Tier Number: Tier 4

Your Tier is generally determined by your title and the date you joined NYCERS.

If you joined NYCERS between July 27, 1976 and March 31, 2012, you are generally a NYCERS Tier 4 member, unless:

You are a District Attorney Investigator and belong to Tier 2 (if you were employed in such a title before April 1, 2012) or Tier 3 (if you became employed in such a title after March 31, 2012); OR
You are a Uniformed Correction Force member and belong to Tier 3; OR
You are a Uniformed Sanitation Force member who became employed in such a title after March 31, 2012 and belong to Tier 3.

Participation in Tier 4 and its retirement plans is closed to new members. Learn about Membership/Tier Reinstatement.

For complete details about Tier 4 and its Retirement Plans, please refer to the Summary Plan Description, Plan Brochures and Fact Sheets linked below.

25-Year Plan Election Form – Special Officer Titles – Tiers 1, 2 and 4

Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)

Agency-to-Agency Transfer Notification

WTC Disability Law

How to Obtain a Social Security Card or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)

Simultaneous Filing of Retirement Applications

Designation of Beneficiary – Tier 3, Tier 4, and Tier 6

Personal Service Income

Filing for Service Retirement

Affidavit for Payment of a Vested Benefit under Early Service Retirement Provisions – Tier 3 and Tier 4 Members with Tier 3 Rights