VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
The Nassau County Clerk records a DD-214 free, returns the original with two certified copies, keeps it sealed, and issues a Veterans Discount Photo ID honoured by local…
Since Local Law 2 of 2016, every Nassau County department aims for at least six percent of County contracts to go to businesses certified by the State as service-disabled…
Since Local Law 6 of 2019, Nassau County's Human Rights Law bars discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations because of veteran status, meaning current or…
Nassau County's Dwyer peer support project offers veterans and their families free, confidential peer groups, advocacy, help with benefits and resources, and events, from an…
A Nassau resident veteran discharged other than dishonorably can buy a Veteran Leisure Pass for a one-time $30, renewed only by proving residence every three years, which brings…
Nassau County's Department of Assessment grants the alternative, eligible funds and Cold War exemptions against county and town taxes; the Cold War exemption is at the State's…
Gate: Permanent and total, for the full exemption; A rating adds an exemption equal to half its percentage
www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/52757/2027-28-Veterans-Brochure
Nassau's veterans treatment court sits in the County District Court in Hempstead.
www.nycourts.gov/problem-solving-courts/veterans-treatment-court-locations
Takes 15% off the assessed value of the home of a wartime veteran, another 10% for combat service, and a further slice equal to half the disability rating.
Gate: A rating adds an exemption equal to half its percentage
Each county, and New York City, must arrange the burial of an honorably discharged veteran, or a veteran's spouse, surviving spouse, minor child or parent, who dies without…
Ten points added to an open-competitive civil service exam score for a veteran rated 10% or more, five points for other veterans. Promotion exams get half that.
Gate: A rating of 10% or more doubles the credits
For service between September 2, 1945 and December 26, 1991 that does not meet a wartime test.
Gate: A rating adds an exemption equal to half its percentage
The older exemption, worth up to $7,500 where a home was bought with pension, bonus, insurance, or prisoner of war money.
Any county clerk in New York, New York City included, must record an honorable discharge or certificate of service free, and give the veteran or a parent, spouse, dependent or…
From assessment rolls based on taxable status dates on or after October 1, 2026, a county, city, town, village or school district may fully exempt the primary residence of a…
Gate: VA letter stating permanent and total disability from service
An annual annuity for the parents, spouse, domestic partner, and children of a service member who died on active duty.
A free pass that never expires, giving a New York veteran free vehicle entry to state parks, historic sites, and DEC day-use areas, free greens fees and pool entry, and…
Military Enhanced Recognition Incentive and Tribute. Covers the cost of attendance, up to the average at a state-operated SUNY college, for the child, spouse or financial…
Gate: Severely and permanently disabled in the line of duty
Military pension payments are totally exempt from New York State, New York City, and Yonkers income tax, with no dollar cap and no age test.
A New York high school diploma for a New York resident veteran with a satisfactory discharge who never finished high school, on any active-duty service (Education Law 305(29) to…
A New York State employee who served in a combat theater or combat zone gets up to five paid workdays a year, charged to no leave credit, for health care related to that service…
A $5 Sportsman license, covering fishing, big game, and small game, for a resident veteran rated 40% or more.
Gate: Service-connected rating of 40% or more
dec.ny.gov/regulatory/permits-licenses/sporting-and-use/sporting/free-reduced-fee
A $450 a year award for a student whose veteran parent died, is missing, was a prisoner of war, or carries a service-connected disability rated 40% or more.
Gate: Parent rated 40% or more service-connected
Up to 500 State positions in the noncompetitive class, filled without an examination by disabled veterans (a compensable VA rating, 10% or more) or by veterans the Department of…
Gate: Service-connected disability rated 10% or more
State certification that opens a 6% statewide goal for participation on New York contracts.
Gate: Service-connected rating of 10% or more
An annuity of about $1,395 a year, paid monthly, to a legally blind New York wartime veteran or an unremarried surviving spouse.
Five state-run skilled nursing homes, at Batavia, Montrose, Oxford, St. Albans in Queens, and Stony Brook on Long Island. A veteran rated 70% or higher pays nothing.
Gate: A rating of 70% or more means no cost
A free VETERAN designation on a driver license, permit, or non-driver ID with an honorable discharge.
A New York resident who was honorably discharged and served in a war or overseas, or that veteran's surviving spouse, can get a free licence from the county clerk to sell goods…
Pays tuition up to the SUNY rate at a New York college or approved vocational program, for a veteran with four years of active duty or qualifying combat service.
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.