N.Y. Social Services Law § 168: Definitions

§ 168. Definitions. As used in this title:

1. Veteran means a person who has served in the armed forces of the

United States or who was a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary

medal, navy expeditionary medal or marine corps expeditionary medal for

participation in operations in Lebanon from June first, nineteen hundred

eighty-three to December first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in

Grenada from October twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-three to

November twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or in Panama from

December twentieth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine to January

thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, and who (a) has been honorably

discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service

or furloughed to the reserve, 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.

2. Veteran organization means the:

(a) Grand Army of the Republic;

(b) United Spanish War Veterans;

(c) American Legion;

(d) Disabled American Veterans;

(e) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;

(f) Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated;

(g) Catholic War Veterans, Incorporated;

(h) Army and Navy Union of the United States;

(i) Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated;

(j) Polish Legion of American Veterans, Incorporated;

(k) The Marine Corps League;

(l) Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc.;

(m) Amvets.

(n) American Veterans of World War II;

(o) Veterans of World War I, U.S.A., Inc.

(p) Polish-American Veterans of World War II;

(q) Masonic War Veterans of the state of N.Y., Inc.;

(r) American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.;

(s) Regular Veterans Association, Inc.;

(t) Vietnam Veterans of America;

(u) Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association;

3. Veteran assistance means safety net assistance given pursuant to

the provisions of this title, to the persons eligible therefor.