{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-retirement-social-security-law-606-b","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Retirement \u0026 Social Security Law § 606-b","heading":"Death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county","body":"* § 606-b. Death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau\ncounty.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, where a\ndeputy sheriff would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit\nat the time of his or her death and where his or her death occurs on or\nafter the effective date of this section, the beneficiary or\nbeneficiaries may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable\nwhich shall be equal to the pension reserve that would have been\nestablished had the member retired on the date of his or her death, or\nthe value of the death benefit and the\nreserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.\n  * NB There are 4 § 606-b's","path":["Retirement \u0026 Social Security Law","Article 15. Coordinated Retirement Plan"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RSS/606-B","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"15ca194c5399531f74ac109f6dff654dd02a8adc51f46a9f465a94f18e2d6ad2","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-retirement-social-security-law-606-a","next":"us-ny/n.y.-retirement-social-security-law-606-b-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}