NY Jud L § 208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 7 - County Court 208 - Retirement of Officers and Employees by the Judges of the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York.

§ 208. Retirement of officers and employees by the judges of the court   of  general  sessions  of  the county of New York.  1. The judges of the   court of  general  sessions  of  the  county  of  New  York  are  hereby   authorized,  in  their  discretion,  to  retire any clerk, deputy clerk,   assistant clerk, record clerk, stenographer, interpreter, warden to  the   grand  jury, chief court attendant, attendant or an appointee of a judge   of such court, who shall have served as such in  the  court  of  general   sessions  and who shall have become physically or mentally incapacitated   for the further performance of the duties of his position. Such  person,   however,  shall have been employed prior to such retirement for at least   twenty years  in  the  aggregate  in  one  or  more  of  such  positions   heretofore   mentioned,   or  such  person  immediately  prior  to  such   retirement shall have been employed continuously for at least ten  years   in one or more of such positions and in addition thereto shall have also   served  or been employed at any time prior thereto in one or more places   or positions in any court, department, or office of the state or of  the   county  or  city  of  New York. Such combined employment, however, shall   aggregate at least twenty years. Any  person  or  persons  retired  from   service  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall be paid out of the funds   apportioned to such court an annual sum for annuity to be determined  by   such  judges,  but  not  exceeding one-half of the average amount of his   annual salary or compensation for a period of two  years  preceding  the   time  of  such  retirement.  Such annuity shall be paid in equal monthly   installments during the lifetime of the person or persons so retired.2.  Any  clerk,  deputy  clerk,   assistant   clerk,   record   clerk,   stenographer,  interpreter,  warden  to  the  grand  jury,  chief  court   attendant, attendant, or appointee of a judge of the  court  of  general   sessions,  who  shall  have  served  as  such  in  the  court of general   sessions, and who shall have been  employed  for  at  least  twenty-five   years  in  the  aggregate in one or more of such positions, or who shall   have immediately prior to retirement been employed continuously  for  at   least twelve and one-half years in one or more of such positions, and in   addition  thereto  shall  have  also served or been employed at any time   prior thereto  in  one  or  more  places  or  positions  in  any  court,   department  or office of the state or of the city or county of New York,   provided, however, that such  combined  employment  shall  aggregate  at   least  twenty-five  years,  upon  his own application in writing to such   judges, shall be retired by the judges, and shall  be  awarded,  granted   and  paid  an  annual  sum  for annuity equal to one-half of the average   amount of his annual salary or compensation for a period  of  two  years   preceding  the  time  of  such  retirement. Any such employee heretofore   mentioned who, after twenty years'  service  in  the  manner  heretofore   prescribed  in  subdivision  one of this section, loses such position or   employment without any fault or misconduct on his part shall be  retired   by such judges as of the date of the loss of his position or employment.   Such employee, however, so losing his position or employment shall have,   within  one  full  calendar  month  after  the  loss of such position or   employment, made or had application made on his  behalf  in  writing  to   such  judges for such retirement, and shall be awarded, granted and paid   an annual sum for annuity equal to as many twenty-fifths of one-half  of   the  average amount of his annual salary or compensation for a period of   two years preceding the date of the loss of his position  or  employment   as  he  has  served aggregate years. Such annuity shall be paid in equal   monthly installments during the lifetime of the  person  or  persons  so   retired.    Any  person or persons retired from service pursuant to this   section shall be paid out of the funds apportioned to  such  court,  and   from  the  contributions  to  the retirement fund in such manner as such   judges shall provide by order upon such retirement. The  comptroller  of    the  city of New York shall deduct and retain monthly from the salary or   compensation of each employee three per centum of  his  monthly  salary.   Such  moneys  so  deducted  or retained shall be paid into what shall be   known  as  the  retirement  fund  by the comptroller, which fund and all   moneys which shall form a  part  thereof  as  hereinafter  provided,  or   thereafter  accrue  to  it,  shall  be  held by such comptroller for the   purposes of this section  with  his  usual  powers  of  disposition  and   investment,  subject, however, to the direction, control and approval of   such judges. Every person to whom  this  subdivision  applies  shall  be   deemed  to  consent  and  agree  to  the deduction made and provided for   herein and shall receipt in full for his  salary  or  compensation,  and   such  payment  shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of   all claims or demands whatsoever  for  the  services  rendered  by  such   person during the period covered by such payment.3. The accumulated deductions since the first day of October, nineteen   hundred  twenty,  of  any  member  of the general sessions court pension   fund, who may join or become a member of the New  York  city  employees'   retirement system, shall be transferred to such New York city employees'   retirement  system,  and be there credited to the account of such member   on account of payment due from him into such New  York  city  employees'   retirement system.