New York Consolidated Laws, Social Services Law - SOS § 168. Definitions

1. Veteran means a person who has served in the armed forces of the United States or who was a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal or marine corps expeditionary medal for participation in operations in Lebanon from June first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from October twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or in Panama from December twentieth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, and who (a) has been honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service or furloughed to the reserve, or (b) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.

2. Veteran organization means the:

3. Veteran assistance means safety net assistance given pursuant to the provisions of this title, to the persons eligible therefor.