NY Exec L § 227-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 11 - Division of State Police 227-A - Death Benefits.

§ 227-a. Death benefits. 1. The following benefit shall be paid by the   state  on  account of death of a member of the division of state police.   To the widow, until she be married  again,  or  the  dependent  children   under  the  age  of  twenty-one  years, or the dependent mother of every   member of the division of state police whose death has  been  heretofore   caused  or  shall hereafter be caused by injury or disease contracted in   the performance of duty there shall be paid annually  as  long  as  such   dependency  continues  upon  certification  of a board consisting of the   superintendent of state police,  the  attorney  general  and  the  state   comptroller,   one-half  the  salary  including  maintenance  allowance,   received by such member at the time of death.2. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary,  where   an agreement between the state and an employee organization representing   members  of the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators,   senior investigators and investigative specialists of  the  division  of   state  police, or the collective negotiating unit consisting of troopers   in the division of state  police  or  the  collective  negotiating  unit   consisting of commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the division   of  state  police  established pursuant to article fourteen of the civil   service law so provides, a survivor's  benefit  for  a  member  in  such   negotiating  unit  shall  be  paid  in  an  amount  as  provided in such   agreement in the event that  such  employee  dies  subsequent  to  April   first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-five,  as  the result of an accidental   on-the-job injury,  provided  that  it  is  finally  determined  by  the   appropriate  federal  authorities  that  a public safety officer's death   benefit is not payable pursuant to sections three thousand seven hundred   ninety-six through three thousand seven hundred  ninety-six-c  of  title   forty-two  of  the United States code, and provided further that a death   benefit is paid  pursuant  to  the  workers'  compensation  law.    Such   survivor's  benefit  shall  be paid to the member's surviving spouse and   dependent children in the same proportion as the death benefit  provided   by  the  workers' compensation law is paid. In the event that the member   is not survived by  a  spouse  or  dependent  children,  the  survivor's   benefit  shall  be  paid  to  the  estate of the member. Such survivor's   benefit shall be in addition to and not in place of any other survivor's   or death benefit payable on behalf of  such  member,  except  that  such   benefit  shall not be payable if a public safety officer's death benefit   is payable pursuant to sections three thousand seven hundred  ninety-six   through  three  thousand seven hundred ninety-six-c of the United States   code.3. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary,  where   an agreement between the state and an employee organization representing   members  of the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators,   senior investigators and investigative specialists of  the  division  of   state  police  or the collective negotiating unit consisting of troopers   in the division of state  police  or  the  collective  negotiating  unit   consisting of commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the division   of  state  police  established pursuant to article fourteen of the civil   service law so provides, the state shall provide the child  or  children   of  such  members  for  whom  a  survivor's  benefit is paid pursuant to   subdivision two of this section, or for whom  a  federal  public  safety   officer's  benefit  is  payable  as specified in subdivision two of this   section, with full tuition  up  to  the  amount  charged  by  the  state   university  of  New  York  to attend any college or university provided,   however, such child or children meet the entrance requirements  of  such   college  or  university.    Such  child  or  children  are those who are   designated by the workers' compensation board to receive a death benefit   pursuant to the workers' compensation law.