Title RSS, Retirement & Social Security

§ 700. Election of the provisions of article fourteen by certain\nmembers. a. This section shall apply to a member of the New York state\nand local employees' retirement system who is in a title defined in\nsubdivision i of section eighty-nine of this chapter, which title was\na…

§ 71. Optional retirement at age fifty-five; alternative plan.\n a. Any member of the retirement system who has not by voluntary\nelection on or after April first, nineteen hundred fifty-six, withdrawn\nthe excess contributions authorized by subdivision d of this section, by\nwr…

§ 71-a. Optional retirement at age fifty-five; new plan. a. Any\nmember of the retirement system, who has not by voluntary election on or\nafter April first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, withdrawn the excess\ncontributions authorized by subdivision d of this section, by written\n…

§ 72. Optional retirement at age fifty-five; closed plan. a. A member\nof the retirement system under age fifty-five who elected before May\nfifteenth, nineteen hundred fifty, to contribute to the retirement\nsystem pursuant to this section shall make additional contributions to…

§ 73. Discontinued service after twenty years. a. Persons who last\nbecame members before April eighth, nineteen hundred forty-three.\n 1. A person who last became a member before April eighth, nineteen\nhundred forty-three, and who is discontinued from service while a\nmember, …

§ 74. Procedure for retirement. a. Every application for a retirement\nallowance or other benefit provided by this article shall be executed\nand filed with the comptroller. Each such application shall contain such\ninformation as the comptroller shall deem necessary.\n b. The c…

§ 74-a. Applications and elections; issues due to death.\nNotwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, in\nthe event a member dies prior to receipt by the comptroller or the\nretirement system of his or her application for service retirement,\ndisability re…

§ 75. Allowance on superannuation retirement. a. Except as otherwise\nprovided by subdivision b, c or d of this section, upon retirement for\nsuperannuation or for any other cause after attainment of age sixty, a\nmember shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist o…

§ 75-a. Non-contributory retirement plan for state employees. a.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no further\ncontributions to the retirement system, as provided in subdivision b of\nsection twenty-one of this chapter, shall be required of any member …

§ 75-b. Non-contributory retirement plan for members of participating\nemployers. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the\ncontrary, no further contributions to the retirement system as provided\nin subdivision b of section twenty-one of this chapter, shall be\nrequ…

§ 75-c. Non-contributory retirement plan benefits. a. In addition to\nany retirement allowance to which a member may be entitled for services\nrendered at any time other than expressly provided for herein, any\nmember covered by the provisions of section seventy-five-a or\nseven…

§ 75-d. Guaranteed retirement benefits for state employees. a. 1. A\nmember of the retirement system in the employ of the state on or after\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight and prior to April first,\nnineteen hundred sixty-eight who retires from such employ on or aft…

§ 75-e. Guaranteed retirement benefits for employees of participating\nemployers. a. By the adoption, filing and approval, where required, of\na resolution in a manner provided by section thirty, thirty-one or\nthirty-two of this chapter, as the case may be, a participating empl…

§ 75-f. Career retirement plan for state employees. a. (1) A member of\nthe retirement system in the employ of the state who retires while in\nsuch employ on or after April first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, and\nwho is entitled to a service retirement benefit pursuant to secti…

§ 75-g. Career retirement plan for employees of participating\nemployers. a. (1) By the adoption, filing and approval, where required,\nof a resolution in a manner provided by section thirty, thirty-one or\nthirty-two of this chapter, as the case may be, a participating employer…

§ 75-h. Career retirement plan for state employees; new plan. a. A\nmember of the retirement system in the employ of the state may retire on\nor after attainment of age fifty-five and receive a retirement allowance\nconsisting of the following, provided he has twenty or more yea…

§ 75-i. Improved career retirement plan for employees of participating\nemployers. a. A participating employer which has elected, or which\nelects, pursuant to section thirty, thirty-one, or thirty-two of this\narticle to provide the benefits of the career retirement plan for it…

§ 76. Vested retirement allowance. a. A member who discontinues\nservice other than by death or retirement:\n 1. who has credit for at least five years of total service, or\n 2. who has credit for at least five years of total service, including\na minimum of five years of member…

§ 77. Deferred applications for retirement. Notwithstanding other\nprovisions of this chapter and of the rules and regulations established\npursuant thereto, or any provisions of law to the contrary, a member of\nthe retirement system, who is entitled to a retirement allowance b…

§ 78. Supplemental retirement allowance. a. A supplemental retirement\nallowance shall be paid to pensioners of the retirement system who have\nretired prior to the calendar year nineteen hundred ninety-four. Such\nsupplemental retirement allowance shall be payable on the basis …

§ 78-a. Cost-of-living adjustment. a. A cost-of-living adjustment\nshall be payable on the basis provided for in this section to: (i) all\npensioners who have attained age sixty-two and have been retired for\nfive years; (ii) all pensioners who have attained age fifty-five and\n…

§ 79. Cafeteria plans. To the extent permitted by section one hundred\ntwenty-five of the internal revenue code and any regulations adopted\npursuant thereto, any salary reduction elected by an employee who is a\nparticipant in either the New York state employees' retirement sys…

§ 80. Retirement of members of the legislature. a. As used in this\nsection the term "service as a member of the legislature" shall mean\nservice as a senator or assemblyman in the legislature of the state of\nNew York.\n b. Any member of the legislature may elect to contribute …

§ 80-a. Legislative and executive retirement plan; new plan. a. As\nused in this section the following words and phrases shall have the\nfollowing meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the\ncontext:\n 1. "Legislative and executive member". A person who is\nl…

§ 800. 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. "Public retirement system" shall mean the New York state and local\nemployees' retirement system, t…

§ 801. Transfer rights. a. Except as provided in subdivision b of\nthis section, any member of a public retirement system who by reason of\nsimultaneous membership in two public retirement systems, would have\nbeen entitled to transfer membership in a public retirement system\np…

§ 802. Credit for previously credited service. a. Notwithstanding any\nineligibility to obtain credit by reason of a failure to transfer\nmembership in a public retirement system pursuant to any applicable law,\nretirement credit shall be granted for service which predates the d…

§ 803. Retroactive membership. a. A public retirement system shall\nhave the authority to grant relief from a failure to file an application\nfor membership in that system in connection with service rendered prior\nto April first, nineteen hundred ninety-three in accordance with…

§ 803-a. Correction of benefit errors. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, if, pursuant to a\nsettlement agreement or court order arising out of a matrimonial or\ncustody action, a member of the New York state and local employees'\nre…

§ 804. Promulgation of rules and regulations. Each public retirement\nsystem is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement\nthe provisions of this article.\n

§ 805. Records. Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect\nthe authority of a public retirement system to require that evidence of\nservice be based upon records kept in the ordinary course of business.\n

§ 806. Exclusion. a. A person who was not a member of a public\nretirement system as of March thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nninety-three shall be ineligible for the benefits provided by sections\neight hundred one and eight hundred three of this article.\n b. This article shal…

§ 807. Alternate means of authentication. Notwithstanding any other\nlaw, rule or regulation, each public retirement system as defined by\nsubdivision a of section eight hundred of this article is authorized to\npromulgate rules and regulations to provide for alternate means of\…

§ 808. Preservation of records. a. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, each public retirement system, as defined in subdivision a of\nsection eight hundred of this article, other than the New York state\nteachers' retirement system, is authorized to reproduce all or any…

§ 809. Effect and rebuttal of certain medical presumptions pertaining\nto diseases of the heart. a. This section shall apply to certain\napplications for disability retirement allowances made by or on behalf\nof a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement syst…

§ 89. Retirement of members in the uniformed personnel in institutions\nunder the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community\nsupervision or who are security hospital treatment assistants; new plan.\na. Any member in the uniformed personnel in institutions under…

§ 89-a. Optional retirement of sheriffs, under-sheriffs and regular\ndeputy sheriffs. (a) Any member who is a sheriff or under-sheriff, or a\nregular deputy sheriff in any county who is engaged directly in criminal\nlaw enforcement activities, may elect to contribute to the reti…

§ 89-b. Optional twenty year retirement plan for sheriffs,\nunder-sheriffs, and regular deputy sheriffs in counties which have\nelected to provide same. (a) Any member who is a sheriff, under-sheriff\nor a regular deputy sheriff in any county who is engaged directly in\ncriminal…

* § 89-c. Retirement of members in New York state thruway authority\nservice.\n a. By the adoption, filing and approval of a resolution in the manner\nprovided by section thirty-one of this chapter, the New York state\nthruway authority may elect to make contributions to the pen…

§ 89-d. Optional twenty year retirement plan for detective\ninvestigators, criminal investigators, senior criminal investigators,\nconfidential criminal investigators, assistant criminal investigators\nand criminal investigators/arson in the office of a district attorney in\ncou…

§ 89-e. Retirement of correction officers of the Westchester county\ncorrection department; alternative eligibility for retirement. a. Any\nmember who is a correction officer of the Westchester county correction\ndepartment shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions …

§ 89-f. Retirement of county correction officers in Suffolk county. a.\nAny member who is employed in Suffolk county as a correction officer\nshall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section.\nSuch eligibility shall be an alternative to the eligibility prov…

§ 89-g. Retirement of county correction officers, uniformed correction\ndivision personnel, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and undersheriffs in\nNassau county. a. A member employed in Nassau county shall be eligible\nto retire pursuant to the provisions of this section if: (1) he is …

§ 89-h. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs,\ncorrection officers and identification officers in Albany county. a. A\nmember employed in Albany county shall be eligible to retire pursuant to\nthe provisions of this section if: (1) he or she is a sheriff or\nun…

§ 89-i. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and\ncorrection officers in St. Lawrence county. a. A member employed in St.\nLawrence county shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions\nof this section if: (1) he is a sheriff or undersheriff, or a depu…

§ 89-j. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and\ncorrection officers in Jefferson county. a. A member employed in\nJefferson county shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions\nof this section if: (1) he is a sheriff or undersheriff, or a deputy\nsh…

§ 89-k. Retirement of deputy sheriffs and correction officers in\nOnondaga county. a. A member employed in Onondaga county shall be\neligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section if: (1) he\nis a deputy sheriff-jail division competitively appointed; or (2) he is\…

§ 89-l. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and\ncorrection officers in Orleans county. a. A member employed in Orleans\ncounty shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection if: (1) he is a sheriff or undersheriff, or a deputy sheriff…

§ 89-m. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and\ncorrection officers in Broome county. a. A member employed in Broome\ncounty shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection if: (1) he is a sheriff or undersheriff, or a deputy sheriff w…

* § 89-n. Computation of twenty-five years of service; correction\nofficers. a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in\ncomputing twenty-five years of completed service by correction officers\nin all counties, full credit shall be given and full allowance shall be…