N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 202: Limitations on obligations

§ 202. Limitations on obligations. The supplemental retirement

allowances provided pursuant to this article shall not constitute

membership in a pension or retirement system of the state or of a

political subdivision thereof, nor shall the granting of such allowances

create a contractual relationship between the state or a political

division thereof and any retired employee as defined in section one

hundred ninety-one of this chapter.