Benefits counseling services for veterans.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to benefits counseling services for veterans.

This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs (MOVA) to provide counseling services to veterans seeking assistance with federal, state, and city benefits that they may be entitled to based on their military service. Services would be provided by agents or attorneys recognized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and would be available in at least one location in all five boroughs.