Veterans

Issues: Veterans

The following information is for veterans. Please contact our office for assistance with any questions or problems you may have.

New York City Veterans Resources

  • NYC Veterans’ Services Information Guide

www.nyc.gov/veterans
212-442-4171
Helps veterans with property tax exemptions, tax warrants, parking tickets and offers other financial relief exclusive to veterans.

  • City Bar Justice Center – Veterans Assistance Project – launched by the City Bar Justice Center in 2007

http://www2.nycbar.org/citybarjusticecenter/projects/economic-justice/veterans-assistance-project
1-877-564-3383
City Bar Justice Center – 42 W. 44th Street,
New York, New York 10036

Created to provide legal assistance to veterans in the New York City area with VA disability benefits issues.

  • NYC Business Solutions

www.nyc.gov/nycbusiness
Queens Center - 168-25 Jamaica Avenue, 2nd floor,
Jamaica, NY 11432
718-577-2148

Brooklyn Center – 9 Bond Street, 5th Floor,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
347-296-80210

This organization provides no cost, customized services to help veteran entrepreneurs and small business owners reach their goals.

  • CUNY Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/adminfinance/businessOffice/bo_sbdc.shtml
New York City College of Technology – 25 Chapel St. 11th Floor,
Brooklyn, New York 11201
718-797-0187

Provides pro bono business consulting to NYC veteran entrepreneurs

    New York State Veterans Resources

    • NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

    http://www.dec.ny.gov/

    Hunting Licenses & Fishing Permits are available at reduced cost to Veterans with a 40% or greater disability rating and free to NYS residents who are active members of the NYARNG, US Reserve or Active Duty.

    • E-Z Pass

    http://www.thruway.ny.gov/ezpass/ta-w5175.pdf

    A Disabled Veteran who is qualified for and obtains a fee exempt vehicle registration from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles may enroll in the Authority's Disabled Veteran Non-Revenue E-ZPass program. Enrollment in the program allows free, unlimited travel for the disabled veteran anywhere on the Thruway system when the disabled veteran is traveling in a qualifying vehicle; (2-axle, 4-tire cars, vans or pickup trucks or motorcycles).

    For more information and to find out if you qualify, please click the following link: http://www.thruway.ny.gov/ezpass/ta-w5080.pdf

    • Higher Education Services Corporation - Veterans Tuition Awards

    http://www.hesc.com/content.nsf
    1-888-697-4372

    Veterans Tuition Awards (VTA) are awards for full-time study and part-time study for eligible veterans matriculated at an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting institution or in an approved vocational training program in New York State.

    • Higher Education Services Corporation - Military Service Recognition Scholarships

    Higher Education Services Corp (HESC) at www.hesc.org or call 1-888-697-4372.

    Military Service Recognition Scholarships provide financial aid to veterans, children, spouses, and financial dependents of members of the US Armed Forces who while NYS residents, died or became severely and permanently disabled while engaged in hostilities or training for hostilities.

    • Higher Education Services Corporation - Regents Awards

    Higher Education Services Corp (HESC) at www.hesc.org or call 1-888-697-4372.

    Regents awards for children of deceased and disabled veterans provide up to $450 per year to students whose parents(s) served in the US Armed Forces during specified times of national emergency.

    • NYS Division of Veteran’s Affairs - Blind Annuity

    http://veterans.ny.gov/state-benefits.html
    1-888-838-7697 or 518-486-3602

    http://veterans.ny.gov/forms/blind_annuity_form.pdf

    The Blind Annuity Program benefit is for legally blind NYS wartime veterans or the surviving un-remarried spouse of the blind veteran. The program authorizes an annuity payment of up to $1,220.76 per veteran.

    • NYS Department of Taxation and Finance – NYS Veteran’s Property Tax Exemption

    www.orps.state.ny.us
    1-888-838-7697

    Provides partial exemption on real property taxes to veterans of defined periods of war.

    Please call the number listed above to see if you qualify.

    • NYS Division of Veteran’s Affairs - Supplemental Burial Allowance

    1-888-838-7697

    NYS Division of Veteran’s Affairs
    c/o Finance Unit
    #5 Empire State Plaza, 28th Floor, Suite 2836
    Albany, New York 12223

    Supplemental Burial Allowance allows up to $6,000 is authorized for certain military personnel killed in combat or while on active duty in hostile/imminent danger locations on or after September 23rd, 2003.

    • NYS Department of Labor – Veterans Career Services

    http://www.labor.state.ny.us/vets/vetseducation.shtm

    http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workforcenypartners/osview.asp - NYS DOL career centers

      New York State Veterans Facilities

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