Employees must apply for retirement in order to start receiving their pension. To apply, by law, the appropriate application must be “filed with the Office of the State Comptroller” within a specific time period. Retirement applications and related documents are considered filed when they are submitted through Retirement Online or received by our Albany office, one of our consultation sites or another office of the State Comptroller.

Applications and documents employees give to you have not been “filed with the Office of the State Comptroller.” If an employee gives you these, advise the employee that they must submit their retirement application and other retirement-related documents directly to NYSLRS.

Note: As an employer, you can file a disability application on behalf of your employee, but other applications or documents must be filed by the employee. 

Rev. 12/25