New York Laws
Article 18 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Retirement Systems
806 - Exclusion.

ยง 806. Exclusion. a. A person who was not a member of a public
retirement system as of March thirty-first, nineteen hundred
ninety-three shall be ineligible for the benefits provided by sections
eight hundred one and eight hundred three of this article.

b. This article shall have no application to a retiree or former
retiree from a public retirement system.