{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-13-247","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 13-247","heading":"§ 13-247 Retirement; selection of either twenty or twenty-five years of city-service.","body":"a. Any person becoming a member who was not previously a member or who during his or her last previous membership in the pension fund contributed on the basis of a minimum period of retirement of twenty years of city-service, may elect, prior to the certification of his or her rate of contribution, to contribute on the basis of a minimum retirement period of twenty years of city-service, by a written election duly executed and acknowledged and filed with the board. The minimum period of retirement for such member so electing shall be twenty years of city-service, and all contributions and benefits payable by or on account of any such member shall be computed on the basis of such minimum retirement period.\n\nb. Any person becoming a member who was not previously a member or who during his or her last previous membership in the pension fund contributed on the basis of a minimum period of retirement of twenty-five years of city-service, may elect, prior to certification of his or her rate of contribution, to contribute on the basis of a minimum retirement period of twenty-five years of city-service by a written election duly executed and acknowledged and filed with the board. The minimum period of retirement for such members so electing shall be twenty-five years of city-service, and all contributions and benefits payable by or on account of any such member shall be computed on the basis of such minimum retirement period.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 13","Chapter 2: Police Pension Funds"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"dc20976562b05b582204d72339a8547706e81bf83882586d7e8eea11976ad63e","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-13-246","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-13-248"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}