HONORING OUR VETERANS

Serving Those Who Served Us

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