{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-veterans-services-law-17","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Veterans' Services Law § 17","heading":"Local veterans' service committees","body":"§ 17. Local veterans' service committees. The same authority which\nappoints a local director shall appoint for each county and city\nveterans' service agency a veterans' service committee to assist the\nlocal director and shall appoint a chair thereof. Similar committees may\nbe appointed in each village and town where there is a deputy local\ndirector by the mayor of such village and the supervisor of such town in\nwhich the branch office of the deputy local director is located or in\nwhich it operates. A similar committee may also be appointed in any city\nin and for which there is not established a separate city veterans'\nservice agency, and in and for which there is a deputy local director\nand a branch office of the county veterans' service agency; and such\nappointment in any case shall be made by the city official authorized to\nappoint a city director in the case of a separate city veterans' service\nagency.","path":["Veterans' Services Law","Article 1. Department of Veterans' Services"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/VET/17","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"aca8d5fca0e7321e5d1e088bb41708b627409ed08d420506505002f3b3c80a48","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-veterans-services-law-16","next":"us-ny/n.y.-veterans-services-law-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}