As of 2018[update], it was the third largest public pension plan in the nation, and held $207.4 billion in assets.

[3] The pension fund has made news for publicly warning companies with whom it holds investments for their private behavior.

In August 2018, state comptroller DiNapoli sent a letter to McDonald's expressing concern for the welfare of the chicken used in their food products.

[7] In 2022, the New York State Comptroller's office reviewed and considered divesting from certain Russian assets in lieu of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

[8] In 2010, former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who during his time in office was responsible for administering a $125 billion pension fund, confessed in court to approving a $250 million pension investment in exchange for nearly $1 million in illegal gifts.