Title RSS, Retirement & Social Security

§ 607-c. Performance of duty disability benefit. a. Any sheriff,\ndeputy sheriff, undersheriff or correction officer as defined in\nsubdivision a of section sixty-three-b of this chapter, and who are\nemployed in a county which makes an election pursuant to subdivision d\nof suc…

§ 607-d. Disability benefits. A county may elect to make the benefits\nprovided herein available to the sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriffs\nwho are engaged directly in criminal law enforcement activities, and\ncorrection officers who are in the employ of the county. Notwiths…

§ 607-e. Accidental disability retirement; Westchester county district\nattorney investigators. The county of Westchester may elect to make the\nbenefits provided in this section available to criminal investigators,\nsenior criminal investigators, deputy chief criminal investiga…

§ 607-f. Payment of both pensions for accident and other benefits\nprohibited; Westchester county district attorney investigators. a. If\nany benefits under the workers' compensation law may be or become\npayable as the result of accidental disability or accidental death, no\npa…

§ 607-g. Retirement for disability benefits incurred in the\nperformance of duty; Westchester county district attorney investigators.\na. The county of Westchester may elect to make the benefits provided\nherein available to criminal investigators, senior criminal\ninvestigators…

§ 607-h. Disability benefits; Westchester county district attorney\ninvestigators. The county of Westchester may elect to make the benefits\nprovided in this section available to criminal investigators, senior\ncriminal investigators, deputy chief criminal investigators, and chi…

* § 607-j. Performance of duty, disability retirement for chief fire\nmarshals, assistant chief fire marshals, division supervising fire\nmarshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals and fire marshal\ntrainees in Nassau county. a. The county of Nassau shall make the\nbenef…

* § 607-j. Performance of duty disability retirement benefits for\ncertain first responders in Nassau county. a. The county of Nassau shall\nmake the benefits provided herein available to the following employee\ntitles in the employ of Nassau county: police medic; police medic\n…

* § 607-j. Performance of duty disability retirement. a. Any member of\nthe retirement system employed by the division of military and naval\naffairs shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection if he or she is an airport firefighter apprentice, airpor…

§ 607-k. Certain impairments of health; presumption. a. Any member of\nthe retirement system employed by the division of military and naval\naffairs shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection if he or she is an airport firefighter apprentice, airport…

§ 607-l. Performance of duty disability retirement; division of\nhomeland security and emergency services. a. Any employee of the\ndivision of homeland security and emergency services in the title series\nfire protection specialist who becomes physically or mentally\nincapacitat…

§ 608. Final average salary. a. A member's final average salary shall\nbe the average wages earned by such a member during any three\nconsecutive years which provide the highest average wage; provided,\nhowever, if the wages earned during any year included in the period used\nto…

§ 609. Credit for service. a. Part-time service.\n 1. A member who works less than full time, which for the purposes of\nthis section shall mean less than thirty hours a week, shall receive\nretirement credit for such service in accordance with the following\nprovisions:\n (i) a…

§ 61. Accidental death benefit. a. An accidental death benefit and the\nreserve-for-increased-take-home-pay shall be payable upon the death of a\nmember if, upon application filed within five years after the death of\nsuch member, the comptroller shall determine, on the basis of…

§ 61-a. Payment of interest on death benefits and accumulated\ncontributions. Interest shall accrue against unpaid accidental and\nordinary death benefits plus the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay\nfrom the date of death of a member until payment thereof is made.\nInterest sh…

§ 610. Options. a. Until the effective date of retirement a member may\nelect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the retirement allowance at\nthe time of retirement, in the form of a smaller retirement allowance\npayable to such member for life and one of the following optio…

§ 611. Optional retirement program. a. Any optional retirement program\nauthorized by state law which, on the day before the effective date of\nthis article, would be available to an eligible employee subject to the\nprovisions of article eleven of this chapter in lieu of joinin…

§ 612. Vesting. a. Except as provided in subdivision a-1 of this\nsection, a member who has five or more years of credited service, upon\ntermination of employment, other than a member who is entitled to a\ndeferred vested benefit pursuant to any other provision of this article,…

§ 613. Member contributions. * a. 1. Except as provided by paragraph\ntwo of this subdivision, members shall contribute three percent of\nannual wages to the retirement system in which they have membership,\nexcept that beginning April first, two thousand thirteen for members wh…

§ 613-a. Loans to members of a teachers' retirement system. a. 1. A\nmember of a teachers' retirement system in active service who has credit\nfor at least one year of member service may borrow, no more than once\nduring each twelve-month period, an amount not exceeding seventy-…

§ 613-b. Loans to members of certain retirement systems. a. For the\npurposes of this section, the term "retirement board" or "board" shall\nmean the head of the retirement system as defined in subdivision f of\nsection six hundred one of this article.\n b. 1. A member of the Ne…

§ 614. Effect of other laws. a. Any other provision of this chapter,\nof the education law or of the administrative code of the city of New\nYork, or rules and regulations thereunder, relating to the reemployment\nof retired members, transfer of members and reserves between syst…

§ 615. Duration. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter\nor of any other law, the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter\nshall no longer apply to members to whom this article applies on the\ndate article fifteen of this chapter becomes effective, provided,…

§ 616. Transfer of membership. Any employee of the board of education\nof the city of New York who is a member of the New York city employees'\nretirement system may elect to transfer membership to the New York city\nboard of education retirement system. Any election pursuant to…

§ 617. Recalculation of benefits. a. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, any person who has retired pursuant to the provisions\nof article fourteen of this chapter on or before August thirty-first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-three, whether for service retirement or for\no…

§ 62. 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 suc…

§ 620. Benefit limitations. 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the\ncontrary, for all members of a public retirement system to which the\nstate or a municipality contributes who join on or after January first,\nnineteen hundred ninety, the benefits payable shall be subject to t…

§ 63. Accidental disability retirement. a. A member shall be entitled\nto an accidental disability retirement allowance if, at the time\napplication therefor is filed, he is:\n 1. Physically or mentally incapacitated for performance of duty as the\nnatural and proximate result o…

§ 63-a. Performance of duty disability retirement. a. Any member in\nthe uniformed personnel in institutions under the jurisdiction of the\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision or a security\nhospital treatment assistant, as those terms are defined in subdivision\…

§ 63-b. Performance of duty disability retirement; certain county\nemployees. a. A member employed by a county shall be eligible for a\nperformance of duty disability retirement if the county elects to make\nthe benefits provided herein available, as provided for in subdivision …

* § 63-c. Disability benefits. A county may elect to make the benefits\nprovided herein available to the sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriffs\nwho are engaged directly in criminal law enforcement activities, and\ncorrection officers who are in the employ of the county. Notwith…

* § 63-d. 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\nco…

§ 63-e. Retirement for disability incurred in performance of duty;\nWestchester county district attorney investigators. a. The county of\nWestchester may elect to make the benefits provided in this section\navailable to criminal investigators, senior criminal investigators,\ndep…

§ 63-f. Disability benefits; Westchester county district attorney\ninvestigators. The county of Westchester may elect to make the benefits\nprovided in this section available to criminal investigators, senior\ncriminal investigators, deputy chief criminal investigators, and chie…

* § 63-g. Performance of duty disability retirement. a. Any member of\nthe retirement system employed by the division of military and naval\naffairs shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection if he or she is an airport firefighter apprentice, airport…

* § 63-g. 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, assi…

§ 63-h. Certain impairments of health; presumption. a. Any member of\nthe retirement system employed by the division of military and naval\naffairs shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection if he or she is an airport firefighter apprentice, airport\…

§ 63-i. Death benefits for fire marshals employed by Nassau county. a.\nAs used in this section, the term "fire marshal" shall mean a member who\nis employed by Nassau county with a title of county fire marshal,\nsupervising fire marshal, fire marshal, assistant fire marshal,\na…

§ 630. Compensation limitations. 1. In addition to any other\napplicable limitations on compensation provided by law, and\nnotwithstanding any other law to the contrary unless otherwise permitted\npursuant to subdivision four of this section, the amount of compensation\nof a mem…

§ 64. Payment of both pensions for accident and other benefits\nprohibited. a. If any benefits under the workers' compensation law may\nbe or become payable as the result of accidental disability or\naccidental death, no payment of any benefit shall be made pursuant to\nthis art…

§ 640. Excess Benefit Plan. 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the\ncontrary, the New York state and local employees' retirement system and\nthe New York state and local police and fire retirement system are\nhereby authorized to establish an excess benefit plan. The plan or pl…

§ 645. Benefits for certain members who re-enter public service. 1.\nAs used in this article the term "public retirement system" shall mean\nthe New York state and local employees' retirement system, the New York\nstate teachers' retirement system, the New York state and local p…

§ 650. Application. This article shall apply to a member of the New\nYork city employees' retirement system (i) who holds the position of\nbridge and tunnel officer, sergeant or lieutenant with the Triborough\nbridge and tunnel authority, and has received or receives an appointm…

§ 651. Reduction of retirement age. a. A member described in section\nsix hundred fifty of this article may, subject to the provisions of\nsubdivision b of this section (and notwithstanding the provisions for\nbenefit reduction contained in subdivision a of section four hundred\…

§ 652. Definitions. a. The term "normal retirement age" shall mean\nage fifty-five for a member of Tier one, and age sixty-two for a member\nof Tier two, three or four.\n b. The term "covered employment" shall mean paid service as a bridge\nand tunnel officer, sergeant, lieutena…

§ 655. Survivor's benefit. 1. a. The term "state employee" as used in\nthis section shall mean a full time employee or officer of the state,\nwhose salary is paid directly by the state.\n b. For the limited purposes of this section: (1) the term "state\nemployee" as used in this…

§ 656. Managerial/confidential survivor's benefit. 1. a. The term\n"managerial/confidential employee" as used in this section shall mean a\nfull time employee or officer in the executive branch of the state whose\nposition has been designated managerial or confidential pursuant …

§ 657. Survivor's benefit for retired state employees. 1. a. The term\n"retired state employee" as used in this section shall mean a former\nemployee or officer of the state (1) who while in state service retired\nfor any cause from any retirement system or pension plan supporte…

§ 70. Superannuation retirement. a. Any member may retire if such\nmember shall have attained at least the minimum retirement age while in\nservice as a member, or while in federal service, or in the service of\nthe United Nations or other international organizations of which th…

§ 70-a. Pensions-for-increased-take-home-pay. a. Beginning with a\npayroll period commencing as specified by a participating employer\nelecting to contribute pursuant to the provisions of this section the\ncontribution of each member of the retirement system in the employ of\nsu…