N.Y. Education Law § 2567: Protection of rights exercised under licenses issued by a board of education in a city having a population of one million or more

§ 2567. Protection of rights exercised under licenses issued by a

board of education in a city having a population of one million or more.

No person shall forfeit any right given to him under a license issued by

a board of education in a city having a population of one million or

more, pursuant to this chapter, because of absence while in service in

the armed forces of the United States or in the service of the American

Red Cross. Any person may at any time within six months after his

discharge from service in the armed forces of the United States or the

American Red Cross make application to the license issuing authority by

affidavit setting forth that he or she has been in service in the armed

forces of the United States or the American Red Cross during world war

II and has been discharged from such service and that he desires the

license theretofore issued to him or to her to be reissued as of the

date of such application, and it shall be the duty of the licensing

authority to reinstate such license as of the date on which application

is made.