N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 1271

§ 1271. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Corporation" shall mean the housing trust fund corporation\nestablished in section forty-five-a of this chapter.\n 2. "Eligible applicant" shall mean a city, town, village or\nnot-for-profit corporation in existence for a period of one or more\nyears prior to application, which is, or will be at the time of award,\nincorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law and has\nsubstantial experience in adapting or retrofitting homes for persons\nwith disabilities.\n * 3. "Veteran" shall mean a resident of this state who (a) has served\nin the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard\nor (b) has served on active duty or ordered to active duty as defined in\n10 USC 101 (d)(1) as a member of the national guard or other reserve\ncomponent of the armed forces of the United States or (c) has served on\nactive duty or ordered to active duty for the state, as a member of the\nstate organized militia as defined in subdivision nine of section one of\nthe military law, and has been released from such service documented by\nan honorable or general discharge, or has a qualifying condition, as\ndefined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has\nreceived a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such\nservice, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section three\nhundred fifty of the executive law, and has received a discharge other\nthan bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.\n * NB Effective until April 1, 2023\n * 3. "Veteran" shall mean a veteran as defined in section one of the\nveterans' services law, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in\nsection one of the veterans' services law, who is a resident of the\nstate and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or\ndishonorable from such service.\n * NB Effective April 1, 2023\n 4. "Disabled veteran" shall mean a veteran with, including but not\nlimited to, a permanent physical or medical impairment resulting from an\nanatomical or physiological condition which prevents the exercise of a\nnormal bodily function, substantially limits a major life activity or\nwhich is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or laboratory\ndiagnostic techniques. A professional evaluation must be provided which\nidentifies the disability, describes the substantial limitation caused\nby the disability, and recommends potential structural modifications to\nimprove the activities of daily living within and/or access to such\nresidence in consideration of such disability.\n 5. "Access to home for heroes programs" or "programs" shall mean a\nseries of activities by an eligible applicant to administer funds to\nprovide grants to homeowners and renters and to oversee the adaptation\nor retrofitting of eligible properties.\n 6. "Eligible property" shall mean a housing unit that is the primary\nresidence of a disabled veteran and a total household income that does\nnot exceed one hundred and twenty percent of area median income. A\nproperty shall not be considered an eligible property if the owner of\nthe property is otherwise obligated by federal, state or local law to\nprovide the improvements funded under this article.\n