N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 89-N – Computation of twenty-five years of service; correction officers
* § 89-n. Computation of twenty-five years of service; correction officers. a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in computing twenty-five years of completed service by correction officers in all counties, full credit shall be given and full allowance shall be made for service of such member as a correction officer employed by the city of New York, as a uniformed employee in an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community supervision, as a security hospital assistant under the jurisdiction of the office of mental health, or as a correction officer in any county in which he or she was eligible to retire after twenty-five years of total creditable service.
Terms Used In N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 89-N
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- member: shall include each person who during the qualifying period was in the employment of a public employer which then participated for such employees in a public retirement system in this state, irrespective of whether the person was a participant in such system at that time, provided that the person has become a participant in such retirement system and has purchased service credit for a period of time that includes some or all of the qualifying period in accordance with provisions of law applicable to such purchase of service credit. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 2
b. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in computing twenty-five years of completed service by state correction officers, full credit shall be given and full allowance shall be made for service of such members as a correction officer employed by the city of New York as a uniformed employee in an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community supervision, as a security hospital assistant under the jurisdiction of the office of mental health, or as a correction officer in any county in which he or she was eligible to retire after twenty-five years of total creditable service.
* NB There are 2 § 89-n's