New York Laws
Article 1 - Department of Veterans' Services
18 - Appropriations for Expenses and Activities of Local Veterans' Service Agencies.

§ 18. Appropriations for expenses and activities of local veterans'
service agencies. Each county and each city of the state in which is
established a county veterans' service agency or a city veterans'
service agency, as the case may be, is hereby authorized to appropriate
and make available to the veterans' service agency of such respective
county or city, such sums of money as it may deem necessary to defray
the expenses and activities of such agency, and the expenses and
activities of such agencies are hereby declared to be proper county and
city purposes for which the moneys of the county or city may be
expended. Each city in and for which there is not established a separate
city veterans' service agency, and each village and town of the state is
hereby authorized to appropriate and make available to the deputy local
director heading the branch office in and for such city, village or
town, if any, of the county veterans' service agency having jurisdiction
within such city, village or town, such sums of money as it may deem
necessary to defray the salary, expenses and activities of the deputy
local director heading such branch office in and for such city, village
or town and his or her office, including the salaries of persons
employed in such office, and such salaries, expenses and activities are
hereby declared to be proper city, village and town purposes for which
the moneys of such cities, villages and towns may be expended. Each
village and town is also authorized to appropriate and make available to
the deputy local director heading the consolidated branch office, if
any, for such village or town and any adjoining village or villages, or
town or towns, as the case may be, of the county veterans' service
agency having jurisdiction within such village or town, such sums of
money as it may determine to defray in part the salary, expenses and
activities of the deputy local director heading such consolidated branch
office for such village or town and any adjoining village or villages or
town or towns, as the case may be, including the salaries of persons
employed in such consolidated branch office, and such salaries, expenses
and activities are hereby declared to be proper village and town
purposes for which the moneys of such villages and towns may be
expended.