N.Y. Tax Law § 627-A
Effective for any tax year commencing on or after January first, two thousand thirteen, an individual in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the veterans remembrance and cemetery maintenance and operation fund. Such contribution shall be in any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of state tax owed by such individual. The commissioner shall include space on the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all revenues collected pursuant to this section shall be credited to the veterans remembrance and cemetery maintenance and operation fund and used only for those purposes enumerated in section ninety-seven-mmmm of the state finance law.
N.Y. Tax Law § 627-A