Tier Number: Tier 3
Your Tier is generally determined by your title and the date you joined NYCERS.
You are a NYCERS Tier 3 member if you are a:
- Uniformed Correction Force member who joined NYCERS on or after July 27, 1976; OR
- Uniformed Sanitation Force members, Uniformed Correction Force members or District Attorney Investigators who became employed in such title on or after April 1, 2012, are enrolled into a modified Tier 3 22-Year Retirement Plan.
New members in a Tier 3 job title are limited to participation in the 22-Year retirement plan only. All other Tier 3 retirement plans are closed to new members. Learn about Membership/Tier Reinstatement.
If you cease to be employed in any of the titles above, you will no longer be a Tier 3 member and your new tier will be determined by the date you joined NYCERS:
Tier 4 – Joined NYCERS between July 27, 1976, and March 31, 2012
Tier 6 – Joined NYCERS on or after April 1, 2012
For complete details about Tier 3 and its Retirement Plans, please refer to the Summary Plan Description, Brochures, and Fact Sheets linked below.