N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 168

§ 168. Definitions. As used in this title:\n 1. Veteran means a person, male or female, who has served in the armed\nforces of the United States in time of war, or who was a recipient of\nthe armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal or marine\ncorps expeditionary medal for participation in operations in Lebanon\nfrom June first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from October twenty-third,\nnineteen hundred eighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen hundred\neighty-three, or in Panama from December twentieth, nineteen hundred\neighty-nine to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, and who\nhas been honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances\nfrom such service or furloughed to the reserve.\n 2. In time of war means the periods herein set forth for the following\nwars and conflicts:\n (1) Civil war; from twentieth day of April, eighteen hundred sixty-one\nto and including the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred sixty-five.\n (2) Spanish-American war; from the twenty-first day of April, eighteen\nhundred ninety-eight to and including the eleventh day of April,\neighteen hundred ninety-nine.\n (3) Philippine insurrection; from the eleventh day of April, eighteen\nhundred ninety-nine to and including the fourth day of July, nineteen\nhundred two.\n (4) World war I; from the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred\nseventeen to and including the eleventh day of November, nineteen\nhundred eighteen.\n (5) World war II; from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred\nforty-one to and including the thirty-first day of December, nineteen\nhundred forty-six, or who was employed by the War Shipping\nAdministration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a\nmerchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard or\nDepartment of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United\nStates Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States\nArmy Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation\nService; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the\nperiod of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one,\nto August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant\nvessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service\nas such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and\nfurther to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and\nCanada, Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels\nin oceangoing service or foreign waters and who has received a\nCertificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge\ncertificate, or an Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty,\nfrom the Department of Defense or who served as a United States civilian\nemployed by the American Field Service and served overseas under United\nStates Armies and United States Army Groups in world war II during the\nperiod of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one\nthrough May eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who was discharged\nor released therefrom under honorable conditions, or who served as a\nUnited States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee\nof Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its\naffiliates and served overseas as a result of Pan American's contract\nwith Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the\nperiod of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen hundred\nforty-one through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and\nwho was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions.\n (6) Korean conflict; from the twenty-seventh day of June, nineteen\nhundred fifty to and including the thirty-first day of January, nineteen\nhundred fifty-five.\n (7) Viet Nam conflict; from the twenty-eighth day of February,\nnineteen hundred sixty-one to and including the seventh day of May,\nnineteen hundred seventy-five.\n (8) Persian Gulf conflict; from the second day of August, nineteen\nhundred ninety to and including the end of such conflict.\n 3. Veteran organization means the:\n (a) Grand Army of the Republic;\n (b) United Spanish War Veterans;\n (c) American Legion;\n (d) Disabled American Veterans;\n (e) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;\n (f) Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated;\n (g) Catholic War Veterans, Incorporated;\n (h) Army and Navy Union of the United States;\n (i) Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated;\n (j) Polish Legion of American Veterans, Incorporated;\n (k) The Marine Corps League;\n (l) Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc.;\n (m) Amvets.\n (n) American Veterans of World War II;\n (o) Veterans of World War I, U.S.A., Inc.\n (p) Polish-American Veterans of World War II;\n (q) Masonic War Veterans of the state of N.Y., Inc.;\n (r) American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.;\n (s) Regular Veterans Association, Inc.;\n (t) Vietnam Veterans of America;\n (u) Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association;\n 4. Veteran assistance means safety net assistance given pursuant to\nthe provisions of this title, to the persons eligible therefor.\n