N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law Section 89-SS
Retirement of members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, param...

§ 89-ss. Retirement of members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district.

a.

Any member employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles upon an election by a participating Suffolk county fire district shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such eligibility shall be an alternative to the eligibility provisions available under any other plan of this article to which such member is subject.

b.

Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of twenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application therefor in the manner provided for in § 70 (Superannuation retirement)section seventy of this article.

c.

Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon retirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her accumulated contributions at the time of his or her retirement and an additional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he or she may then be entitled shall be sufficient to provide him or her with a retirement allowance equal to one-half of his or her final average salary.

d.

As used in this section “creditable service” shall include any and all services performed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles employed by a participating Suffolk county fire district.

e.

Credit for service as a paid firefighter or officer of any organized fire department shall also be deemed to be creditable service and shall be included in computing years of total service for retirement pursuant to this section.

f.

A member contributing on the basis of this section at the time of retirement, may retire after the completion of twenty-five years of total creditable service. Application therefor may be filed in a manner similar to that provided in § 70 (Superannuation retirement)section seventy of this article. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon retirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her accumulated contributions at the time of his or her retirement and an additional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he or she may then be entitled shall be sufficient to provide him or her with a retirement allowance equal to one-half of his or her final average salary; for service beyond twenty-five years the benefit is increased by one-sixtieth of final average salary for each year of additional service credit provided, however, that the total allowance payable pursuant to this section shall not exceed three-fourths of such member’s final average salary.

g.

In computing the twenty-five years of total service of a member pursuant to this section full credit shall be given and full allowance shall be made for service of such member in time of war after World War I as defined in section two of this chapter, provided such member at the time of his or her entrance into the armed forces was employed by a participating Suffolk county fire district.

h.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a member, who does not retire pursuant to the provisions of this section, from utilizing service which is creditable service pursuant to the provisions of this section for service credit pursuant to the provisions of any other plan of this article to which such member is subject.

i.

The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary.

j.

Any member who, on or before the effective date of this section, is employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district may, by filing an election within one year after the effective date of this section, elect to be subject to the provisions of this section. Such election shall be in writing, shall be duly executed and filed with the comptroller and shall be irrevocable.

Source: Section 89-SS — Retirement of members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, param..., https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/RSS/89-SS (updated Dec. 15, 2023; accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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Retirement of members of the legislature 80‑A
Legislative and executive retirement plan 89
Retirement of members in the uniformed personnel in institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community su... 89‑A
Optional retirement of sheriffs, under-sheriffs and regular deputy sheriffs 89‑B
Optional twenty year retirement plan for sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and regular deputy sheriffs in counties which have elected to provide ... 89‑C
Retirement of members in New York state thruway authority service 89‑D
Optional twenty year retirement plan for detective investigators, criminal investigators, senior criminal investigators, confidential cri... 89‑E
Retirement of correction officers of the Westchester county correction department 89‑F
Retirement of county correction officers in Suffolk county 89‑G
Retirement of county correction officers, uniformed correction division personnel, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and undersheriffs in Nassau ... 89‑H
Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs, correction officers and identification officers in Albany county 89‑I
Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction officers in St 89‑J
Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction officers in Jefferson county 89‑K
Retirement of deputy sheriffs and correction officers in Onondaga county 89‑L
Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction officers in Orleans county 89‑M
Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction officers in Broome county 89‑N
Computation of twenty-five years of service 89‑N*2
Retirement of deputy sheriffs-jailors in Monroe county 89‑O
Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction officers in Greene county 89‑P
Optional twenty-five year retirement plan for certain sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction officers whose employer ele... 89‑Q
Retirement of traffic officers with the town of Elmira 89‑R
Retirement of county park police officers in Suffolk county 89‑S
Retirement of members who serve as peace officers in the Suffolk county probation department 89‑S*2
Retirement of members who serve as ambulance medical technicians, ambulance medical technician/supervisors, members who perform ambulance... 89‑S*3
Retirement of members who serve as peace officers in the Nassau county probation department 89‑SS
Retirement of members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, param... 89‑T
Optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county probation officers 89‑T*2
Alternative retirement benefits for safety officers 89‑U
Retirement of county sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs, state and county correction officers 89‑V
Retirement of deputy sheriffs-civil in Rockland county 89‑V*2
Retirement of paramedics employed by the police department in the town of Tonawanda 89‑V*3
Retirement of superior correction officers in Rockland county 89‑W
Optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau 89‑X
Retirement of deputy sheriffs-civil in Monroe county
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Accessed:
Apr. 20, 2024

Last modified:
Dec. 15, 2023

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