New York Laws
Article 14 - Coordinated-Escalator Retirement Plan
515 - Optional Retirement Program.

ยง 515. Optional retirement program. a. Any optional retirement program
authorized by state law which, on the day before the effective date of
this article, would be available to an eligible employee subject to the
provisions of article eleven in lieu of joining a public retirement
system of the state, will continue to be available to eligible employees
subject to this article during the period this article is in effect.

c. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as permitting an
employee who previously elected coverage under an optional retirement
program to elect coverage under a public retirement system of the state.

Structure New York Laws

New York Laws

RSS - Retirement and Social Security

Article 14 - Coordinated-Escalator Retirement Plan

500 - Application.

501 - Definitions.

502 - Eligibility for Sevice Retirement Benefits; Minimum Service Requirements.

503 - Eligibility for Normal and Early Service Retirement Benefits; Age and Service Requirements.

504 - Service Retirement Benefits; General Members.

504-A - Twenty-Year Retirement Program for New York City Correction Members Below the Rank of Captain.

504-B - Twenty-Year Retirement Program for New York City Correction Members of the Rank of Captain or Above.

504-C - Supplemental Retirement Allowance.

504-D - Twenty-Year Retirement Program for New York City Correction Members.

505 - Service Retirement Benefits; Police/fire Members, New York City Uniformed Correction/sanitation Revised Plan Members and Investigator Revised Plan Members.

506 - Ordinary Disability Benefits.

507 - Accidental Disability Benefits.

507-A - Disability Retirement.

507-B - Performance of Duty Disability Retirement.

507-C - Performance of Duty Disability Retirement; New York City Department of Correction.

507-D - Disability Benefits.

507-E - Uniformed Court Officers and Peace Officers; Certain Disabilities.

507-F - Accidental Disability Retirement; Westchester County District Attorney Investigators.

507-G - Payment of Both Pensions for Accident and Other Benefits Prohibited; Westchester County District Attorney Investigators.

507-H - Retirement for Disability Incurred in Performance of Duty; Westchester County District Attorney Investigators.

507-I - Disability Benefits; Westchester County District Attorney Investigators.

508 - Death Benefits.

508-A - Death Benefit for Vested Members Who Die Prior to Retirement.

508-B - Death Benefit for Deputy Sheriffs Employed by Nassau County.

508-B*2 - Death Benefits for Correction Officers Employed by Nassau County.

508-B*3 - Death Benefits for Correction Officers Employed by Suffolk County.

508-B*4 - Death Benefits for Deputy Sheriffs Employed by Suffolk County.

508-C - Death Benefits for Fire Marshals Employed by Nassau County.

509 - Accidental Death Benefits.

509-A - Covid-19 Benefit.

510 - Escalation of Benefits.

511 - Coordination With Social Security Benefits.

512 - Final Average Salary.

513 - Credit for Service.

514 - Options.

515 - Optional Retirement Program.

516 - Vesting.

517 - Member Contributions.

517-A - Termination of Membership.

517-B - Loans to Members of a Teachers' Retirement System.

517-C - Loans to Members of Certain Retirement Systems.

518 - Election of Coverage Under Article.

519 - Effect of Other Laws.

520 - Duration.