Committee on Veterans

The proposed bill would require an annual report from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development on the number of veterans or their surviving spouses applying for housing in city-run Mitchell-Lama developments and the number of veterans being selected for occupancy, to ensure that applicants benefiting from a veteran preference are in fact veterans.

This bill would establish an LGBTQ+ liaison within the department of veterans’ services. The liaison would be tasked with conducting outreach to LGBTQ+ veterans, coordinating the department’s assistance with discharge characterization upgrades for LGBTQ+ veterans, and connecting LGBTQ+ veterans with programs and services offered by the department of veterans’ services and other relevant agencies. The bill would also require the department to issue an annual report related to assistance for LGBTQ+ veterans.

This bill would provide that the primary residence of any seriously disabled veteran shall be fully exempt from taxation and special district charges, assessments and special ad valorem levies, provided that such veteran meets all other applicable requirements of section 458-a of the real property tax law.