N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 384-a: Additional pension benefits for certain police officers after twenty-five years of service

§ 384-a. Additional pension benefits for certain police officers after

twenty-five years of service. a. In the event a member of the police

force of the village of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, who is

contributing to the retirement system under section three hundred

eighty-four of this chapter, shall continue in service after twenty-five

years of total creditable police service under such section in such

force, he or she shall receive, upon retirement, in addition to the

amount of any retirement allowance he or she would otherwise be entitled

to receive, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this chapter, an

additional pension for such service of one-sixtieth of his or her final

average salary for each completed additional year of service after

twenty-five years. The participating employer in the case of any police

officer eligible for the additional pension benefit prescribed by this

section shall make additional contributions to the appropriate fund of

the retirement system necessary to pay the difference between the

amounts prescribed by this section and the amount the member would

otherwise be entitled to receive at the time of his or her retirement.

b. The service in the police force of each member of such force

entitled to additional pension credit under this section shall be

terminated and he shall be retired on the first day of the calendar

month next succeeding his attainment of age sixty-two provided however

that in the case of the chief of such force, his service shall be

terminated and he shall be retired on the first day of the calendar

month next succeeding his attainment of age sixty-five. Notwithstanding

the foregoing, during the period terminating March thirty-first,

nineteen hundred seventy-four, such chief shall be retired on the first

day of the calendar month next succeeding his attainment of age seventy;

provided that service rendered by such chief after attaining age

sixty-five shall not be used to provide additional benefits, except that

the salary paid for such service may be used in the computation of

benefits.

c. The provisions of subdivisions f, g, and h of section three hundred

eighty-four of this chapter shall not be applicable to the village of

Hempstead in the county of Nassau.