Ordered that the decree is affirmed, with costs.
The Surrogate's Court properly dismissed the petition seeking interest on the death benefit the petitioner received from the New York City Employees' Retirement System, since she did not have a statutory or contractual right to interest (see, Woerz v Schumacher, 161 N.Y. 530, 534; New York State Thruway Auth. v Hurd,
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