Certification as a New York Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business opens up state contracting opportunities, and New York sets a 6 percent goal for including certified businesses in state contracts.
Apply for certification online through the Service-Disabled Veterans’ Enterprise System. New users create an account at the NY.GOV ID webpage first. For help, call the Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development at 518-474-2015 or email veteransdevelopment@ogs.ny.gov.
Your VA documentation showing a service-connected disability rating of at least 10 percent, proof that you own at least 51 percent of the business and control its day-to-day decisions, and documentation that the business is a small business with a significant presence in New York.
