Protecting Your Rights: Guidance for NY State Veterans and Their Spouses

This special presentation will help veterans and their spouses understand and protect their legal rights. We will review benefits under the 2025 New York State Guard VA Benefits Act and earlier Pension Poaching Prevention Act. The speaker will advise on how to identify a scam targeting veterans and understand nuances in veteran and spousal rights.

Speaker: Benjamin Pomerance, Esq., Deputy Counsel, New York State Department of Veterans’ Services , with special remarks by Viviana DeCohen, Department of Veterans’ Services Commissioner