<prompt> Human: Im a grad student in New York and there was miscommunication in my department about whether or not I was a teaching assistant TA or a research assistant RA for my first semester. Because of this, I got paid as both and this wasnt immediately evident to me as RAs are paid every other week and TAs are paid in a large lump sum 3.5 months salary and receive smaller 300 bi-weekly paychecks. I was receiving bi-weekly RA paychecks and I noticed something was up once the large lump sum stipend hit my account. It was too much money for a poor grad student.I contacted the finance director of our department right away and made sure she was aware of the situation. She told me this was a clerical error and that the finance recuperation team has been notified of this matter and will be in touch shortly. The last paycheck that I received erroneously was October 14th.The finance recuperation team had yet to contact me nor has anyone made any payroll deductions yet. From what I can tell, according to NY law, this money is now legally mine.I never received a Notice of Intent and 8 weeks have passed. Am I missing something about NY law or is my university no longer in the legal ground to ask for this money back? I mean, I could return it as a measure of good faith, but I dont see any real reason to do that...  <response>: this happened to me almost 3 years ago. i diligently let them know and it never was taken back.in the time since then ive come to believe the error was actually my credit union and not my employer. i left that money it was a LOT of money in my account for nearly two years. finally i gave it to a friend whod lost his job and run thru his unemployment benefits. 