Rockland County's Veterans Service Agency, 20 Squadron Boulevard, Suite 101, New City, (845) 638-5244, helps veterans and families with VA claims by appointment, weekdays 9 to 5, runs a veterans food pantry and a burial coordinator for the county's veterans cemeteries, and lists the Vet to Vet peer support programme (845-624-1366).
Also called: VSA, county veterans service agency, claims help, New City, Susan Branam, food pantry, Vet to Vet, peer support, Veterans' Services Law 14, New City, Pomona, Nyack, Spring Valley, Suffern, Haverstraw.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
The Rockland County Veterans Service Agency is the county agency every New York county must keep under Veterans' Services Law 14; see the New York entry on local veterans' service agencies. "Our goal is to provide outstanding service to the more than 9,000 veterans who reside in Rockland County by maximizing the receipt of veterans benefits." Its services: benefit counselling, preparing and submitting claims, following them to a decision, and appeals; a 2026 county award release credits one former service officer with securing $12 million in benefits for local veterans and surviving spouses.
Where and when. Director Susan Branam; 20 Squadron Boulevard, Suite 101, New City, NY 10956; (845) 638-5244; Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., by appointment only.
What else it runs. A veterans food pantry, which the County Executive's April 23, 2026 State of the County release says the agency doubled in size, serving 242 veterans and surviving spouses (the same release credits the agency with $1.1 million in additional benefits), and for which the Legislature accepted $4,500 of donations in August 2026; a Veterans Burial Coordinator for the county's two veterans cemeteries (see the next entry); pages of job openings for veterans and of veteran-owned businesses; and a list of resources: the New City VA Clinic (845-634-8942), the satellite Vet Center in New City for counselling (914-682-6250), the Vet to Vet Peer Support Program (845-624-1366), and the Montrose (914-737-4400), Castle Point (845-831-2000) and Bronx (718-584-9000) VA medical centres.
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