ALBANY — New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner Jeanette Moy recently announced that 35 businesses across the state were certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOB), including one small firm in Syracuse. The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to S. Vets Exterior Cleaning, which is […]
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ALBANY — New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner Jeanette Moy recently announced that 35 businesses across the state were certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOB), including one small firm in Syracuse.
The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to S. Vets Exterior Cleaning, which is a Syracuse–based full-service residential and commercial exterior cleaning company, the OGS announced on Dec. 26.
Elsewhere in upstate New York, Gartom CNC, a manufacturer of fabricated metal products located in West Henrietta; Life Tree Services, a provider of arborist services based in Amherst; VLP Solutions, a project management company located in Canandaigua; JIT Consulting Services, based in Colonie and a provider of consulting services to government agencies for accounting, internal controls, human resources, and operations; MelniCo, located in Albany and specializing in management-consulting services for strategy, operations, IT, human capital, supply chain, and more; Sobrino Enterprise, situated in Grand Island and specializing in commercial and residential painting; and Markel Law Office, located in Orchard Park and a provider of legal services, were also recently certified as SDVOBs.
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 about 1,300 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.