Terms Used In New York Laws > Retirement and Social Security > Article 19-A - Benefit Enhancements For Certain Retirement Systems In the City of New York

• Active service: shall mean (1) service while being paid on the payroll; (2) a leave of absence with pay; (3) other approved leave without pay; (4) any period of time between school terms for a teacher or other employee employed on a school-year basis; and (5) periods of time between regularly scheduled periods of paid service in the city university of New York. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 910
• Cessation date: shall mean the later of (1) October first, two thousand or (2) the date on which the eligible member attains ten years of membership or, if earlier, ten years of credited service. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 910
• Eligible member: shall mean a member of a retirement system other than a member who (1) is an employee of the New York city transit authority, and (2) is either (i) subject to the provisions of section 13-161 of the administrative code of the city of New York or (ii) a New York city transit authority member as defined in paragraph one of subdivision a of section six hundred four-b of this chapter. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 910
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Retirement system: shall mean the New York city teachers' retirement system, the New York city board of education retirement system or the New York city employees' retirement system. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 910