N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 185: Definitions

§ 185. Definitions. As used in this article, unless a different

meaning clearly appears from the context: a. The term "fund" shall mean

any public retirement system or pension fund which grants retirement or

pension benefits to employees of the city of New York, employees of the

state of New York, employees of any department or agency of the city of

New York or of the state of New York, employees of any municipality or

other participating employer participating in the New York state and

local employees' retirement system or the New York state and local

police and fire retirement system, and employees of school districts

participating in the New York state teachers' retirement system.

b. The term "ordinary death benefit":

(1) shall include only the death benefits authorized by:

(a) sections sixty, sixty-a, sixty-b, sixty-c, three hundred sixty,

three hundred sixty-a, three hundred sixty-b, three hundred sixty-c,

four hundred forty-eight, four hundred forty-eight-a, five hundred

eight, five hundred eight-a, six hundred six and six hundred six-a of

the retirement and social security law; and

(b) section five hundred twelve of the education law; and

(c) sections B3-32.0, B20-39.0 and B20-40.0 of the administrative code

of the city of New York and

(d) subdivisions a, b and c of section B18-38.0 of such code and

subdivisions a, a-1, b, c and f of section B19-7.79 of such code; and

(e) section twenty of the rules and regulations of the board of

education retirement system of the city of New York; and

(f) subdivision four of section B3-36.0 of such code, subdivision two

of section B20-41.0 of such code, subdivision d of section B18-38.0 of

such code, subdivisions d, e and f of section B19-7.79 of such code,

section two hundred seven-h of the general municipal law, as added by

chapter nine hundred four of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-six and

amended, section two hundred seven-h of the general municipal law, as

added by chapter nine hundred six of the laws of nineteen hundred

sixty-six and section fourteen-a of the rules and regulations of the

board of education retirement system of the city of New York, in any

case where the death to which any of the provisions above mentioned in

this subparagraph (f) is applicable occurs before the effective date of

retirement designated by the member or by the board of trustees of the

retirement system, as the case may be; and

(2) shall include the accelerated death benefit authorized by

subdivision nine of section five hundred eleven of the education law;

and

(3) shall not include a death benefit payable as the result of an

accident sustained in the performance of duty.