Title MIL, Military

§ 177. Acquisition of real property for armories and other military facilities of the state. 1. The adjutant general, provided that funds have been appropriated or provided by the state or by the United States or by both for such purposes, is authorized to acquire by purchase or…

§ 177-a. Authorization of municipal corporations to convey or lease to the state real property for armories and other military purposes and to acquire real property for such purposes. Whenever the title to any real property required for an armory, camp, range, base, building, st…

§ 178. Construction, leasing, equipping and maintenance of armories. 1. The adjutant general, whenever he shall deem it necessary and provided that funds have been appropriated or provided by the state or by the United States or by both for such purposes, is authorized to constr…

§ 179. Costs of construction, repair, maintenance and operation of armories, camps, ranges and other facilities, a charge upon the state. 1. The costs of construction, reconstruction, repair, rehabilitation and improvement of armories, camps, ranges, bases, buildings, structures…

§ 18. Issue of military property. The adjutant general shall issue such military property as the governor shall direct. No military property shall be issued to persons or organizations other than those belonging to the organized militia. Obsolete ordnance property of the state, …

§ 180. Armories and other facilities in the city of New York. 1. All armories and other facilities located in the city of New York and devoted to the use of the organized militia, title to which is vested in the corporation of the city of New York, and all armory equipment, furn…

§ 180-a. Lease and operation of seventh regiment armory. 1. Definitions. (a) "Adjutant general" shall mean adjutant general of the state of New York. (b) "Armory" shall mean the seventh regiment armory located at 101-129 East 66th street, 100-126 East 67th street, 888-898 Lexing…

§ 181. Procurement of federal funds for construction, et cetera. 1. The division of military and naval affairs is hereby designated as the agency of the state (a) to take such steps, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary to develop programs for the expenditure of federa…

§ 182. Control of armories and other facilities. 1. All armories, arsenals, camps, ranges, bases and other facilities owned, leased or maintained by the state or by the United States for the use of the organized militia and all activities conducted therein shall be under the gen…

§ 183. Use of armories. 1. Armories may be used as follows: a. By members and units of the organized militia and cadet corps of such units. b. On application of one or more posts or chapters of the United Spanish War Veterans, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of…

§ 185. Disposal of useless property. Whenever state property issued for the use of the organized militia shall become obsolete, useless or superfluous, the adjutant general may cause the same to be sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the state fina…

§ 186. Disposition of real property of the state devoted to the use of the organized militia. Whenever the adjutant general shall determine that any real property owned by the state and devoted to the use of the organized militia is no longer needed or adapted for such use, he m…

§ 187. Armory employees; grades, employment, duties and compensation. 1. Positions created to provide for the security, maintenance and operation of armories, including the surrounding premises and public property located therein, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,…

§ 188. Annual increments; compensation on promotion, demotion, transfer, reclassification, reinstatement or reallocation. 1. Any employee holding a position or employed pursuant to provisions of section one hundred eighty-seven of this chapter shall receive the minimum compensat…

§ 189. Qualifications of armory employees; membership in New York state employees' retirement system. 1. The employees authorized by this section shall be residents of the state who shall by employed by the adjutant general upon the recommendation of the officer in charge and co…

§ 19. Employees of the division of military and naval affairs. 1. Within the amounts appropriated therefor, the adjutant general and the commanding general or commanding officer of each force of the organized militia may employ and discharge such personnel, including officers of…

§ 19-a. Family liaison officer. The adjutant general shall designate family liaison officers to provide assistance to the families of those military personnel who have been deployed for active military duty, other than training. Such officer shall coordinate his or her duties wi…

§ 2. Militia of the state; division and composition. 1. The militia of the state shall be divided into the organized militia, the state reserve list, the state retired list and the unorganized militia. The organized militia shall be composed of the New York army national guard; …

§ 20. State reserve list. 1. Any commissioned or warrant officer of\nthe organized militia may be transferred to the state reserve list on\nhis own request approved by the commander of the force of which such\nofficer is a member.\n 2. Any commissioned or warrant officer of the …

§ 21. State retired list. 1. Any commissioned officer or warrant officer of the organized militia who has reached the age of sixty-eight years shall be retired for age and transferred to the state retired list by the governor; provided, that any commissioned officer or warrant o…

§ 210. Pay and allowances. 1. Each member of the militia ordered into\nthe active service of the state pursuant to sections six and seven of\nthis chapter, shall receive for each day or part thereof of such duty\nthe same pay and allowances as are received by members of the\napp…

§ 211. Salaries, office and traveling expenses of certain personnel. 1. There shall be allowed annually such sum, not exceeding the amount appropriated therefor, as may be necessary for the salaries of the officers and enlisted personnel of the organized militia on permanent dut…

§ 212. Pay of troops when used in civil disorders. All officers and enlisted men while on duty, or assembled therefor, by order of the governor, upon the request of the sheriff of a county, or in the county of Nassau the county executive or mayor of a city, in aid of the civil a…

§ 213. Uniform allowance for officers. To assist in uniforming and equipping themselves, officers who have been on active duty or active service as such and who have performed eighty percentum of all ordered duty during a calendar year of twelve months shall receive annually fif…

§ 214. Retired officers; compensation. 1. An officer of the organized militia who: a. has been a commissioned officer in active service for at least twenty years in the organized militia of the state of New York or in the army, air force, space force, navy or marine corps of the…

§ 215. Retirement of and pensions for certain veterans. 1. Any\nsoldier, sailor or marine of the army or navy of the United States in\nthe civil war, Spanish-American war, or world war I, honorably\ndischarged from service, and any member of the organized militia of the\nstate h…

§ 216. Pay and care when injured or disabled in service. 1. Any member of the organized militia who shall, when on duty or assembled therefor, in case of riot, tumult, breach of peace, insurrection or invasion, or whenever ordered by the governor, the commanding general of the N…

§ 217. Pensions. 1. Any member of the organized militia who (a) shall be disabled or has been so disabled in the performance of any actual service of this state within three years preceding the application for a pension under this chapter, in case of riots, tumults, breach of th…

§ 218. Pension examining boards. 1. The chief of staff shall appoint a pension examining board of three officers, at least one of whom shall be a medical officer, to inquire into the merits of any claim presented under section two hundred seventeen of this chapter and to recomme…

§ 219. Rehearings. 1. Whenever a claim under sections two hundred sixteen or two hundred seventeen of this article is disapproved or disallowed, in whole or in part, the chief of staff shall cause notice thereof to be served by mail upon the claimant or his attorney. Within six …

§ 22. Service without the state. The governor may order the organized militia or any part thereof to serve outside of the borders of this state or of the United States in order to perform military duty of every description and to participate in parades, reviews, cruises, confere…

§ 22-a. Compacts for military aid. 1. a. With the prior or subsequent consent of the congress of the United States, the governor is authorized to enter into, amend, supplement and implement agreements or compacts with the executive authorities of other states and the Dominion of…

§ 220. Expenses of military courts. 1. While engaged in the execution of the duties imposed upon him or authorized to be performed by him by a military court, a marshal, police officer or peace officer shall be paid two dollars for each day actually employed in the execution of …

§ 221. Military funds. * 1. The military fund of a unit of the organized militia shall consist of the sums paid to the adjutant general as prescribed in this section, the fines paid pursuant to the sentence of a military court and the moneys recovered from property losses and pa…

§ 222. Headquarters allowances. 1. On the certificate of the adjutant general, the comptroller shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer in favor of the commanding officer of any unit to which an allowance is made for the headquarters thereof in a sum not exceeding two thousand …

§ 223. Definitions. The word "officer", as used in this article, means a commissioned officer, a commissioned warrant officer or a warrant officer. The term "military court", as used in this article, means a court-martial, a court of inquiry or a provost court.

§ 23. Application of this chapter to service without the state. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the members of the organized militia while serving without the state and while going to and returning from such service without the state in like manner and to the same …

§ 235. Relief from civil or criminal liability; exemption from civil process; security for costs. 1. Members of the militia ordered into the active service of the state pursuant to sections six and seven of this chapter, shall not be liable civilly or criminally, for any act or …

§ 235-a. Income and resources not to include agent orange benefits.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the terms "income"\nand "resources" for the purpose of determining eligibility for or the\namount of benefits under any means-tested state or state assisted or…

§ 236. Right of way. The commanding officer of any unit of the organized militia parading or performing any military duty in any street or highway, may require any or all persons in such street or highway to yield the right of way to such militia, provided the carriage of the Un…

§ 237. Free passage through toll-gates and tunnels and over toll-bridges and ferries. Any person belonging to the organized militia shall, together with the conveyance in his charge and property of the state or of the United States in his charge, be allowed to pass free through …

§ 238. Converting military property; unlawful wearing of uniforms and devices indicating rank; unlawful use of name of military or naval organization, or unit thereof. 1. Any person who shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, purchase, retain after demand by a commissio…

§ 238-a. Damaging military or naval equipment, supplies or stores. A person who, wilfully or maliciously: 1. Injures or destroys any article of equipment or supplies or military or naval stores of or for the military or naval forces of the United States or of or for the state of…

§ 238-b. Seizing military stores belonging to the state. A person who enters any fort, magazine, arsenal, armory, arsenal yard or encampment, and seizes or takes away any arms, ammunition, military stores or supplies belonging to the people of this state, is guilty of a felony. …

§ 238-c. Wearing of uniforms; prohibited. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to appear in any public place or in the public view attired in any uniform similar to that worn by the military, semi-military, naval, police, storm troop or other official or semi-official forces o…

§ 239. Trespassers and disturbers to be placed in arrest; sales and gambling prohibited. 1. Any person who shall trespass upon any armory, arsenal, camp, range, base or other facility of the organized militia or other place where any unit of the organized militia is performing m…

§ 24. Bureau of war records; completion and preservation of the records and relics; free inspection of the same and quarters in the capitol. 1. The adjutant general shall cause the chief of staff of the state to establish and maintain as part of his office, a bureau of war recor…

§ 240. Military parades and organizations by unauthorized bodies prohibited. 1. No body of men other than the organized militia and the armed forces of the United States except such independent military organizations as were on the twenty-third day of April, eighteen eighty-thre…

§ 240-a. Historic military commands. 1. Historic military commands are those independent military organizations located within the state as were on the twenty-third day of April, eighteen hundred eighty-three and are now in existence, and whose members associate themselves toget…

§ 241. Devises and bequests. Any unit of the organized militia may take by devise and bequest real and personal property for its uses and purposes as a military organization, and may hold, mortgage, sell or otherwise dispose of the same. The title to such property shall vest in …