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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Notwithstanding any other provision of the retirement and social security law, any state retired employee or state retired teacher, as defined by section one hundred ninety-one of this article, who, unless retired for disability, had at least five years of credited service at the time of his retirement, shall be entitled to a supplemental pension payment to be known as a supplemental retirement allowance payable annually in monthly installments in accordance with the following provisions of this section:
a. The supplemental retirement allowance provided for herein shall be a percentage of the retirement allowance, computed without optional modification, based on the year of his retirement, in accordance with the schedule hereinafter set forth, provided, however, that no supplemental retirement allowance shall:
(1) Exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per year, nor
(2) Together with the retirement allowance computed without optional modification, and the primary benefit obtained under the federal old-age survivors, and disability insurance system, exceed four thousand dollars a year, nor
(3) In the case of any person under the age of sixty-two retired for disability, together with the retirement allowance computed without optional modification, the primary benefit obtained under the federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance system, and any earnings as the result of his own employment including self employment, exceed four thousand dollars a year, nor
(4) In the case of state retired employees, be paid for that portion of the annuity based on additional contributions made pursuant to section twenty-one (i) of the retirement and social security law, or section fifty-eight of the civil service law since repealed, nor, in the case of state retired teachers, that portion of the annuity based on additional contributions made pursuant to subdivision three of section five hundred sixteen of the education law, nor
(5) Be paid to any state retired employee or state retired teacher for any period during which he returns to service with the state or a political subdivision thereof other than service in employment authorized by section two hundred eleven, section two hundred twelve or section two hundred fourteen of this chapter.
b. The supplemental retirement allowance shall be computed in accordance with the following schedule:
|
YEAR OF RETIREMENT |
PER CENTUM |
|---|---|
|
1961 or thereafter |
none |
|
1960 |
three |
|
1959 |
five |
|
1958 |
six |
|
1957 |
nine |
|
1956 |
thirteen |
|
1955 |
fifteen |
|
1954 |
fifteen |
|
1953 |
fifteen |
|
1952 |
sixteen |
|
1951 |
eighteen |
|
1950 |
twenty-eight |
|
1949 |
twenty-eight |
|
1948 |
twenty-eight |
|
1947 |
thirty-eight |
|
1946 |
fifty-eight |
|
1945 |
seventy-two |
|
1944 |
seventy-six |
|
1943 |
seventy-nine |
|
1942 |
ninety |
|
1941 |
one-hundred-eleven |
|
1940 |
one-hundred-twenty-two |
|
Prior to 1940 |
one-hundred-twenty-two |
c. Any such retired employee already receiving a supplemental pension under other provisions of the retirement and social security law shall continue to receive such supplemental pension or shall receive the supplemental retirement allowance provided under this section, whichever shall be greater.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Retirement and Social Security Law - RSS § 192. Supplemental retirement allowances of retired employees - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/retirement-and-social-security-law/rss-sect-192/
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