Legal Opinion

Guzman v. New York City Employees' Retirement System

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 13, 1978PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Cooke, J.

The question before us, in simplest terms, is whether the mere mailing of a check by the New York City Employees’ Retirement System to a beneficiary constituted a first payment on account of retirement benefits, under section B3-46.0 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York.

The New York City Employees’ Retirement System (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the System), generally, is governed by the provisions of title B of chapter 3 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York. Under it a "beneficiary” means "any person in receipt of a pension, an…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Birnbaum v. New York State Teachers Retirement SystemNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
  2. Roddy v. ValentineNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
  3. Kleinfeldt v. New York City Employees' Retirement SystemNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. Donner v. New York City Employees' Retirement SystemNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. Hoar v. City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1946

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Ballentine v. KochNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  2. Whitehill v. New York State Teachers' Retirement SystemAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  3. Kutas v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1987
  4. Cochran v. New York City Employees' Retirement SystemAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  5. McGarrigle v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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