New York Constitution
Article V - Officers And Civil Departments
Section 7 - Membership in retirement systems; benefits not to be diminished nor impaired
Universal Citation: NY Const art V § 7
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. (New. Adopted by Constitutional Convention of 1938 and approved by vote of the people November 8, 1938.)
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