New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL
Chapter VI - New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System and New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System
Part 341 - Filing Retirement Applications And Option Election Forms; Withdrawing And Changing The Effective Date Of Service Retirement
Section 341.1 - Background
The State Comptroller as the administrative head of the New York State Employees' Retirement System and the New York State Policemen's and Firemen's Retirement System has the exclusive authority pursuant to sections 11, 74, 311, 374, 519 and 614 of the Retirement and Social Security Law to adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the retirement systems. This Part is promulgated to set forth the procedures for filing documents with the retirement system and to facilitate the orderly processing of applications for retirement benefits and forms for retirement option elections filed pursuant to the requirements of the Retirement and Social Security Law.