ALBANY— New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner Jeanette Moy recently announced that 33 businesses across the state were certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOBs), including three small businesses in the 16-county Central New York region. The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to CM Property […]
ALBANY— New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner Jeanette Moy recently announced that 33 businesses across the state were certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOBs), including three small businesses in the 16-county Central New York region.
The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to CM Property Group, a residential and commercial building construction company located in Liverpool; Masi Sand and Gravel, a poured concrete foundation and structure contractor based in Westmoreland; and William Graham Woodworks, a business located in Sherburne that specializes in commercial and residential wood restoration, installation, and repair, the OGS announced on April 8.
The DSDVBD was created by New York State government in May 2014 through passage of the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act. The state currently has 1,330 certified businesses.
For a business to receive certification, one or more service-disabled veterans — with a service-connected disability rating of 10 percent or more from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (or from the New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs for National Guard veterans) — must own at least 51 percent of the company. Other criteria include: the business has to be independently owned and operated and have a significant business presence in New York, it must have conducted business for at least one year prior to the application date, and it must qualify as a small business under the New York State program. Several more requirements also need to be met.
