New York Consolidated Laws, Veterans’ Services Law - VES § 29-a. Veterans memorial registry

1. The department is directed to develop a veterans memorial registry in consultation with the director of the New York state military museum and veterans resource center, the commissioner of the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, the commissioner of the office of general services and the state historian.  The registry shall be made available on the department's website.

2. The registry shall consist of a searchable database of those veterans memorials located within the state submitted pursuant to subdivision three of this section.  The registry shall include, but not be limited to, information regarding the location of a memorial and who or what veteran or battle such memorial is honoring.  Additional information may include historical information such as who authorized the erection of such memorial and the year of the dedication.  Such registry shall be searchable by location, veteran or battle.

3. The state commissioner shall issue, on behalf of the department, a public request for information for any county, city, town, or village desiring to have any memorial located within their municipality listed within the registry.  Each county, city, town, or village may submit responses to the department's request for information at any time after the request for information has been issued.  Individuals and organizations, including but not limited to, local veterans' service agencies staff and members of congressionally chartered veterans' service organizations may provide recommendations to a municipality for inclusion in the registry.  In responding to the department's public request for information, a municipality shall identify the memorial or memorials it desires to have included in the registry and submit any information required pursuant to subdivision two of this section to the department.