Brown v. New York State Teachers Retirement System

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, County of Albany, which dismissed plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action..Section 7 of article Y of the Constitution of the State of New York provides: “After July first, nineteen hundred forty, membership in any pension or retirement system of the state or of a civil division thereof shall be a contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired.” •Before July 1,1965 the Retirement Board of the New York State Teachers Retirement System, pursuant to…