N.Y. Social Services Law § 169: Eligibility

§ 169. Eligibility. Each of the following persons who is a resident of

the state on the date of making application for veteran assistance shall

be eligible for such assistance if he or she is unable to provide for

himself or herself, or is unable to secure support from a legally

responsible relative, and is not receiving needed assistance or care

under other provisions of this chapter, or from other sources:

1. A veteran;

2. The wife, husband, child or grandchild under the age of twenty-one

years, father, mother, stepfather or stepmother of a veteran, if living

with the veteran;

3. The unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran;

4. The dependent children under the age of twenty-one years or the

incapacitated children of a deceased veteran.