New York Laws
Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services
15 - Powers and Duties of Local Veterans' Service Agencies.

§ 15. Powers and duties of local veterans' service agencies. 1. A
local veterans' service agency shall have power under the direction of
the state veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty to inform
military and naval authorities of the United States and assist members
of the uniformed services and veterans, who are residents of this state,
and their families, in relation to (1) matters pertaining to educational
training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and
rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
and local laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges
to members of the uniformed services and war veterans and their
families, (4) employment and re-employment services, (5) the process of
submitting an application for a discharge upgrade to the discharge
upgrade advisory board, and (6) other matters of similar, related or
appropriate nature. The local veterans' service agency may also assist
families of members of the reserve components of the uniformed services
and the organized militia ordered into active duty to ensure that they
are made aware of and are receiving all appropriate support available to
them and are placed in contact with the agencies responsible for such
support, including, but not limited to, the division of military and
naval affairs and other state agencies responsible for providing such
support. The local veterans' service agency also shall perform such
other duties as may be assigned by the state commissioner.

2. A local veterans' service agency shall utilize, so far as possible,
the services and facilities of existing officers, offices, departments,
commissions, boards, bureaus, institutions and other agencies of the
state and of the political subdivisions thereof and all such officers
and agencies shall cooperate with and extend such services and
facilities to the local veterans' service agency as it may require.