N.Y. Economic Development Law § 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, space force, marines, coast guard, the commissioned

corps of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, the

commissioned corps of the public health service, and/or reserves

thereof, and/or in the army national guard, air national guard, New York

guard and/or the 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.