Bill > A06001

This bill requires the State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) boards of trustees to each create a policy ensuring that their campuses with public fitness and aquatic facility membership programs provide disabled veterans with membership access. A "disabled veteran" is specifically defined as a veteran certified by the U.S. Veterans Administration or a military department as entitled to receive disability payments for a service-incurred disability. Under this policy, disabled veterans would be allowed to obtain facility memberships either without any fees or charges, or at a discounted rate, with the same terms and conditions applied to the general public. Veterans can prove their disabled status by presenting appropriate documentation when applying for membership, either at the time of application or afterwards. The bill will go into effect 60 days after it becomes law, aiming to provide expanded access to fitness and aquatic facilities for disabled veterans at SUNY and CUNY campuses.

Budget and Finance, Education

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6001