New York Retirement & Social Security Law

Every section of the New York Retirement & Social Security Law, in order — 574 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 500 — Application
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 501 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 502 — Eligibility for service retirement benefits; minimum service requirements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 503 — Eligibility for normal and early service retirement benefits; age and service requirements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 504 — Service retirement benefits; general members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 504-a — Twenty-year retirement program for New York city correction members below the rank of captain
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 504-b — Twenty-year retirement program for New York city correction members of the rank of captain or above
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 504-c — Supplemental retirement allowance
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 504-d — Twenty-year retirement program for New York city correction members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 505 — Service retirement benefits; police/fire members, New York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan members and investigator rev...
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 506 — Ordinary disability benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507 — Accidental disability benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507-a — Disability retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507-b — Performance of duty disability retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507-c — Performance of duty disability retirement; New York city department of correction
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507-d — Disability benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507-e — Uniformed court officers and peace officers; certain disabilities
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507-f — Accidental disability retirement; Westchester county district attorney investigators
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507-g — Payment of both pensions for accident and other benefits prohibited; Westchester county district attorney investigators
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507-h — Retirement for disability incurred in performance of duty; Westchester county district attorney investigators
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 507-i — Disability benefits; Westchester county district attorney investigators
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 508 — Death benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 508-a — Death benefit for vested members who die prior to retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 508-b — Death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 508-b — Death benefits for deputy sheriffs employed by Suffolk county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 508-b — Death benefits for correction officers employed by Suffolk county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 508-b — Death benefits for correction officers employed by Nassau county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 508-c — Death benefits for fire marshals employed by Nassau county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 509 — Accidental death benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 510 — Escalation of benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 511 — Coordination with social security benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 512 — Final average salary
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 513 — Credit for service
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 514 — Options
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 515 — Optional retirement program
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 516 — Vesting
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 517 — Member contributions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 517-a — Termination of membership
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 517-b — Loans to members of a teachers' retirement system
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 517-c — Loans to members of certain retirement systems
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 518 — Election of coverage under article
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 519 — Effect of other laws
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 520 — Duration
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 530 — Elimination of mandatory retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 550 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 551 — Optional retirement of certain members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 552 — Optional twenty year retirement plan for certain members whose employer elects to provide same
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 553 — Additional pension benefit for members of optional twenty year retirement plan
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 554 — Consistent provisions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 555 — Ordinary disability retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 556 — Accidental disability retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 557 — Members; certain disabilities
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 558 — Retirement for disability incurred in performance of duty
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 559 — Application
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 560 — Past service payments
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 600 — Application
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 601 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 602 — Eligibility for service retirement benefits; minimum service requirements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 603 — Eligibility for service retirement benefits; age and service requirements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604 — Service retirement benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-a — Twenty-year retirement program for New York city sanitation members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-b — Twenty-five-year and age fifty-five retirement program for New York city transit authority members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-c — Supplemental retirement allowance
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-c — Twenty-year retirement program for Triborough bridge and tunnel members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-c — Optional twenty-five-year early retirement program for certain New York city members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-d — Age fifty-seven retirement program for certain New York city members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-e — Twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-e — Twenty-five year retirement program for dispatcher members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-f — Twenty-five year retirement program for special officer, parking control specialist, school safety agent, campus peace officer or New Yor...
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-f — Twenty-five year retirement program for deputy sheriff members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-g — Twenty-five year/age fifty retirement program for automotive members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-h — Twenty-five year retirement program for police communications members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-i — Age fifty-five retirement program for New York city teachers and certain other members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 604-j — Twenty-five year retirement program for fire protection inspector members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605 — Disability retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605-a — Accidental disability retirement for uniformed court officers and peace officers employed in the unified court system
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605-b — Uniformed court officers and peace officers; certain disabilities
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605-b — Accidental disability retirement for New York city uniformed sanitation members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605-c — Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs employed by the city of New York
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605-d — Accidental disability retirement for chief fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals, supervising fire m...
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605-e — Accidental disability retirement for ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators, ambulance medic...
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605-f — Disability benefits; certain disabilities
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605-g — Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Nassau county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 605-g — Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Suffolk county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 606 — Death benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 606-a — Death benefit for vested members who die prior to retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 606-b — Death benefits for deputy sheriffs employed by Suffolk county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 606-b — Death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 606-b — Death benefits for correction officers employed by Nassau county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 606-b — Death benefits for correction officers employed by Suffolk county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 606-c — Death benefits for fire marshals employed by Nassau county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 606-c — Death benefits for correction officers employed by Westchester county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607 — Accidental death benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-a — Performance of duty disability retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-b — Performance of duty disability retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-c — Performance of duty disability benefit
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-d — Disability benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-e — Accidental disability retirement; Westchester county district attorney investigators
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-f — Payment of both pensions for accident and other benefits prohibited; Westchester county district attorney investigators
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-g — Retirement for disability benefits incurred in the performance of duty; Westchester county district attorney investigators
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-h — Disability benefits; Westchester county district attorney investigators
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-j — Performance of duty disability retirement benefits for certain first responders in Nassau county
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-j — Performance of duty, disability retirement for chief fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals, su...
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-j — Performance of duty disability retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-k — Certain impairments of health; presumption
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 607-l — Performance of duty disability retirement; division of homeland security and emergency services
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 608 — Final average salary
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 609 — Credit for service
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 610 — Options
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 611 — Optional retirement program
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 612 — Vesting
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 613 — Member contributions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 613-a — Loans to members of a teachers' retirement system
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 613-b — Loans to members of certain retirement systems
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 614 — Effect of other laws
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 615 — Duration
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 616 — Transfer of membership
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 617 — Recalculation of benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 620 — Benefit limitations
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 630 — Compensation limitations
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 640 — Excess Benefit Plan
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 645 — Benefits for certain members who re-enter public service
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 650 — Application
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 651 — Reduction of retirement age
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 652 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 655 — Survivor's benefit
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 656 — Managerial/confidential survivor's benefit
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 657 — Survivor's benefit for retired state employees
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 700 — Election of the provisions of article fourteen by certain members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 800 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 801 — Transfer rights
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 802 — Credit for previously credited service
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 803 — Retroactive membership
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 803-a — Correction of benefit errors
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 804 — Promulgation of rules and regulations
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 805 — Records
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 806 — Exclusion
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 807 — Alternate means of authentication
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 808 — Preservation of records
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 809 — Effect and rebuttal of certain medical presumptions pertaining to diseases of the heart
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 900 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 901 — Election of benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 902 — Benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 910 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 911 — Benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1000 — Military service credit
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1100 — Lump sum option at retirement
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1200 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1201 — Applicability
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1201-a — Retirement plan
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1202 — Vesting
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1203 — Overtime
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1204 — Member contributions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1204-a — Pick up of member contributions by employer
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1205 — Recalculation of benefits
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1206 — Conflicting provisions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1207 — Loans to members
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1209 — Final average salary
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1210 — Wages
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1300 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1301 — Election of benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1302 — Benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1303 — Additional member contributions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1304 — Election not collectively bargained
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1310 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1311 — Election of benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1312 — Benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1313 — Additional member contributions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1314 — Election not collectively bargained
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1320 — Definitions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1321 — Election of benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1322 — Benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1323 — Additional member contributions
• N.Y. Retire. & Soc. Sec. Law § 1324 — Election not collectively bargained