The New York City Council - File #: Int 0479-2018

• File #: Int 0479-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Offering discharge upgrade assistance and extending city veteran benefits to service members who were discharged because of their LGBTQ status.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Veterans
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Final action: 1/9/2022
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to offering discharge upgrade assistance and extending city veteran benefits to service members who were discharged because of their LGBTQ status
• Sponsors: Daniel Dromm , Ben Kallos, Eric Dinowitz, Tiffany L. Cabán, Helen K. Rosenthal, James F. Gennaro
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/10/2022	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
1/9/2022	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
12/9/2021	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
12/9/2021	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
12/8/2021	*	Committee on Veterans	Hearing Held by Committee
12/8/2021	*	Committee on Veterans	Amendment Proposed by Comm
12/8/2021	*	Committee on Veterans	Amended by Committee
12/8/2021	A	Committee on Veterans	Approved by Committee	Pass
11/26/2018	*	Committee on Veterans	Hearing Held by Committee
11/26/2018	*	Committee on Veterans	Laid Over by Committee
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 479-A

By Council Members Dromm, Kallos, Dinowitz, Cab?n, Rosenthal and Gennaro

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to offering discharge upgrade assistance and extending city veteran benefits to service members who were discharged because of their LGBTQ status
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Title 31 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 31-112 to read as follows:
? 31-112 Benefits and assistance for LGBTQ veterans. a. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meaning:
Certificate of eligibility. The term "certificate of eligibility" means a certificate issued by the department that can be used as proof that a discharged LGBTQ veteran is eligible for certain city benefits or services available to veterans.
Discharged LGBTQ veteran. The term "discharged LGBTQ veteran" means a veteran who was discharged from the United States military or naval services due solely or in part to (i) sexual orientation, gender identity or expression; (ii) statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual acts relating to sexual orientation, gender identity or expression; (iii) the disclosure of such statements, conduct or acts, that were prohibited by the armed forces at the time of discharge; or (iv) for veterans who identify as LGBTQ, untreated trauma, including that resulting from sexual assault which occurred during military service.
b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no veteran shall be denied eligibility for any city program, service, or benefit to veterans for which they would otherwise be eligible, solely on the basis of the veteran's status as a discharged LGBTQ veteran.
c. The department shall offer assistance to any discharged LGBTQ veteran seeking a discharge characterization upgrade, change of narrative reasons for discharge, change of separation a...