New York Laws
Article 11 - Limitations Applicable to New Entrants
444 - Maximum Retirement Benefits.

§ 444. Maximum retirement benefits. a. Except as provided in
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-a of this article,
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-b of this article,
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-c of this article,
subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-d of this article as
added by chapter four hundred seventy-two of the laws of nineteen
hundred ninety-five, subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-e
of this article, subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-f of
this article and subdivision c of section four hundred forty-five-h of
this article, the maximum retirement benefit computed without optional
modification provided to a member of a retirement system who is subject
to the provisions of this article, other than a police officer, a
firefighter, an investigator member of the New York city employees'
retirement system, a member of the uniformed personnel in institutions
under the jurisdiction of the New York city department of correction who
receives a performance of duty disability retirement allowance, a member
of the uniformed personnel in institutions under the jurisdiction of the
department of corrections and community supervision or a security
hospital treatment assistant, as those terms are defined in subdivision
i of section eighty-nine of this chapter, who receives a performance of
duty disability retirement allowance, a member of a teachers' retirement
system, New York city employees' retirement system, New York city board
of education retirement system or a member of the New York state and
local employees' retirement system or a member of the New York city
employees' retirement system or New York city board of education
retirement system employed as a special officer, parking control
specialist, school safety agent, campus peace officer, taxi and
limousine inspector or a police communications member and who receives a
performance of duty disability pension, from funds other than those
based on a member's own or increased-take-home-pay contributions, shall,
before any reduction for early retirement, be sixty per centum of the
first fifteen thousand three hundred dollars of final average salary,
and fifty per centum of final average salary in excess of fifteen
thousand three hundred dollars, and forty per centum of final average
salary in excess of twenty-seven thousand three hundred dollars,
provided, however, that the benefits provided by subdivision c of
section four hundred forty-five-d of this article as added by chapter
four hundred seventy-two of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-five
based upon the additional member contributions required by subdivision d
of such section four hundred forty-five-d shall be subject to the
maximum retirement benefit computations set forth in this section. The
maximum retirement benefit computed without optional modification
payable to a police officer, an investigator member of the New York city
employees' retirement system or a firefighter shall equal that payable
upon completion of thirty years of service, except that the maximum
service retirement benefit computed without optional modification shall
equal that payable upon completion of thirty-two years of service.

b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a of this section, a
member employed as a uniformed court officer or peace officer in the
unified court system granted accidental disability retirement benefits
shall receive a pension of three-quarters of final average salary. The
payment of such pension shall be subject to the provisions of section
sixty-four of this chapter.

c. Notwithstanding section three hundred sixty-three-c of this
chapter, accidentally disabled police officers and firefighters shall
receive a pension of three-quarters of their final average salary. The
payment of such pension shall be subject to the provisions of section
three hundred sixty-four of this chapter.

d. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a of this section,
the retirement benefit payable to a member of the New York city police
pension fund or the New York city fire department pension fund who has
completed thirty or more years of service at the time of his or her
retirement shall be based on the total service with which such member
has been credited at retirement.