N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 807: Alternate means of authentication

§ 807. Alternate means of authentication. Notwithstanding any other

law, rule or regulation, each public retirement system as defined by

subdivision a of section eight hundred of this article is authorized to

promulgate rules and regulations to provide for alternate means of

authentication in place of any requirement that a filing be duly

executed and acknowledged and, consistent with the provisions of the

state technology law, to provide for the electronic filing of documents.