S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11022
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 22, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law and the economic development
law, in relation to making widely available information on programs
related to the hiring of veterans
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4 of the veterans' services law is amended by
adding two new subdivisions 40 and 41 to read as follows:
40. TO MAKE WIDELY AVAILABLE, VIA, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PUBLICATION ON
THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND FREE MOBILE APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
VISION TWENTY-ONE OF THIS SECTION, INFORMATION ABOUT FEDERAL AND STATE
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO BUSINESS OWNERS THAT EMPLOY VETERANS, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO
APPLY FOR PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE HIRING OF VETERANS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE FEDERAL WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT (WOTC) PURSUANT TO 26
USC § 51 ET SEQ. AND THE HIRE A VET CREDIT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
TWENTY-NINE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN-B OF THE TAX LAW, SUBDIVISION
(A-2) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW, AND SUBDIVISION (G-1)
OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE TAX LAW. THE INFORMATION
REQUIRED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE UPDATED
AND MAINTAINED AT LEAST ANNUALLY.
41. TO COORDINATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO INCREASE EMPLOYER AWARENESS ABOUT
THE AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE HIRING OF VETERANS, INCLUD-
ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FEDERAL WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT (WOTC)
PURSUANT TO 26 USC § 51 ET SEQ. AND THE HIRE A VET CREDIT PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN-B OF THE TAX LAW,
SUBDIVISION (A-2) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW, AND SUBDI-
VISION (G-1) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE TAX LAW.
§ 2. Subdivision 49 of section 100 of the economic development law, as
renumbered by chapter 728 of the laws of 2021, is renumbered subdivision
50 and a new subdivision 49 is added to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15648-01-6
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