The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program is a program of the Social Security Administration funded primarily through payroll taxes. It was signed into law in 1935 by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The OASDI program aims to supplement a worker’s lost wages due to retirement, disability or death of a spouse.
The following table shows Social Security field offices ranked by number of disabled workers in New York.
Field Offices Ranking by Number of Disabled Workers in New York (2018)
Rank | Field Office | Number of Retired Workers |
---|---|---|
1 | Patchogue | 20,645 |
2 | Syracuse | 18,470 |
3 | Buffalo | 17,140 |
4 | Poughkeepsie | 16,550 |
5 | Rochester, Downtown | 15,110 |
6 | Freeport | 13,665 |
7 | Ridge Road | 13,650 |
8 | Utica | 12,645 |
9 | Schenectady | 10,955 |
10 | Binghamton | 10,670 |
11 | Mineola | 10,495 |
12 | Newburgh | 10,190 |
13 | Bronx, East | 9,920 |
14 | Jamaica | 9,770 |
15 | Staten Island | 9,475 |
16 | Brooklyn, Cypress Hills | 9,450 |
17 | Niagara Falls | 8,980 |
18 | Geneva | 8,940 |
19 | New York City, Uptown | 8,870 |
20 | Rochester, Greece | 8,800 |
21 | Melville | 8,310 |
22 | Brooklyn, Boro Hall | 8,280 |
23 | Brooklyn, Flatbush | 8,165 |
24 | Brooklyn, New Utrecht | 8,085 |
25 | Bronx, South | 7,905 |
26 | Albany | 7,585 |
27 | Rego Park | 7,560 |
28 | Queensbury | 7,430 |
29 | Plattsburgh | 7,055 |
30 | Troy | 6,960 |
31 | Bronx, North | 6,825 |
32 | Batavia | 6,720 |
33 | Bronx, Laconia Avenue | 6,530 |
34 | Brooklyn, Bedford Heights | 6,165 |
35 | Inwood Hill | 6,150 |
36 | Flushing | 5,860 |
37 | Babylon | 5,640 |
38 | Long Island City | 5,525 |
39 | Oswego | 5,480 |
40 | Brooklyn, Canarsie | 5,430 |
41 | Brooklyn, Bushwick | 5,375 |
42 | West Nyack | 5,230 |
43 | Olean | 5,070 |
44 | New York City, Midtown | 5,065 |
45 | Horseheads | 5,050 |
46 | Yonkers | 4,865 |
47 | Ogdensburg | 4,540 |
48 | New Rochelle | 4,500 |
49 | Watertown | 4,480 |
50 | Corning | 4,350 |
51 | Staten Island, Hylan Blvd | 4,270 |
52 | Bronx, West Farms | 4,130 |
53 | Hudson | 3,925 |
54 | Rockaway Park | 3,600 |
55 | Riverhead | 3,570 |
56 | Gloversville | 3,540 |
57 | Oneonta | 3,450 |
58 | Peekskill | 3,350 |
59 | New York City, Downtown | 3,205 |
60 | New York City, East Village | 3,115 |
60 | Bronx, Hunts Point | 3,115 |
62 | Jamestown | 3,080 |
63 | New York City, East Harlem | 3,070 |
64 | White Plains | 2,970 |
65 | Monticello | 2,905 |
66 | Dunkirk | 2,205 |
67 | Ithaca | 1,945 |