2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 17 - (350 - 368) VETERANS' AFFAIRS
365-E - Veterans' hall of fame; criteria for nomination.

§ 365-e. Veterans' hall of fame; criteria for nomination. 1. A nominee
  must   be  an  honorably  discharged  veteran,  as  defined  in  section
  eighty-five of the civil service law and a resident of New  York  state.
  The  nominee  shall  have  made  significant contributions at the local,
  state, or national level by achieving excellence through  actions  above
  and  beyond the required level in their selected field or profession, as
  determined by the council, or shall have made a significant contribution
  voluntarily to all veterans and  the  military,  as  determined  by  the
  council. The council shall solicit the opinions of the superintendent of
  the  United  States  military  academy,  the  secretary of the army, the
  secretary of the navy, the secretary of the air force, the commandant of
  the marine corps, and the commandant of the coast guard.  At  least  one
  inductee  from  each  of  the following categories must be inducted each
  year inductions take place: World War II; Korean conflict; Vietnam  war;
  Persian Gulf war; Iraq conflict; Afghanistan conflict and other wars and
  conflicts  as  the council shall deem appropriate. Posthumous inductions
  may be made.  Other  specific  criteria  shall  be  established  by  the
  council.
    2.  Those not eligible for induction include members of the executive,
  legislative,  or  judicial  branch  of  the  federal,  state,  or  local
  governments until two years after they cease such employment or service,
  unless  they  have  reached the age of seventy-five. Current members who
  serve on the  council,  the  veterans'  affairs  commission  established
  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred fifty-two of this article, the New
  York  state  veterans'  home  board  of  visitors  pursuant  to  section
  twenty-six  hundred thirty-one of the public health law and chapter four
  hundred two of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-four,  the  New  York
  state veterans' military heritage institute board of directors and board
  of  advisors,  the New York state military museum and veterans' research
  center, the veterans' interagency council created by the state director,
  and the state director shall not be eligible until five years after they
  cease such service.