2019 New York Laws
RSS - Retirement and Social Security
Article 19-A - Benefit Enhancements for Certain Retirement Systems in the City of New York
911 - Benefit Enhancements.

§  911.  Benefit  enhancements.  a. 1. An eligible member other than a
member of the New York city teachers' retirement system (i) with a  date
of  membership  in  a  retirement  system  prior to July twenty-seventh,
nineteen hundred seventy-six and (ii) who was in active service on  June
first, two thousand and continued in active service until October first,
two  thousand,  shall  receive  one-twelfth  of  a  year  of  additional
retirement credit  for  each  year  of  retirement  credit  for  service
rendered  as  of  the date of retirement, vesting, transfer or death, if
applicable, up to a maximum of two  years  of  retirement  credit.  Such
additional  credit  shall  be  available  for  all  purposes,  including
fulfilling the qualifying service requirements of  Plans  A  and  C,  if
applicable.
  2.  An  eligible member who is a member of the New York city teachers'
retirement  system  (i)  with  a  date  of  membership  prior  to   July
twenty-seventh,  nineteen hundred seventy-six and (ii) who was in active
service on October first, two  thousand  and  (A)  continued  in  active
service  up  to  and  including  June thirtieth, two thousand one, shall
receive one-twelfth of a year of additional retirement credit  for  each
year  of  retirement  credit  for  service  rendered  as  of the date of
retirement, vesting, transfer or death, if applicable, up to  a  maximum
of  one  year of retirement credit or (B) continued in active service up
to and  including  June  thirtieth,  two  thousand  two,  shall  receive
one-twelfth  of  a year of additional retirement credit for each year of
retirement credit for service rendered as of  the  date  of  retirement,
vesting,  transfer or death, if applicable, up to a maximum of two years
of retirement credit. No eligible member shall  receive  more  than  two
years  of  retirement  credit  pursuant to this section. Such additional
credit shall be available for all  purposes,  including  fulfilling  the
qualifying service requirements of Plan A or C, if applicable.
  3.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  law,  if  the service
retirement benefit of  an  eligible  member  is  subject  to  a  maximum
retirement  benefit,  including  any  limitation imposed by section four
hundred forty-four of this chapter, the additional benefit authorized by
this subdivision shall be computed by multiplying the pensionable salary
base times the number  of  years  of  service  credit  granted  by  this
subdivision  times  the  benefit  fraction  of  the plan under which the
employee retires.
  b.  1.  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  one-a   of   this
subdivision,   and  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  one-b  of  this
subdivision, an eligible member (i) with  a  date  of  membership  in  a
retirement  system  on  or  after  July twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred
seventy-six and (ii) who has ten or more years of membership or  ten  or
more  years  of  credited  service  with  a  retirement system under the
provisions of article fourteen or fifteen of this chapter shall  not  be
required  to  contribute to a retirement system pursuant to section five
hundred seventeen or six hundred thirteen of  this  chapter  as  of  the
cessation date.
  1-a.   Notwithstanding   the  provisions  of  paragraph  one  of  this
subdivision or any other provision of law to the contrary, and except as
provided in paragraph one-b of this subdivision, a  member  of  the  New
York  city  teachers'  retirement  system  or the New York city board of
education retirement system:
  (i) who is a twenty-seven  year  participant  in  the  age  fifty-five
retirement  program  (as defined in paragraph twelve of subdivision a of
section six hundred four-i of this chapter), and
  (ii) who becomes subject to the provisions of article fifteen of  this
chapter  after the effective date of this paragraph, shall contribute to
a retirement system pursuant to section six  hundred  thirteen  of  this

chapter  until  he  or  she has completed twenty-seven years of credited
service.
  1-b.  The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to a New York
city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan member (as defined  in
subdivision twenty-five of section five hundred one of this chapter), an
investigator revised plan member (as defined in subdivision twenty-seven
of  section five hundred one of this chapter) or a New York city revised
plan member (as defined in subdivision m of section six hundred  one  of
this chapter).
  2.  No  contribution made to a retirement system by an eligible member
prior to the eligible member's cessation date shall be refunded,  except
as  otherwise  allowable pursuant to article fourteen or fifteen of this
chapter.
  3. Nothing in this subdivision b shall affect  the  obligation  of  an
eligible  member to repay any contributions previously refunded pursuant
to article fourteen, fifteen or fifteen-D of this chapter in  the  event
such  person  rejoins  a  retirement system. Nothing in this subdivision
shall affect the obligation of an eligible member to pay such amounts as
may be required by section five hundred seventeen, six hundred  nine  or
six  hundred  thirteen  of this chapter or by any other provision of law
for service rendered prior to such member's date of membership at a time
such member was not a member of a retirement system.