Matter of Colon v. Teachers’ Retirement System of the City of New York

Whether the May 2020 amendments to the Retirement and Social Security Law enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are unconstitutional under the New York State Constitution; whether petitioner was entitled to ordinary death benefits under the statute; whether respondent retirement system properly suspended petitioner’s application for ordinary death benefits prior to receiving an application for accidental death benefits.

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