The State Comptroller as the administrative head of the New York State Employees' Retirement System and the New York State Policemen's and Firemen's Retirement System has the exclusive authority pursuant to sections 11, 74, 311, 374, 519 and 614 of the Retirement and Social Security Law to adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the retirement systems. This Part is promulgated to set forth the procedures for filing documents with the retirement system and to facilitate the orderly processing of applications for retirement benefits and forms for retirement option elections filed pursuant to the requirements of the Retirement and Social Security Law.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 2 § 341.1