NY Ret & SS L § 89-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 9 - Special Retirement Plans Applicable to Specified Classes of Members 89-K - Retirement of Deputy Sheriffs and Correction Officers in Onondaga County.

§  89-k.  Retirement  of  deputy  sheriffs  and correction officers in   Onondaga county. a. A  member  employed  in  Onondaga  county  shall  be   eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section if: (1) he   is  a deputy sheriff-jail division competitively appointed; or (2) he is   a correction officer. 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 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   accumulated  contributions  at  the  time  of  his  retirement  and   an   additional   pension   which   is   the   actuarial  equivalent  of  the   reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he may  then  be  entitled   shall  be sufficient to provide him with a retirement allowance equal to   one-half of his final average salary.d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include any  and   all  services  performed as a deputy sheriff-jail division competitively   appointed or as a correction officer of Onondaga county.e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as   a paid firefighter, police officer or  officer  of  any  organized  fire   department  or  police force or department of any county, city, village,   town, fire district or police district, or as a criminal investigator in   the office of  a  district  attorney,  provided  that  service  as  such   investigator  shall  have been rendered prior to January first, nineteen   hundred sixty and that credit therefor  shall  not  exceed  five  years,   shall  also  be deemed to be creditable service and shall be included in   computing years  of  total  service  for  retirement  pursuant  to  this   section,  provided  such  service  was  performed  by  the  member while   contributing to the retirement system pursuant to the provisions of this   article or article eight of this chapter.f. The sheriff  and  the  commissioner  of  correctional  services  of   Onondaga  county  shall  certify to the comptroller, periodically and at   such intervals of time as may be required of him and in such fashion  as   may  be  prescribed,  the  identity of the eligible deputy sheriffs-jail   division competitively appointed and the eligible  correction  officers,   respectively.g.  A member, contributing on the basis of this section at the time of   retirement, shall 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  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 accumulated contributions   at the time of his retirement and an additional  pension  which  is  the   actuarial equivalent of the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which   he  may  then  be  entitled  shall  be  sufficient to provide him with a   retirement allowance equal to one-half of his final average salary.h. 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  entrance  into the armed forces was in the service of the   county of Onondaga.i. Nothing herein 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.j. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding   any other provision in this article to the contrary.