Title MIL, Military

§ 242. Rights of public officers and employees absent on military duty\nas members of the organized militia or of reserve forces or reserve\ncomponents of the armed forces of the United States. 1. Definitions. (a)\nPublic officer or employee. The term "public officer or employee…

§ 243. Provisions applicable to public employees who are absent on\nmilitary duty. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n (a) The term "public employee" shall mean an officer or employee\nholding a position by appointment or employment in the state of New York\nor in the cit…

§ 243-a. Non-contributory retirement service credit for members of the New York state and local retirement systems or the New York state teachers' retirement system called to active military duty on or after August first, nineteen hundred ninety. Notwithstanding any other provis…

* § 243-b. Civil service examinations by military personnel. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law, any member of the armed forces of the United States of America who having duly filed an application to compete in a scheduled competitive examina…

* § 243-b. Payment of certain pension contributions by the city of New\nYork. As used in this section, the term New York city veteran of the\nPersian Gulf emergency means a member of the New York city employees'\nretirement system, the teachers' retirement system of the city of …

§ 243-c. Application period for civil service examinations for military personnel. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a person serving on active duty in the armed forces of the United States during the f…

§ 243-d. Non-contributory retirement service credit for members of the New York state and local retirement systems, the New York city retirement systems or the New York state teachers' retirement system called to active military duty on or after September eleventh, two thousand …

§ 244. Members of pension system absent on military duty. Where any duly elected office holder, or any officer or employee of the state or any municipality or political subdivision thereof, who is a member of any pension or retirement system, entered or enters the armed forces o…

§ 244-a. Credit to members of public retirement systems for military\nservice performed during war. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw, a member of a public retirement system of the state, as defined in\nsubdivision twenty-three of section five hundred one of the ret…

§ 245. Retirement allowances of certain war veterans. 1. Any member of\na teachers' retirement system to which the city of New York is required\nby law to make contributions on account of such member who (i) is an\nhonorably discharged member of any branch of the armed forces of…

§ 246. Leave of absence for public employees who are war veterans to continue study. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, every public officer and employee, who served in the armed forces of the United States on or after September sixteenth, nineteen hundre…

§ 247. Medals and decorations. 1. The governor is hereby authorized to present in the name of the legislature of the state of New York, a military cross, to be known as the conspicuous service cross, bearing a suitable inscription and ribbon, all of which shall be of suitable de…

§ 248. Oaths. 1. Any officer of any force of the organized militia and any officer in the active military service of the United States is hereby authorized to administer the oath required for the enlistment of any person, the oath required for the appointment of any person to co…

§ 249. State and municipal officers and employees granted leaves of absence on July fourth in certain cases. Each officer and employee of the state or of a municipal corporation or of any other political subdivision thereof who was a member of the national guard or naval militia…

§ 250. Recording certificates of honorable discharge. Any certificate issued after April sixth, nineteen hundred seventeen, of the honorable separation from or service in the armed forces of the United States of any veteran, may be recorded in any one county, in the office of th…

§ 250-a. Lt. Colonel Todd Clark Memorial Flag Presentment Program. 1. There shall be established within the division of military and naval affairs, by the adjutant general, the Lt. Colonel Todd Clark Memorial Flag Presentment Program. Pursuant to such program: a. The adjutant ge…

§ 251. Depriving members of organized militia of employment. A person who, either by himself or with another, wilfully deprives a member of the organized militia of his employment, or prevents his being employed by himself or another, or obstructs or annoys said member of said o…

§ 252. Discrimination against members of organized militia. No association or corporation, constituted or organized for the purpose of promoting the success of the trade, employment, or business of the members thereof, shall by any constitution, rule, by-law, resolution, vote, o…

§ 253. Military service by parent; effect on child custody proceedings. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, child custody proceedings filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, involving a parent who is activated, deployed, or temporarily …

§ 254. Video teleconferencing for families of persons ordered to active duty. 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "military service" shall mean military duty in the active military service of the United States, as defined in section three hundred one of this chapter…

§ 255. Benefit information for national guard members and families. 1. For the purpose of this section, "military service" shall have the same meaning as defined in section three hundred one of this chapter. 2. The division of military and naval affairs shall make available stat…

§ 256. State military immigrant family legacy program support. The adjutant general shall encourage the development of and provide for the establishment of a state military immigrant family legacy program liaison, as provided in section twenty-nine-b of the veterans' services la…

§ 260. Formation of association; by-laws; inspection and disposition of funds. 1. The officers, non-commissioned officers, petty officers or members of any unit or units of the organized militia may organize themselves into an association or associations of which the senior offi…

§ 261. Formation of state association. The officers of the organized militia may organize themselves into an association. Such association may adopt by-laws not inconsistent with the statutes of the state and regulations issued pursuant to this chapter and may alter and amend th…

§ 262. Customs and usage of the armed forces of the United States. All matters relating to the organization, discipline and government of the organized militia, not otherwise provided for in this chapter or in regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be decided by the customs …

§ 263. Amendatory and repealing statutes. No section or provision of this chapter or any part thereof shall be deemed to be repealed, altered or amended by any statute passed by the legislature unless such statute explicitly refers to this chapter as the military law, or by its …

§ 265. Name of this chapter. This chapter shall be known as the "Military Law".

§ 266. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect immediately.

§ 3. Commander-in-chief; regulations; registration. 1. The governor of the state shall be the commander-in-chief of the militia of the state. The governor is hereby authorized to issue regulations for the government of the militia. Regulations issued by the governor shall have t…

§ 300. Findings and declaration of emergency. It has been nationally recognized that because of the emergent conditions which are threatening the peace and imperiling the security of the nation, there is imperative need to augment and strengthen the national defense. It is furth…

§ 301. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. The term "military service" means duty by a person, male or female, in the active military service of the United States as defined in section one of this chapter; active duty in the military service of the state pursuant to an orde…

§ 301-a. Notice of benefits to persons in and persons enlisting in the state organized militia. The adjutant general shall ensure the giving of notice of the benefits accorded by this article and accorded by the laws of this state to persons in and to persons enlisting in the st…

§ 301-b. Extension of benefits to dependents. 1. Dependents of a person in military service shall be entitled to the benefits accorded to persons in military service under the provisions of this article upon application to a court therefor, unless in the opinion of the court the…

§ 301-c. Accident prevention course information. The division of military and naval affairs shall provide returning servicemen and women who have returned from a combat theater or combat zone of operations with information about accident prevention courses approved by the commis…

§ 302. Stay, et cetera, to persons secondarily liable. 1. Whenever, pursuant to any of the provisions of this article, the enforcement of any obligation or liability, the prosecution of any suit or proceeding, the entry or enforcement of any order, writ, judgment or decree, or t…

§ 303. Representation; opening judgment; default. 1. In any action or proceeding in which a person in military service is a party, if such party does not personally appear therein or is not represented by an authorized attorney, the court may appoint an attorney to represent him…

§ 304. Proceedings to be stayed unless interest unaffected by military service. At any stage thereof, any action or proceeding in any court or in any adjudicatory or licensing proceeding before any state agency, including any public benefit corporation or public authority, or an…

§ 305. Relief against fines and penalties, et cetera. When an action for compliance with the terms of any contract is stayed pursuant to this act no fine or penalty shall accrue by reason of failure to comply with the terms of such contract during the period of such stay, and in…

§ 306. Actions against persons in service. In any action or proceeding commenced in any court or in any adjudicatory or licensing proceeding before any state agency, including any public benefit corporation or public authority, or any political subdivision of the state, against …

§ 307. Continuance of stay, et cetera. Any stay of any action, proceeding, attachment, or execution ordered by any court or adjudicatory or licensing agency under the provisions of this act may, except as otherwise provided, be ordered for the period of military service and thre…

§ 308. Statutes of limitations and statutes of a similar nature; time of military service not included. The period of military service shall not be included in computing any period now or hereafter to be limited by any law, regulation or order for the bringing of any action or p…

§ 308-a. Waiver of professional continuing education requirements. Notwithstanding any provision of general, special or local law, code or ordinance, or rule or regulation to the contrary, no person in military service, as defined in section three hundred one of this article, wh…

§ 308-b. Extension of license, certificate or registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of general, special or local law, code or ordinance, or rule or regulation to the contrary, military personnel serving on active duty, who were licensed, certified or registered to en…

§ 309. Evictions; restraint. 1. No eviction or distress shall be made during the period of military service in respect of any premises occupied chiefly for dwelling purposes by a person in military service or the spouse, children, or other dependents of a person in military serv…

§ 310. Liability for rent accruing after induction; termination of lease. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to any lease covering premises occupied for dwelling, professional, business, agricultural, or similar purposes in any case in which (a) such lease was execute…

§ 311. Installment purchases. 1. No person who has received, or whose assignor has received, under a contract for the purchase of real or personal property, or of lease or bailment with a view to purchase of such property, a deposit or installment of the purchase price or a depo…

§ 311-a. Termination of motor vehicle lease contracts. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to every lease of a motor vehicle for personal, professional, business, agricultural or similar purposes in any case in which (a) such lease was executed by or on behalf of a per…

§ 311-b. Cancellation without penalty of certain additional rental contracts. 1. The provision of this section shall apply to any rental contracts in which (a) such a contract was executed by or on the behalf of a person, who, after the execution of such contract, entered active…

§ 311-c. Termination without penalty of certain service contracts. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to every contract for services from a telecommunications service provider, an internet service provider, a health club as defined in section six hundred twenty-one of…

§ 312. Mortgages. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply only to obligation and secured by mortgage, trust deed, or other security in the nature of a mortgage upon real or personal property owned by a person in military service at the commencement of the period of his mil…