New York Laws
Article 4 - Supplemental Pension Act
162 - Retired Employees and Certain Widows and Dependents Eligible for Supplemental Pensions.

(a) "Widow". Only the widow, who has not remarried, of a deceased
member or deceased retired member of the uniformed force of a police or
fire department;
(b) "Dependent children". Only children under the age of eighteen of a
deceased member or deceased retired member of the uniformed force of a
police or fire department;
(c) "Dependent parents". Only a father or mother, or both collectively
if both are living, of the deceased member or deceased retired member of
the uniformed force of a police or fire department, where neither
dependent widow nor dependent children under age eighteen survive such
member or retired member.