NYSLRS Releases Retirement Funds After 10-Month Delay for Westchester Retiree

1 articles · Updated · WABC-TV · Jul 24

Camille Meola received her retirement rollover in the next pension payment cycle after a 10-month delay that had stalled the Westchester couple’s plans to retire and travel.
NYSLRS said an incorrect Social Security number on her withdrawal application triggered repeated rejections and extra identity-verification steps before the money could be released.
Meola first applied online last August, then resubmitted paper forms with an ink signature and her original Social Security card, but still received a letter saying her application was both received and rejected.
After a third denial, the couple contacted WABC’s 7 On Your Side, and Meola said the intervention resolved in six weeks what had taken her 10 months on her own.