N.Y. VET Law § 22

§ 22. Evidence of entitlement. 1. The evidence of such service,\nblindness, residence and domicile, or of such marriage, widowhood,\nresidence and domicile in each case shall be furnished in the manner and\nform prescribed by the commissioner of veterans' services who shall\nexamine the same.\n 2. Upon being satisfied that such service was performed, that other\nfacts and statements in the application of such veteran or widow or\nwidower are true and that the said veteran has been classified by the\nNew York state commission for the visually handicapped as a blind\nperson, where such veteran is not receiving or not entitled to receive a\nbenefit from any existing retirement system to which the state is a\ncontributor, unless such veteran shall have become disabled by reason of\nloss of sight, while engaged in employment entitling him or her to\nreceive a benefit from any existing retirement system to which the state\nis a contributor, and as a result of such disability has retired from\nsuch employment and is receiving or is entitled to receive a benefit\nfrom such retirement system the commissioner of veterans' services shall\ncertify to the state comptroller the name and address of such veteran or\nwidow or widower.\n 3. Thereafter the department of taxation and finance, through the\ndivision of finance, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller, shall\npay such veteran or widow or widower such sum as is authorized by the\nprovisions of this article in monthly installments for so long as such\nveteran or widow or widower shall meet the requirements of this article.\n