NY Ret & SS L § 602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 602 - Eligibility for Service Retirement Benefits; Minimum Service Requirements.

§  602.  Eligibility  for service retirement benefits; minimum service requirements. a. Except as provided in subdivision b-1 of this  section, a  member who first joins a public retirement system of this state on or after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall not be eligible for service retirement benefits hereunder until such member has  rendered  a minimum  of  five  years  of  credited service, except that a member who first joins the New York state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state teachers'  retirement  system  on  or  after  January first,  two  thousand  ten  shall not be eligible for service retirement benefits pursuant to this article  until  such  member  has  rendered  a minimum of ten years of credited service.   b. Except as provided in subdivision b-1 of this section, a member who previously  was  a  member  of  a public retirement system of this state shall not be eligible for service retirement  benefits  hereunder  until such  member  has  rendered  a minimum of five years of service which is credited pursuant to section six hundred nine of this article. A  member who  first  joins  the  New  York  state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state teachers' retirement  system  on  or  after January  first,  two  thousand  ten  shall  not  be eligible for service retirement benefits pursuant to  this  article  until  such  member  has rendered a minimum of ten years of credited service.   b-1.  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a or b of this section or any other provision of law to the contrary, (i) a  member  of the  New  York  city  teachers'  retirement  system who holds a position represented  by  the  recognized  teacher  organization  for  collective bargaining  purposes,  and  who became subject to the provisions of this article after the effective date of this subdivision, or (ii)  a  member of  the  New  York city board of education retirement system who holds a position  represented  by  the  recognized  teacher   organization   for collective bargaining purposes, and who became subject to the provisions of  this article after the effective date of this subdivision, shall not be eligible for service retirement benefits hereunder until such  member has rendered a minimum of ten years of credited service.  (2)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  a or b of this section or any other provision of law to  the  contrary,  a  member  who first  joins  a  public retirement system of the state on or after April first, two thousand twelve shall not be eligible for service  retirement benefits hereunder until such member has rendered a minimum of ten years of credited service.   c.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this section, if a member attains mandatory  retirement  age,  the  minimum  service  requirements specified in this section shall be five years.   d.  Upon  the first day of the month after the attainment of mandatory retirement age, a member shall be separated from service whether or  not eligible  for service retirement hereunder; provided, however, that this requirement shall not preclude a member from being continued in  service beyond  such  mandatory  retirement  age  pursuant  to  other applicable provisions of law and provided further, however, that  this  requirement shall  not  preclude  a  school  district  from  permitting a teacher to continue in service to the end of  the  school  year  should  a  teacher attain  age  seventy  within  the  period  September  first through June thirtieth of such school year.