N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 615: Duration

§ 615. Duration. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter

or of any other law, the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter

shall no longer apply to members to whom this article applies on the

date article fifteen of this chapter becomes effective, provided,

however, any member who has retired pursuant to the provisions of

article fourteen of this chapter before the effective date of this

article or any beneficiary of such a member or a beneficiary of a member

who dies before the effective date of this article and who is entitled

to a death benefit pursuant to article fourteen of this chapter shall

receive such benefits pursuant to the provisions of article fourteen of

this chapter, except as provided pursuant to the provisions of section

six hundred seventeen of this article.