New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle A - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter I - Standards and Administrative Policies › Subchapter A - Rules Of The Chief Judge › Part 25 - Career Service › Section 25.32 - Credits and preferences for veterans or disabled veterans

Current
					 through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Definitions.
(1) The terms veteran and
					 nondisabled veteran mean a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who
					 served therein in time of war, who was honorably discharged or released under
					 honorable circumstances from such service, and who is a resident of this State
					 at the time of application for appointment or promotion.
(2) The term disabled veteran
					 means a veteran who is certified by the United States Veterans Administration
					 or a military department as entitled to receive disability payments upon the
					 certification of such Veterans Administration or a military department for a
					 disability incurred by him or her in time of war and in existence at the time
					 of application for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the
					 case may be. Such disability shall be deemed to be in existence at the time of
					 application for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the
					 case may be, if the certificate of such Veterans Administration shall state
					 affirmatively that such veteran has been examined by a medical officer of such
					 Veterans Administration on a date within one year of either the date of filing
					 application for competitive examination for original appointment or promotion,
					 or the date of the establishment of the resulting eligible list, or within one
					 year of the time of retention, as the case may be; that at the time of such
					 examination the war-incurred disability described in such certificate was found
					 to exist; and that such disability is rated at 10 per centum or more. Such
					 disability shall also be deemed to be in existence at such time if the
					 certificate of such Veterans Administration shall state affirmatively that a
					 permanent stabilized condition of disability exists to an extent of 10 per
					 centum or more, notwithstanding the fact that such veteran has not been
					 examined by a medical officer of such Veterans Administration within one year
					 of either the time of application for appointment or promotion, or the date of
					 filing application for competitive examination for original appointment or
					 promotion, or within one year of the time of retention, as the case may be. The
					 term disabled veteran shall also mean:
(i) a veteran who served in World War I,
					 who continued to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States after November
					 11, 1918, and who is certified, as hereinbefore provided, by the United States
					 Veterans Administration as receiving disability payments upon the certification
					 of such Veterans Administration for a disability incurred by such veteran in
					 such service on or before July 2, 1921;
(ii) a veteran who served in World War
					 II, who continued to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States after
					 September 2, 1945, or who served aboard merchant vessels as set forth in
					 section
					 85
					 (1)(b)(2) of the Civil Service Law, and who
					 is certified, as hereinbefore provided, by the United States Veterans
					 Administration as receiving disability payments upon the certification of such
					 Veterans Administration for a disability incurred by such veteran in such
					 service on or before the date that World War II was declared
					 terminated;
(iii) a
					 veteran who served during hostilities participated in by the military forces of
					 the United States subsequent to June 27, 1950, and who continued to serve in
					 the Armed Forces of the United States after January 31, 1955, and who is
					 certified, as hereinbefore provided, by the United States Veterans
					 Administration as receiving disability payments upon the certification of such
					 Veterans Administration for a disability incurred by such veteran in such
					 service.
(3) The term time of war shall include
					 the following wars and hostilities for the periods and based upon the evidence
					 herein set forth:
(i) World War
					 I, from April 6, 1917 to and including November 11, 1918;
(ii) World War II, from
					 December 7, 1941 to and including December 31, 1946;
(iii) hostilities participated
					 in by the military forces of the United States from June 27, 1950 to and
					 including January 31, 1955;
(iv) hostilities participated in by the
					 military forces of the United States from December 22, 1961 to May 7,
					 1975;
(v) hostilities
					 participated in by the military forces of the United States in Lebanon from
					 June 1, 1983 to December 1, 1987, as established by the receipt of the armed
					 forces expeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps
					 expeditionary medal;
(vi) hostilities participated in by the
					 military forces of the United States in Grenada, from October 23, 1983 to
					 November 21, 1983, as established by receipt of the armed forces expeditionary
					 medal, the navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary
					 medal;
(vii)
					 hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United States in
					 Panama, from December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990, as established by receipt
					 of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal, or the
					 marine corps expeditionary medal;
(viii) hostilities participated in by
					 the military forces of the United States in the Persian Gulf, from August 2,
					 1990 to the end of such hostilities.
(4) The term time of
					 application for original appointment or promotion shall mean the date of the
					 establishment of an eligible list resulting from a competitive examination for
					 original appointment or promotion, as the case may be, which date shall be the
					 date on which the term of such eligible list commences.
(5) The term time of retention
					 shall mean the time of abolition or elimination of positions.