New York

2024/2023 Legislation

  • Assembly Bill 7603 / Senate Bill 6602
    • Summary:Relates to participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations by the national guard; provides that members of the national guard shall qualify as employees for the purposes of making a claim under the workers’ compensation law for participation in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations.
    • Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
    • Status: Engrossed on June 5 2024 – 50% progression (Not Passed)
    • Action: 2024-01-18 – print number 7603a
    • Pending: Assembly Labor Committee
AN ACT to amend the military law and the workers' compensation  law,  in
          relation  to  participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery and
          cleanup operations by the national guard

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  6 of the military law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a. Notwithstanding any other law, regulation or rule to the  contra-
     4  ry,  an  order into active service of the national guard, or alternative
     5  proof as determined by the  division  of  military  and  naval  affairs,
     6  including  third-party  verification  and witness presence statements as
     7  included in the federal James Zadroga 9/11 Health and  Compensation  Act
     8  of  2010, as amended, as part of the World Trade Center rescue, recovery
     9  and cleanup operations shall qualify such member of the  national  guard
    10  as an employee under article eight-A of the workers' compensation law.
    11    §  2.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 1 of section 161 of the
    12  workers' compensation law, as added by chapter 446 of the laws of  2006,
    13  is amended to read as follows:
    14    "Participant  in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup oper-
    15  ations" means any (a) employee, including members of the national  guard
    16  as provided in subdivision one-a of section six of the military law, who
    17  within  the  course of employment, or (b) volunteer upon presentation to
    18  the board of evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she:
    19    § 3. Section 169 of the workers' compensation law is amended by adding
    20  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    21    3. Notwithstanding section  eighteen  or  twenty-eight  or  any  other
    22  provision of this chapter, any claimant who was a member of the national
    23  guard who was previously prohibited from filing a claim under this arti-
    24  cle  may  refile  such claim or claims within two years of the effective date of this subdivision.  The board shall accept proof  of  a  national
     2  guard's  service  as  determined  by  the division of military and naval
     3  affairs pursuant to section six of the military law.
     4    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
  • Senate Bill 7379
    • Summary: Ensures that certain members of the New York Air National Guard, New York Army National Guard, New York Naval Militia, and New York Guard who participated in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations are honored for their service and afforded veteran status under New York state law.
    • Status: Engrossed on June 5 2023 – 50% progression (Not Passed)
    • Action: 2023-06-05 – referred to veterans’ affairs
    • Pending: Assembly Veterans’ Affairs Committee
2. Any member of the New  York  Air  National  Guard,  New  York  Army
    30  National  Guard,  New York Naval Militia, and New York Guard who partic-
    31  ipated in World Trade Center rescue,  recovery,  or  cleanup  operations
    32  during  and in the aftermath of the September eleventh, two thousand one
    33  attacks shall, upon submission of proper documentation of service, qual-
    34  ify for veteran status under New York state  law.  Proper  documentation
    35  must  be submitted to the department of veterans' services for consider-
    36  ation. Any determination made by such department pertaining  to  veteran
    37  status shall be final.
    38    (a)  (i)  As  defined  in  paragraph  (e) of subdivision thirty-six of
    39  section two of the  retirement and social security law, "participated in
    40  World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations"  shall  mean
    41  any member who:
    42    (1) Participated in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations at the
    43  World Trade Center site;
    44    (2) Worked at the Fresh Kills Land Fill in New York;
    45    (3) Worked at the New York city morgue or the temporary morgue on pier
    46  locations on the west side of Manhattan;
    47    (4) Manned the barges between the west side of Manhattan and the Fresh
    48  Kills Land Fill in New York; or
    49    (5)  Repaired, cleaned or rehabilitated vehicles or equipment, includ-
    50  ing emergency vehicle radio equipment owned by the city of New York that
    51  were contaminated by debris in the World Trade Center  site,  regardless
    52  of  whether  the work on the repair, cleaning, or rehabilitation of said
    53  vehicles and equipment was performed within the World Trade Center site,
    54  provided such work was performed prior to decontamination of such  vehi-
    55  cles or equipment.
  • Senate Bill 1201 / AB7475
    • Summary: Relates to establishing discount programs for veterans; provides that utilities, waterworks corporations, telephone corporations and cable television companies shall create discount programs that provide a 10 percent discount to veterans; defines terms.
    • Status: Engrossed on May 31 2023 – 50% progression (Not Passed)
    • Action: 2024-06-07 – RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public service law, in relation to establishing
          discount programs for veterans

For the purposes of this section, "veteran" shall mean a resi-
     2  dent of the state who (i) is the primary named  cable  service  account-
     3  holder;  (ii)  has had a total household income of less than fifty thou-
     4  sand dollars for the  most  recent  two  consecutive  income  tax  years
     5  beginning in two thousand twenty, as verified by the department of taxa-
     6  tion  and finance; and (iii) received any honorable or general discharge
     7  from the United States army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast  guard
     8  and/or  the  reserves  thereof,  and/or  the  army  national  guard, air
     9  national guard, New York guard or New York naval militia.
Utility discount program.   1. (a) Notwithstanding  any  other
     4  provision of law, the commission is authorized and directed to require a
     5  gas  corporation,  electric  corporation  or municipality to establish a
     6  discount program for veterans no later than ninety days after the effec-
     7  tive date of this section. Such program shall offer a yearly benefit  to
     8  veterans  in  the  form  of a ten percent discount on utility bills. The
     9  fiscal impact of such program shall not be borne by customers and  shall
    10  not  be  added  to  bills rendered by a gas corporation, electric corpo-
    11  ration or municipality to customers.

    12    (b) A gas corporation,  electric  corporation  or  municipality  which
    13  offers  such  discount  program shall conspicuously advertise the avail-
    14  ability and amount of such discount on the website of  such  gas  corpo-
    15  ration,  electric  corporation  or  municipality.  The  availability and
    16  amount of such discount shall also be conspicuously  advertised  on  the
    17  accessibility  page  of  the  website  of such gas corporation, electric
    18  corporation or municipality.

 89-q.  Water  discount  program.  1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other
    16  provision of law, the commission is authorized and directed  to  require
    17  waterworks  corporations  and  municipal  water  systems  to establish a
    18  discount program for veterans no later than ninety days after the effec-
    19  tive date of this section.  Such program shall offer a yearly benefit to
    20  veterans in the form of a ten percent discount on water  utility  bills.
    21  The  fiscal  impact  of such program shall not be borne by customers and
    22  shall not be added to bills rendered  by  a  waterworks  corporation  or
    23  municipal water system to customers.
    24    (b)  A  waterworks  corporation or municipal water system which offers
    25  such discount program shall conspicuously advertise the availability and
    26  amount of such discount on the website of such waterworks corporation or
    27  municipal water system. The availability and  amount  of  such  discount
    28  shall  also be conspicuously advertised on the accessibility page of the
    29  website of such waterworks corporation or municipal water system.

§ 91-b. Telephone discount program. 1. (a) Notwithstanding  any  other
    48  provision of law, the commission is authorized and directed to require a
    49  telephone  corporation  to  establish a discount program for veterans no
    50  later than ninety days after the effective date of  this  section.  Such
    51  program  shall  offer  a yearly benefit to veterans in the form of a ten
    52  percent discount on telephone bills. The fiscal impact of  such  program
    53  shall not be borne by customers and shall not be added to bills rendered
    54  by a telephone corporation to customers.
    55    (b)  A  telephone corporation which offers such discount program shall
    56  conspicuously advertise the availability and amount of such discount  on
     the  website  of such telephone corporation. The availability and amount
     2  of such discount shall also be conspicuously advertised on the  accessi-
     3  bility page of the website of such telephone corporation.
     4    (c)  Participation  in the federal government's Lifeline or Affordable
     5  Connectivity program, or any successor program the commission shall deem
     6  sufficient, shall satisfy the telephone  corporation's  or  cable  tele-
     7  vision  company's obligation to establish a discount program under para-
     8  graph (a) of this subdivision, unless the commission deems  it  insuffi-
     9  cient to satisfy such requirements.
    10    (d)  Before  applying  a discount under paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
    11  sion, a telephone corporation may require proof of eligibility from  the
    12  primary  named  telephone service accountholder for the calendar year in
    13  which the discount is sought.

 224-d.  Cable  discount  program.  1. (a) Notwithstanding any other
    30  provision of law, the commission is authorized and directed to require a
    31  telephone corporation, as defined in subdivision  seventeen  of  section
    32  two  of  this  chapter,  and  a  cable television company, as defined in
    33  section two hundred twelve of this article, that provides cable  service
    34  to  customers  in New York, to establish a discount program for veterans
    35  no later than ninety days after the effective date of this section. Such
    36  program shall offer a yearly benefit to veterans in the form  of  a  ten
    37  percent discount on cable bills. The fiscal impact of such program shall
    38  not  be borne by customers and shall not be added to bills rendered by a
    39  telephone corporation or cable television company to customers.
    40    (b) A telephone corporation or cable television company  which  offers
    41  such discount program shall conspicuously advertise the availability and
    42  amount  of such discount on the website of such telephone corporation or
    43  cable television company. The availability and amount of  such  discount
    44  shall  also be conspicuously advertised on the accessibility page of the
    45  website of such telephone corporation or cable television company.
    46    (c) Participation in the federal government's Lifeline  or  Affordable
    47  Connectivity program, or any successor program the commission shall deem
    48  sufficient,  shall  satisfy  the  telephone corporation's or cable tele-
    49  vision company's obligation to establish a discount program under  para-
    50  graph  (a)  of this subdivision, unless the commission deems it insuffi-
    51  cient to satisfy such requirements.
 
  • Assembly Bill 1818
    • Summary: Establishes the crime of stolen valor when a person pretends to be a member of the military or reserves; provides that such crime be a class A misdemeanor.
    • Status: Introduced on January 23 2023 – 25% progression (Not Passed)
    • Action: 2023-01-23 – referred to codes
    • Pending: Assembly Codes Committee

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to creating the crime of stolen valor

Section 1. Section 10.00 of the penal law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 22 and 23 to read as follows:

22. “Member of the military or reserves” means (a) a member of the United States army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard, army national guard, air national guard and/or reserves thereof or

(b) a member of the New York guard or the New York naval militia.

23. “Veteran” means a person who was a member of the military or reserves as defined in subdivision twenty-two of this section, but who has since been discharged from such services.

AN ACT to amend the veterans’ services law, in relation to establishing the hire a vet grant program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

The veterans’ services law is amended by adding a new section 36 to read as follows: § 36. Hire a vet grant.

1. Allowance of grant. A municipality shall be allowed a grant equivalent to the credit provided to eligible taxpayers in the “hire a vet credit” as established in subdivision twenty-nine of section two hundred ten-B of the tax law, where such municipality hires and employs, for not less than twelve continuous and uninterrupted months (hereinafter referred to as the “twelve-month period”) in a full-time or part-time position, a qualified veteran within the state. The municipality may claim the grant in the year in which the qualified veteran completes the twelve-month period of employment with the munici-pality.

2. Qualified veteran. A qualified veteran is an individual:

(a) who served on active duty in the United States army, navy, air force, space force, marine corps, coast guard or the reserves thereof, who served in active military service of the United States as a member of the army national guard, air national guard, New York guard or New York naval militia

(b) who commences employment with the municipality on or after January first, two thousand twenty-four, and before January first, two thousand twenty-six; and

(c) who certifies by signed affidavit, under penalty of perjury, that he or she has not been employed for thirty-five or more hours during any week in the one hundred eighty-day period immediately prior to his or her employment by the municipality.

  • Assembly Bill 3149 / S04717
    • Summary: Authorizes the department of veterans’ affairs to provide eligible veterans with financial assistance for purchasing, training and the upkeep of service dogs and emotional support dogs.
    • Status: Introduced on February 2 2023 – 25% progression (Not Passed)
    • Action: 2023-02-02 – referred to veterans’ affairs
    • Pending: Assembly Veterans’ Affairs Committee

AN ACT to amend the veterans’ services law, in relation to authorizing the department of veterans’ services to provide eligible veterans with financial assistance for purchasing, training and the upkeep of service dogs and emotional support dogs

The department shall provide eligible veterans with: (a) grant assistance of up to seven thousand five hundred dollars for the purchase and training of a service dog from an organization providing service dogs for post-traumatic stress disorder and/or traumatic brain injury; or (b) grant assistance of up to five thousand dollars for the purchase and training of a service dog from a professional service dog trainer or an owner-trainer. The department shall provide eligible veterans receiv-ing grant assistance pursuant to this subdivision with an amount of not less than fifty dollars a month for the continued upkeep of the service dog as long as the eligible veteran is in possession of the service dog.

The department shall provide eligible veterans with grant assist-
ance of up to five hundred dollars for the purchase and training of an emotional support dog, as well as an amount of not less than thirty-five dollars a month for the continued upkeep of the emotional support dog as long as the eligible veteran is in possession of the emotional support dog.

To be eligible to receive grant assistance under this section, an
individual must:

(a) be a veteran, which, for the purposes of this section, shall mean resident of this state who served on active duty in the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard or the reserves compo-nent, or who served in active military service of the United States as a member of the army national guard, air national guard, New York guard or New York naval militia

(b) receive a diagnosis from a licensed physician or licensed mental health professional of post-traumatic stress disorder, a traumatic brain injury, or both, causing a disability as that term is defined in subdi-vision twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law;

(c) receive a letter from a licensed physician or licensed mental health provider certifying that the individual would benefit from the use of a service dog or emotional support dog; and

(d) have an annual income of fifty thousand dollars or less.

  • Assembly Bill 1535
    • Summary: Allows current, active and retired military service members and reserve units of the state to qualify for distinctive license plates; allows the spouse to also qualify for such distinctive plates.
    • Status: Introduced on January 17 2023 – 25% progression (Not Passed)
    • Action: 2023-01-17 – referred to transportation
    • Pending: Assembly Transportation Committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
retired service members to qualify for distinctive license plates

Distinctive plates for members of the organized militia and reserve.

Any current, active or retired member of the organized mili-tia of the state of New York and any member of a reserve unit from this state of any branch of the armed forces of the United States or the spouse of any such member shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing a militiaman and the appropriate organization — army national guard, air national guard, state guard or naval militia, army reserve, marine corps reserve, air force reserve, navy reserve or coast guard reserve

1-b. Citizenship requirements of police and/or firefighters. Notwith-standing any general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary, the local governing bodies of the several cities, counties, towns, villages, police and fire districts of the state are herebyauthorized to waive any citizenship requirements from the qualifications of police officers and/or firefighters upon the submission by the police officer or firefighter candidate of proof of having received an honor- able or general discharge from the United States army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard, and/or reserves thereof, and/or the army national guard, air national guard, New York guard and/or New York naval militia.

AN ACT to amend the veterans’ services law, in relation to permitting private employers to adopt a veterans’ preference employment policy

Section 1. The veterans’ services law is amended by adding a new
section 36 to read as follows:

b. “Veteran” shall mean an individual who served on active duty in the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard or the reserves component, or who served in active military service of the United States as a member of the army, national guard, air national guard, New York guard or New York naval militia, and meets one or more of the following:

(i) Served on active duty for a period of more than one hundred eighty days and was discharged or released from active duty with other than a dishonorable discharge.

(ii) Was discharged or released because of a service connected disa-bility.

(iii) Was discharged or released from duty with other than a dishonor-able discharge from service under an order to active duty, excluding active duty for training.

  • Senate Bill 3464
    • Summary: Expands the definition of veteran to include members of the United States public health service to provide such members with access to the same benefits as members of the United States armed forces.
    • Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 – 25% progression (Not Passed)
      Action: 2023-04-24 – RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

The word “veteran,” as used in this article shall be taken to mean and include any person who is a resident of the state of New York, and who (i) has been or may be given an honorable, general or ordinary discharge or any other form of release from such service, except a dishonorable discharge, a bad conduct discharge, an undesirable discharge, a discharge without honor or a discharge for the good of the service, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of this article, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBTveteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of this article, andhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service

“Veteran” shall mean an individual who served on active duty in the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard or the reserves component, or who served in active military service of the United States as a member of the army national guard, air national guard, New York guard or New York naval militia

“Service-disabled veteran” shall mean (a) in the case of the United States army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard, army national guard or air national guard and/or reserves thereof, or the United States public health service, a veteran who received a compensation rating of ten percent or greater from the United States department of veterans affairs or from the United States department of defense because of a service-connected disability incurred in the line of duty, and (b) in the case of the New York guard or the New York naval militia and/orreserves thereof, a veteran who certifies, pursuant to the rules and S. 3464

 

regulations promulgated by the director, to having incurred an injury equivalent to a compensation rating of ten percent or greater from the United States department of veterans affairs or from the United States department of defense because of a service-connected disability incurred in the line of duty.

Fees relating to Liens for Public Assistance and Care on Claims and Suits for Personal Injuries

AN ACT to amend the business corporation law and the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to exempting veterans from the payment of certain fees relating to corporations

As used in this section, “veteran” shall mean a person who served in the United States army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard and/or reserves thereof, and/or in the army national guard, air national guard, New York guard, and/or New York naval militia and who (1) has received an honorable or general discharge from such service, or (2) has a quali-fying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans’ services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans’ services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service; and such person is a resident of the state of New York at the time undertaking an action subject to a fee pursuant to section one hundred four-A of this article.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no veteran shall be required to pay the fees otherwise required by section one hundred four-A of this article within five years of (1) receiving an honorable or general discharge from military service, or (2) receiving confirma-tion from the department of veterans’ services of a qualifying condi-tion, or (3) receiving confirmation from the department of veterans’ services of their status as a discharged LGBT veteran.

  • Assembly Bill 2802
    • Summary: Allows the granting of academic credit at state or city operated institutions to veterans.
    • Status: Introduced on January 27 2023 – 25% progression (Not Passed)
    • Action: 2023-01-27 – referred to higher education
    • Pending: Assembly Higher Education Committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to granting academic credit at state operated institutions of the state university of New York and the city university of New York to veterans

For purposes of this subdivision, the term “veteran” means a
person who served in the United States army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard, and/or reserves thereof, and/or in the army national guard, air national guard, New York guard and/or New York naval militia and who (1) has received an honorable or general discharge from such service, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veter-ans’ services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans’ services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.

Every veteran who is enrolled on a full-time basis as an undergraduate student in good standing, at an institution within the state university system, shall upon application be granted academic credits without limitation towards his or her degree for completion of courses that were part of such veteran’s military training or service if the completed courses meet the standards of the institution awarding such credits. No fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed against a veteran who qualifies for such credit pursuant to this subdivision.

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to waiving the state application fee for all civil service examinations for all veterans

Provided further, the state civil service department shall waive the state application fee for all examinations [for original appointment] for all veterans. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of this section, the term “veteran” shall mean a person who has served in the armed forces of the United States or the reserves thereof, or in the army national guard, air national guard, New York guard, or the New York naval militia, and who (1) has been honorably discharged or released from such service under honorable conditions, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law

Power outages; mobilization of New York guard. 1. The governor is directed to mobilize the New York guard when any power outage occurs in this state where a total of twenty-five thousand or more customers remain without power in any geographic area of this state after twenty-four hours from the time the power outage first occurred.

The purpose and objective of the mobilization of the New York guard pursuant to this section shall be to restore and aid public utility corporations in this state in the restoration of power to homes and businesses. Such mobilization shall initially concentrate on the resto-ration of power in areas with a high concentration of overhead powerlines as determined by the governor.

The commissioner shall require that the cost of training members of the New York guard to carry out the provisions of this section pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one of the military law be borne collec-tively by public utility corporations in this state.

Training; restoration of power. Each member of the New York guard shall be required to complete training in the restoration of power to homes and businesses, electrical power grid maintenance and tree removal for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section seventy-three-b of the public service law.

2022 Legislation

71-a. Power outages; mobilization of New York guard. 1. The governor
     4  is  directed to mobilize the New York guard when any power outage occurs
     5  in this state where a total of twenty-five thousand  or  more  customers
     6  remain  without power in any geographic area of this state after twenty-
     7  four hours from the time the power outage first occurred.
     8    2. The purpose and objective of the mobilization of the New York guard
     9  pursuant to this section shall be to  restore  and  aid  public  utility
    10  corporations  in  this  state  in  the restoration of power to homes and
    11  businesses. Such mobilization shall initially concentrate on the  resto-
    12  ration  of  power  in  areas with a high concentration of overhead power
    13  lines as determined by the governor.
    14    3. The commissioner shall require that the cost of training members of
    15  the New York guard to carry out the provisions of this section  pursuant
    16  to  section one hundred seventy-one of the military law be borne collec-
    17  tively by public utility corporations in this state.
    18    § 2. The military law is amended by adding a new section 171  to  read
    19  as follows:
    20    §  171.  Training;  restoration  of power. Each member of the New York
    21  guard shall be required to complete training in the restoration of power
    22  to homes and businesses, electrical  power  grid  maintenance  and  tree
    23  removal for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section seven-
    24  ty-one-a of the public service law.

 

2021 Legislation

2021

  • New York Senate Bill 4016
    • Summary: Requires the mobilization of the New York guard for certain power outages; requires power outage restoration training for members of the New York guard.
    • Status: 2022-01-05 – REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    • Final Status: Introduced on February 1 2021 – 25% progression | Died in Committee 
  • New York State Assembly Bill A01730
    • Summary: Allows retired military service members to qualify for distinctive license plates.
    • Status: referred to transportation
    • Final Status: Died in Committee

 

Benefits

Below is the list of benefits offered to members of the New York Guard (State Defense Force) by the state of New York.

 

BENEFITS:

 

PAY

  • Base Military Pay – Service Members will be paid the same pay and allowances as those of the armed forces according to grade, rating and length of service.
    • Section 6 – SAD pay will be adjusted to at least $125 per day to include BAH, BAS, and COLA.
    • Section 6 – SAD base pay is exempt from State income tax
    • Section 46 – Base pay is NOT exempt from State income tax
  • Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) based on your duty location
  • Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) based on your duty location
  • Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) based on rank (officer or enlisted)

RETIREMENT

  • Service Members are eligible to enroll in the New York State Deferred Compensation Plan.
  • Service Members serving on SAD do not earn military or New York State retirement credits. Some New York State and local government employees may continue to earn New York State retirement credits for his/her non-military, civilian employment while on military leave to perform SAD. Service Members serving on SAD who have civilian employment with the State of New York or a local governmental agency should check with his/her civilian employer to determine whether he/she continues to earn New York State retirement credits while on military leave to perform SAD.

MEDICAL

  • No medical insurance is provided to Service Members serving on SAD
  • If a Service Member is injured in the line of duty (LOD), Service Member’s medical costs, if approved through the LOD process can be paid. Incapacitation pay may be given if eligible.

LIFE INSURANCE

  • SGLI premium reimbursed thru NYS – Section 6 only

PASS

  • Service Members generally receive 4 pass days per 14 day pay period.

PERSONAL DAYS

Service Members earn up to 9 personal days each State Fiscal Year (SFY). Service Members can use earned personal days immediately.

LEAVE DAYS

  • Service Members earn up to 13 leave days each SFY
    • Leave starts to accrue when Service Members start on mission. Service Members cannot use accrued leave until they have been on the payroll for 13 payroll periods.

HOLIDAYS

  • Service Members are afforded ten holidays per year as defined by the NYS General Construction Law.

UNEMPLOYMENT

  • Service Members who are released without fault from SAD may be eligible for New York State unemployment benefits. Eligibility determinations are made by the New York State Department of Labor.

Source: https://dmna.ny.gov/sad/