New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 6223. Deferred education payments

The board of trustees, by regulation, shall provide that upon request by a student attending any college of the city university who is an eligible veteran, the payment of tuition and other fees and charges, less the amounts payable for such purposes from scholarships or other financial assistance awarded said veteran pursuant to article thirteen of this chapter, article one hundred thirty of this chapter   1 or any other college, state or federal aid program, shall be deferred in such amounts and until such times as the several payments of veterans' benefits under the Veterans' Readjustment Benefit   2 Act of 1966, as amended,  3 are received by the veteran, provided that the veteran has filed a claim for such benefits and presents to the city university proof of eligibility, extent of entitlement to benefits and the need for deferral until the receipt of such benefits.