
The state already  encourages  private  businesses  to  hire  military
  veterans through tax credits and other economic incentives. In addition,
  the  legislature has previously found that state agencies spend millions
  of dollars annually on temporary staff hired from  temporary  employment
  service  companies  to  cover  temporary staffing needs. These temporary
  state jobs could serve as a  bridge  for  recently  discharged  military
  veterans  who  have  yet  to find full-time permanent work. In addition,
  these temporary assignments could serve to develop the  next  generation
  of the state workforce and help with succession planning for the current
  workforce.
The  legislature  declares  it  to  be the policy of this state to use
  veterans for  temporary  appointments  in  state  agencies  rather  than
  utilizing  temporary  employment  service  companies in order to provide
  employment opportunities for returning military veterans.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 2 - Veterans Employment Act › 32 - Definitions.

§ 32. Definitions. As used in this article:
1.  "State agency" shall mean any department, board, bureau, division,
  commission, council or committee within the executive branch, the  state
  university  of New York, the city university of New York, and all public
  authorities under the control of the executive branch.
2. "Temporary appointment" shall have the same meaning as provided  in
  section sixty-four of the civil service law.
3.  "Veteran"  means  a  veteran (a) as defined in section one of this
  chapter, or (b) a member of the New York guard or New York naval militia
  who was discharged under other than dishonorable conditions, and who was
  released from such service after September eleventh, two thousand one.
4. "Veteran temporary hiring list" shall mean a hiring list maintained
  by the department of civil service.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 2 - Veterans Employment Act › 33 - Temporary Hiring.

§  33.  Temporary  hiring. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
  contrary, a state  agency  shall  select  a  veteran  from  the  veteran
  temporary  hiring list when making a temporary appointment provided such
  veteran  possesses  the  applicable  skills  needed  for  the  temporary
  assignment.
2023 New York Laws › VET - Veterans' Services Law › Article 2 - Veterans Employment Act › 34 - Department of Civil Services Responsibilities.

§ 34. Department of civil services responsibilities. The department of
  civil service shall:
1.  establish and maintain a veteran temporary hiring list, for use by
  state agencies in the implementation of this article;
2.  assist  state  agencies  by  making  available  services  of   the
  department  of  civil  service  to  facilitate  the  provisions  of this
  article; and
3. establish and maintain,  together  with  the  commissioner  of  the
  department  of  veterans'  services,  a  program  to  educate separating
  service members as to the benefits  available  to  veterans  under  this
  article.