2018 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 17-A - Veterans Employment Act
369-A - Legislative Findings.

§ 369-a. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that it is
  estimated  that  over  the next five years, forty-four thousand veterans
  are expected to return to this state from their military  posts,  making
  the  Empire  State home to one of the largest veteran populations in the
  country. Shockingly, the unemployment rate for Post-9/11 veterans in New
  York was 10.7% in two thousand  twelve,  which  is  nearly  one  percent
  higher  than  the  national  average and higher than the state's overall
  8.2% unemployment rate. The legislature has found previously that it  is
  in  the  interest  of  the  state to ensure that returning veterans have
  employment opportunities available upon their separation  from  military
  service.
The  state  already  encourages  private  businesses  to hire military
  veterans through tax credits and other economic incentives. In addition,
  the legislature has previously found that state agencies spend  millions
  of  dollars  annually on temporary staff hired from temporary employment
  service companies to cover temporary  staffing  needs.  These  temporary
  state  jobs  could  serve  as  a bridge for recently discharged military
  veterans who have yet to find full-time  permanent  work.  In  addition,
  these  temporary  assignments could serve to develop the next generation
  of the state workforce and help with succession planning for the current
  workforce.
The legislature declares it to be the policy  of  this  state  to  use
  honorably  discharged  veterans  for  temporary  appointments  in  state
  agencies rather than utilizing temporary employment service companies in
  order  to  provide  employment  opportunities  for  returning   military
  veterans.