N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law Section 607-E
Accidental disability retirement

  • Westchester county district attorney investigators
The county of Westchester may elect to make the benefits provided in this section available to criminal investigators, senior criminal investigators, deputy chief criminal investigators, and chief criminal investigators who are in the employ of the Westchester county district attorney.

a.

A member shall be entitled to an accidental disability retirement allowance if, at the time application therefor is filed, he or she is:

1.

Physically or mentally incapacitated for performance of duty as the natural and proximate result of an accident not caused by his or her own willful negligence sustained in such service and while actually a member of the retirement system, and

2.

Actually in service upon which his or her membership is based. However, in a case where a member is discontinued from service subsequent to the accident, either voluntarily or involuntarily, application may be made not later than two years after the member is first discontinued from service and provided that the member meets the requirements of paragraph one of this subdivision.

b.

Application for an accidental disability retirement allowance for such a member may be made by:

1.

Such member, or

2.

The head of the department in which such member is employed, or

3.

A person acting on behalf of and authorized by such member.

c.

1. After the filing of such an application, such member shall be given one or more medical examinations. No such application shall be approved, however, unless the member or some other person on his or her behalf shall have filed written notice in the office of the comptroller within ninety days after the accident, setting forth:

(a)

The time when and the place where such accident occurred, and

(b)

The particulars thereof, and

(c)

The nature and extent of the member’s injuries, and

(d)

His or her alleged incapacity.

2.

The notice herein required need not be given:

(a)

If notice of such accident shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the workers’ compensation law of any state within which a participating employer shall have its employees located or performing functions and duties within the normal scope of their employment, or

(b)

If the application for accidental disability retirement is filed within one year after the date of such accident, or

(c)

If a failure to file notice has been excused for good cause shown, as provided by rules and regulations promulgated by the comptroller.

d.

If the comptroller determines that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and ought to be retired for accidental disability, such member shall be so retired. Such retirement shall be effective as of a date approved by the comptroller.

e.

The retirement allowance payable upon accidental disability retirement shall consist of:

1.

An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the member’s accumulated contributions, plus 2. A pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he or she may be entitled, if any, plus 3. A pension of three-quarters of his final average salary. The payment of such pension shall be subject to the provisions of § 607-F (Payment of both pensions for accident and other benefits prohibited)section six hundred seven-f of this article.

f.

If the member, at the time of the filing of an application under the provisions of subdivision b of this section, is eligible for a service retirement benefit, then and in that event, he or she may simultaneously file an application for service retirement in accordance with the provisions of § 70 (Superannuation retirement)section seventy of this chapter; provided that the member indicates on the application for service retirement that such application is filed without prejudice to the application for accidental disability retirement.

Source: Section 607-E — Accidental disability retirement; Westchester county district attorney investigators, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/RSS/607-E (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 22, 2025).

600
Application 601
Definitions 602
Eligibility for service retirement benefits 603
Eligibility for service retirement benefits 604
Service retirement benefits 604–A
Twenty-year retirement program for New York city sanitation members 604–B
Twenty-five-year and age fifty-five retirement program for New York city transit authority members 604–C
Supplemental retirement allowance 604–C*2
Optional twenty-five-year early retirement program for certain New York city members 604–C*3
Twenty-year retirement program for Triborough bridge and tunnel members 604–D
Age fifty-seven retirement program for certain New York city members 604–E
Twenty-five year retirement program for dispatcher members 604–E*2
Twenty-five year retirement program for EMT members 604–F
Twenty-five year retirement program for deputy sheriff members 604–F*2
Twenty-five year retirement program for special officer, parking control specialist, school safety agent, campus peace officer or New Yor... 604–G
Twenty-five year/age fifty retirement program for automotive members 604–H
Twenty-five year retirement program for police communications members 604–I
Age fifty-five retirement program for New York city teachers and certain other members 604–J
Twenty-five year retirement program for fire protection inspector members 605
Disability retirement 605–A
Accidental disability retirement for uniformed court officers and peace officers employed in the unified court system 605–B
Accidental disability retirement for New York city uniformed sanitation members 605–B*2
Uniformed court officers and peace officers 605–C
Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs employed by the city of New York 605–D
Accidental disability retirement for chief fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals, supervising fire m... 605–E
Accidental disability retirement for ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators, ambulance medic... 605–F
Disability benefits 605–G
Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Nassau county 605–G*2
Accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs in Suffolk county 606
Death benefits 606–A
Death benefit for vested members who die prior to retirement 606–B
Death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county 606–B*2
Death benefits for correction officers employed by Nassau county 606–B*3
Death benefits for correction officers employed by Suffolk county 606–B*4
Death benefits for deputy sheriffs employed by Suffolk county 606–C
Death benefits for correction officers employed by Westchester county 606–C*2
Death benefits for fire marshals employed by Nassau county 607
Accidental death benefits 607–A
Performance of duty disability retirement 607–B
Performance of duty disability retirement 607–C
Performance of duty disability benefit 607–D
Disability benefits 607–E
Accidental disability retirement 607–F
Payment of both pensions for accident and other benefits prohibited 607–G
Retirement for disability benefits incurred in the performance of duty 607–H
Disability benefits 607–J
Performance of duty, disability retirement for chief fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals, su... 607–J*2
Performance of duty disability retirement benefits for certain first responders in Nassau county 607–J*3
Performance of duty disability retirement 607–K
Certain impairments of health 607–L
Performance of duty disability retirement 608
Final average salary 609
Credit for service 610
Options 611
Optional retirement program 612
Vesting 613
Member contributions 613–A
Loans to members of a teachers’ retirement system 613–B
Loans to members of certain retirement systems 614
Effect of other laws 615
Duration 616
Transfer of membership 617
Recalculation of benefits
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Verified:
Nov. 22, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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