N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 617: Recalculation of benefits

§ 617. Recalculation of benefits. a. Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, any person who has retired pursuant to the provisions

of article fourteen of this chapter on or before August thirty-first,

nineteen hundred eighty-three, whether for service retirement or for

ordinary or accidental disability retirement, may elect to have his or

her retirement benefits recalculated pursuant to this article, from such

person's date of retirement; provided, however, such person was not

employed in a position excluded from the application of this article by

paragraphs one through five of subdivision a of section six hundred of

this article. The recalculation of benefits shall be based upon the

option selection originally filed for retirement.

b. To elect the recalculation, such person shall, on or before

December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, file a request for

such recalculation with the appropriate retirement system in the form

and manner prescribed by the head of such retirement system.