HONORING OUR VETERANS

VETERANS’ SERVICES

• Eliminate veteran homelessness
• Make Permanent the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program
• Create an interface on the Division of Veterans’ Services/Department of Veterans’ Services and Military Affairs website to easily identify benefits veterans qualify for in New York
• Expand the number of Veterans Treatment Courts across the state
• Establish a New York’s Own Program to establish tax-free savings accounts for veterans to use to pay the healthcare costs of certain combat-related healthcare costs until that veteran is fully covered by the VA
• Establish a green alert system for missing veterans and military service members

VETERANS’ QUALITY OF LIFE

• Create a new protected class for veterans under Human Rights Law
• Improve Veteran Employment Opportunities
• Create a New York State GI Program
• Establish a Veterans in Parks (VIP) Program which would provide free entry to New York State parks and campsites
• Designate New York as a Purple Heart State