Herkimer County Veterans' Service Agency

County veterans' service agencies are New York's Veterans' Services Law 14; see the New York entry. Herkimer County's agency: "The mission of the Herkimer County Veterans' Service Agency is to provide entitlement information and advocacy assistance to military personnel, military veterans, and to their dependents in matters relating to veterans' law. Our expert counseling staff prepares, presents and prosecutes claims ranging from but not limited to monthly compensation and pension income, educational benefits, health care, nursing home care, vocational rehabilitation, tax exemption, military discharge reviews and upgrades, home loan guarantees, and blind annuity. Our office works closely with other agencies within the Federal, State, and County." Where and when. 25 Central Plaza, Ilion, NY 13357; 315-867-1127, fax 315-574-3513, [email protected]; the office hours it prints are Monday to Friday 0800-1600 hrs (the site's banner says the county keeps 8 to 4:30, and 8 to 4 Memorial Day to Labor Day). The page names Richard Louis and gives no other staff; his title is not published. The page's numbers. CHAMPVA 1-800-733-8387; the Donald J. Mitchell VA Outpatient Clinic in Rome, 315-334-7100; the Syracuse VA Medical Center, 315-425-4400; the VA Regional Office in Buffalo, 1-800-827-1000; the State blind annuity programme, 518-486-3602; and a homelessness outreach worker, Madison Przelski, 315-425-4400 extension 57124. The Legislature's committee. A standing Administration/Veterans' Affairs Committee (chair Robert J. Schrader) carries the agency's items to the Board; the 2025 adopted budget funds the agency as department 6510 ($82,268 of salaries, one position, with State aid line 3710 "Veterans Service Agency" at $25,000) and a separate department 6511, Veterans Burial. The travel rules the Board adopted on December 10, 2025 let the agency's director and service officer attend the Division of Veterans' Affairs and County Veterans Service Officers Association conferences and the American Legion's advanced training, and pay the association's $40 dues, the American Legion's $30 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars' $45.