N.Y. RSS Law § 75-A

§ 75-a. Non-contributory retirement plan for state employees. a.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no further\ncontributions to the retirement system, as provided in subdivision b of\nsection twenty-one of this chapter, shall be required of any member in\nthe employ of the state; provided, however, in the case of persons in\nthe employ of the state who last became members on or after July first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-three, such required contributions shall be\nwaived only until the payroll period immediately prior to that the first\nday of which is nearest to July first, nineteen hundred seventy-four.\n b. Contributions shall be made to the pension accumulation fund by or\non account of the state, as provided in sections sixteen, seventeen and\nforty-two of this chapter, at a rate fixed by the actuary which shall be\ncomputed to be sufficient to provide the benefits established by section\nseventy-five-c of this chapter on account of members in the employ of\nthe state.\n c. Nothing contained in this section shall impair the right of\npersons, who became members before August nineteenth, nineteen hundred\nsixty-six, to make contributions pursuant to subdivision i of section\ntwenty-one of this chapter.\n d. Any member who has elected to contribute at a certain rate of\ncontribution in accordance with the provisions of subdivision j of\nsection twenty-one of this chapter, shall continue to contribute at such\nrate until his election under said subdivision is withdrawn.\n e. Any member in service on August nineteenth, nineteen hundred\nsixty-six, may by written notice duly acknowledged and filed with the\ncomptroller on or before August eighteenth, nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven, elect to contribute to the retirement system. Where a\nmember makes an election to contribute, as herein provided for, he shall\ncontribute to the retirement system as otherwise provided in this\nchapter. One year or more after the filing of the notice of election to\ncontribute, the member may withdraw such election and elect not to\ncontribute.\n