Section 210. Definitions

As  used  in  this article the following terms,
  unless  the  context  indicates  otherwise,  shall  have  the  following
  meanings:
    1. "Development   centers"   shall   mean   the   business  enterprise
  development centers which provide assistance to primarily minority group
  members, women and individuals with a disability as established  by  the
  department pursuant to section two hundred eleven of this article.
    1-a. "Disability" shall mean, with respect to an individual:
    (a)  a  physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or
  more of the major life activities of such individual;
    (b) a record of such an impairment; or
    (c) being regarded as having an impairment.
    2. "Entrepreneurship support centers" shall mean the  entrepreneurship
  support centers as established by the department pursuant to section two
  hundred twelve of this article.
    3. "Minority  business  enterprise" shall mean any business enterprise
  which is at least fifty-one per centum owned by, or in  the  case  of  a
  publicly  owned  business  at least fifty-one per centum of the stock of
  which is owned by, citizens or permanent resident aliens who are  Black,
  Hispanic,  Asian  or American Indian, Pacific Islander or Alaskan Native
  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.
    4. "Minority group member" shall  mean  a  United  States  citizen  or
  permanent resident alien who is and can demonstrate membership in one of
  the following groups:
    (a)  Black  persons  having origins in any of the Black African racial
  groups not of Hispanic origin;
    (b) Hispanic persons  of  Mexican,  Puerto  Rican,  Dominican,  Cuban,
  Central  or  South American descent of either Indian or Hispanic origin,
  regardless of race;
    (c) Asian and Pacific Islander persons having origins in the Far East,
  Southeast Asia, the Indian sub-continent or the Pacific Islands; or
    (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native persons having origins in any of
  the original peoples of North America.
    5. "Women-owned  business  enterprise"   shall   mean   any   business
  enterprise  which  is  at least fifty-one per centum owned by, or in the
  case of a publicly owned business at least fifty-one per centum  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.