N.Y. Veterans' Services Law § 18: Appropriations for expenses and activities of local veterans' service agencies

§ 18. Appropriations for expenses and activities of local veterans'

service agencies. Each county and each city of the state in which is

established a county veterans' service agency or a city veterans'

service agency, as the case may be, is hereby authorized to appropriate

and make available to the veterans' service agency of such respective

county or city, such sums of money as it may deem necessary to defray

the expenses and activities of such agency, and the expenses and

activities of such agencies are hereby declared to be proper county and

city purposes for which the moneys of the county or city may be

expended. Each city in and for which there is not established a separate

city veterans' service agency, and each village and town of the state is

hereby authorized to appropriate and make available to the deputy local

director heading the branch office in and for such city, village or

town, if any, of the county veterans' service agency having jurisdiction

within such city, village or town, such sums of money as it may deem

necessary to defray the salary, expenses and activities of the deputy

local director heading such branch office in and for such city, village

or town and his or her office, including the salaries of persons

employed in such office, and such salaries, expenses and activities are

hereby declared to be proper city, village and town purposes for which

the moneys of such cities, villages and towns may be expended. Each

village and town is also authorized to appropriate and make available to

the deputy local director heading the consolidated branch office, if

any, for such village or town and any adjoining village or villages, or

town or towns, as the case may be, of the county veterans' service

agency having jurisdiction within such village or town, such sums of

money as it may determine to defray in part the salary, expenses and

activities of the deputy local director heading such consolidated branch

office for such village or town and any adjoining village or villages or

town or towns, as the case may be, including the salaries of persons

employed in such consolidated branch office, and such salaries, expenses

and activities are hereby declared to be proper village and town

purposes for which the moneys of such villages and towns may be

expended.