Title RSS, Retirement & Social Security

§ 555. Ordinary disability retirement. a. Application for an ordinary\ndisability retirement allowance for a member may be made by:\n 1. Such member, or\n 2. The head of the department in which such member is employed, or\n 3. Some person acting on behalf of and authorized by su…

§ 556. Accidental disability retirement. a. A member shall be\nentitled to an accidental disability retirement allowance if, at the\ntime application therefor is filed, he or she is:\n 1. Physically or mentally incapacitated for performance of duty as the\nnatural and proximate …

§ 557. Members; certain disabilities. Notwithstanding any provision\nof this chapter or of any general, special or local law to the contrary,\nany condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the heart,\nresulting in disability or death to a member shall be presumptiv…

§ 558. Retirement for disability incurred in performance of duty. a.\nAfter January first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, a member who becomes\nphysically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty shall\nbe covered by the provisions of this section in lieu of the prov…

§ 559. Application. For purposes of accidental disability retirement\nonly, a sheriff, undersheriff or deputy sheriff engaged directly in\ncriminal law enforcement activities that aggregate fifty per centum of\nhis or her service and are police officers under the criminal proced…

§ 560. Past service payments. Any past service payments required by a\ncounty that adopts the provisions of this article may be paid over a\nperiod of five or ten years determined by the county.\n

§ 60. Ordinary death benefit. a. An ordinary death benefit plus the\nreserve-for-increased-take-home-pay shall be payable upon the death of a\nmember who:\n 1. Died before the effective date of his retirement, and\n 2. Was in service upon which his membership was based when he d…

§ 60-a. Guaranteed ordinary death benefit payable upon death of state\nemployees. a. Upon the death in service of a member who was in the\nemploy of the state on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine,\nand whose beneficiary was eligible for the ordinary death benefit\n…

§ 60-b. Guaranteed ordinary death benefit for participating employers.\n(a) Pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-three of this article,\na participating employer may elect to provide a guaranteed ordinary\ndeath benefit upon the death in service of its employees who (i) …

§ 60-c. Death benefit for vested members who die prior to retirement.\na. A death benefit plus the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay shall be\npayable upon the death of a member who:\n 1. Died before the effective date of retirement while a member of the\nretirement system;\n …

§ 600. Application. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the\nprovisions of this article shall apply to all members who join or rejoin\na public retirement system of the state on or after July first, nineteen\nhundred seventy-six and to all employees who would have bee…

§ 601. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this\narticle shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nplainly required by the context:\n a. "Active service" shall mean service while being paid on the payroll\nof a participating employer pr…

§ 602. Eligibility for service retirement benefits; minimum service\nrequirements. a. Except as provided in subdivision b-1 of this section,\na member who first joins a public retirement system of this state on or\nafter July first, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall not be elig…

§ 603. Eligibility for service retirement benefits; age and service\nrequirements. * a. The service retirement benefit specified in section\nsix hundred four of this article shall be payable to members who have\nmet the minimum service requirements upon retirement and attainment…

§ 604. Service retirement benefits. a. The service retirement benefit\nat normal retirement age for a member with less than twenty years of\ncredited service, or less than twenty-five years credited service for a\nmember who joins the New York state teachers' retirement system o…

§ 604-a. Twenty-year retirement program for New York city sanitation\nmembers. a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this\nsection shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nplainly required by the context.\n 1. "New York city sanitatio…

§ 604-b. Twenty-five-year and age fifty-five retirement program for\nNew York city transit authority members. a. Definitions. The following\nwords or phrases as used in this section shall have the following\nmeanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:…

* § 604-c. Supplemental retirement allowance. Individuals who are\nreceiving benefits from the New York state and local employees'\nretirement system pursuant to this article shall be entitled to\nsupplemental retirement benefits provided in section seventy-eight of\nthis chapte…

* § 604-c. Optional twenty-five-year early retirement program for\ncertain New York city members. a. Definitions. The following words and\nphrases as used in this section shall have the following meanings unless\na different meaning is plainly required by the context.\n 1. "NYCE…

* § 604-c. Twenty-year retirement program for Triborough bridge and\ntunnel members. a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used\nin this section shall have the following meanings unless a different\nmeaning is plainly required by the context.\n 1. "Triborough bridge…

§ 604-d. Age fifty-seven retirement program for certain New York city\nmembers. a. The terms "NYCERS", "BERS", "administrative code", "BERS\nrules and regulations", "New York city eligible position", "New York\ncity eligible member", "physically taxing position", "participating\…

* § 604-e. Twenty-five year retirement program for dispatcher members.\na. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this section\nshall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly\nrequired by the context.\n 1. "Dispatcher member" shall mean …

* § 604-e. Twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members. a.\nDefinitions. The following words and phrases as used in this section\nshall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly\nrequired by the context.\n 1. "EMT member" shall mean a member of th…

* § 604-f. Twenty-five year retirement program for deputy sheriff\nmembers. a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this\nsection shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nplainly required by the context.\n 1. "Deputy sheriff" shall mean…

* § 604-f. Twenty-five year retirement program for special officer,\nparking control specialist, school safety agent, campus peace officer or\nNew York city taxi and limousine inspector members. a. Definitions. The\nfollowing words and phrases as used in this section shall have …

§ 604-g. Twenty-five year/age fifty retirement program for automotive\nmembers. a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this\nsection shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nplainly required by the context.\n 1. "Automotive member" sha…

§ 604-h. Twenty-five year retirement program for police communications\nmembers. a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this\nsection shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nplainly required by the context.\n 1. "Police communications…

§ 604-i. Age fifty-five retirement program for New York city teachers\nand certain other members. a. Definitions. The following words and\nphrases as used in this section shall have the following meanings unless\na different meaning is plainly required by the context.\n 1. "TRS"…

§ 604-j. Twenty-five year retirement program for fire protection\ninspector members. a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as\nused in this section shall have the following meanings unless a\ndifferent meaning is plainly required by the context.\n 1. "Fire protection i…

§ 605. Disability retirement. a. Application for a disability\nretirement allowance for a member may be made by:\n 1. Such member, or\n 2. The head of the department in which such member is employed.\n b. At the time of the filing of an application pursuant to this\nsection, the…

§ 605-a. Accidental disability retirement for uniformed court officers\nand peace officers employed in the unified court system. a. A member\nemployed as a uniformed court officer or peace officer in the unified\ncourt system shall be entitled to an accidental disability retirem…

* § 605-b. Accidental disability retirement for New York city\nuniformed sanitation members. a. Definitions. The following terms as\nused in this section shall have the following meanings unless a\ndifferent meaning is plainly required by the context:\n 1. "New York city uniform…

* § 605-b. Uniformed court officers and peace officers; certain\ndisabilities. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any\ngeneral, special or local law to the contrary, any member who is a\nuniformed court officer or peace officer in the unified court system who\nc…

§ 605-c. Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs employed\nby the city of New York. a. A member of the New York city employees'\nretirement system employed by the city of New York as a deputy city\nsheriff, level one, deputy city sheriff, level two, supervising depu…

§ 605-d. Accidental disability retirement for chief fire marshals,\nassistant fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals, supervising\nfire marshals, fire marshals and fire marshal trainees in Nassau county.\na. A member employed as a chief fire marshal, assistant chief f…

§ 605-e. Accidental disability retirement for ambulance medical\ntechnician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators,\nambulance medical technicians, police medic supervisors, police medic\ncoordinators, and police medics in Nassau county. a. A member employed\nas …

§ 605-f. Disability benefits; certain disabilities. Notwithstanding\nany provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law to\nthe contrary, any member who is a county fire marshal, fire marshal,\nsupervising fire marshal, division supervising fire marshal, assis…

* § 605-g. Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in\nNassau county. a. A member employed as a deputy sheriff in Nassau county\nshall be entitled to an accidental disability retirement allowance if,\nat the time application therefor is filed, such member is:\n 1. P…

* § 605-g. Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in\nSuffolk county. a. A member employed as a deputy sheriff in Suffolk\ncounty shall be entitled to an accidental disability retirement\nallowance if, at the time application therefor is filed, such member is:\n 1.…

§ 606. Death benefits. a. A member of a retirement system who is\nsubject to the provisions of this article, exclusive of those members\nfor whom provision is made pursuant to subdivision b of this section,\nshall, at the time of first becoming a member thereof, make an election…

§ 606-a. Death benefit for vested members who die prior to retirement.\na. A death benefit plus the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any,\nshall be payable upon the death of a member of a retirement system who:\n 1. Died before the effective date of retirement while a mem…

* § 606-b. Death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau\ncounty. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, where a\ndeputy sheriff would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit\nat the time of his or her death and where his or her death occurs on o…

* § 606-b. Death benefits for correction officers employed by Nassau\ncounty. a. As used in this section, the term "correction officer" shall\nmean a person employed by Nassau county with a title of correction\nrecruit, correction officer, correction corporal, correction sergean…

* § 606-b. Death benefits for correction officers employed by Suffolk\ncounty. 1. As used in this section, the term "correction officer" shall\nhave the same meaning as in subdivision e of section eighty-nine-f of\nthis chapter.\n 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the c…

* § 606-b. Death benefits for deputy sheriffs employed by Suffolk\ncounty. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, where a\ndeputy sheriff would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit\nat the time of his or her death and where his or her death occurs on…

* § 606-c. Death benefits for correction officers employed by\nWestchester county. a. As used in this section, the term "correction\nofficer" shall mean a person employed by the Westchester county\ncorrection department with a title of correction officer, correction\nofficer-ser…

* § 606-c. Death benefits for fire marshals employed by Nassau county.\na. As used in this section, the term "fire marshal" shall mean a member\nwho is employed by Nassau county with a title of county fire marshal,\nsupervising fire marshal, fire marshal, assistant fire marshal,…

§ 607. Accidental death benefits. a. The eligible beneficiary of a\nmember in service, or of a vested member who dies as a result of a\nqualifying World Trade Center condition as defined in section two of\nthis chapter, shall be entitled to an accidental death benefit in the\nfo…

§ 607-a. Performance of duty disability retirement. a. Any security\nhospital treatment assistant, as that term is defined in subdivision i\nof section eighty-nine of this chapter, who becomes physically or\nmentally incapacitated for the performance of duties as the natural and…

§ 607-b. Performance of duty disability retirement. a. Any member of\nthe New York city employees' retirement system who is employed by the\ncity of New York or by the New York city health and hospital corporation\nin the position of emergency medical technician or advanced emer…