If you have no New York income, you don't need to file a New York return.
Your pension payments (of any kind) get reported in your Resident State only, since you did not live in New York at all (unless NY tax was withheld).
Here's more info on Non-Qualified Pension Payments.
Why Would I File a Non-Resident Return
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