N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 5, § 41.2 – Definitions.

(a) Applicant means vocational education agencies, not-for-profit corporations including but not limited to local development corporations, chambers of commerce and community-based organizations, or any combination thereof.
(b) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Economic Development.
(c) Department means the Department of Economic Development.
(d) Dislocated worker means an individual who:
1. (1) has been terminated or laid off from employment, or who has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment, and is eligible for, currently receiving, or has exhausted any entitlement to, unemployment compensation, and who is unlikely to return to a previous industry or occupation;
2. (2) has been terminated or who has received a notice of termination of employment, as a result of any permanent closure of a plant or facility;
3. (3) is long-term unemployed and has limited opportunities for employment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which such individual resides, including any older individual who has substantial barriers to employment by reason of age; or
4. (4) was self-employed (including a farmer) and is unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community in which the individual resides, or because of natural disasters as defined by the United States Secretary of Labor.
(e) Minority business enterprise means any business enterprise which is at least 51 percent owned by, or in the case of a publicly owned business at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by, minority-group members where such ownership interest is real, substantial and continuing, and where such persons have the authority to independently control the day-to-day business decisions of the entity.
(f) Minority-group member or minority means a United States citizen or permanent-resident alien who is and can demonstrate membership in one of the following groups:
1. (1) Black persons having origins in any of the Black African racial groups not of Hispanic origin;
2. (2) Hispanic persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, Central or South American descent of either Indian or Hispanic origin, regardless of race;
3. (3) Asian and Pacific Islander persons having origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands; or
4. (4) American Indian or Alaskan Native persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America.
(g) Participant means a woman, a minority-group member or a displaced worker.
(h) Small business means a business which is resident in the State, is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in its field and employs 100 or less persons.
(i) Support center means the entrepreneurship support centers selected and designated by the department to receive grants pursuant to the Entrepreneurial Assistance Program.
(j) Training program means instruction in the skills necessary for business development and small business management. Such programs may include, but not be limited to, the development of business plans, marketing, advertising, financial planning, accounting and loan packaging.
(k) Vocational education agency means a community college or board of cooperative educational services operating within the State.
(l) Women-owned business enterprise means any business enterprise which is at least 51 percent owned by, or in the case of a publicly owned business at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by, citizens or permanent-resident aliens who are women, where such ownership interest is real, substantial and continuing and where such persons have the authority to independently control the day-to-day business decisions of the entity.