The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) 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 widow and parent beneficiaries in New York.
Field Offices Ranking by Number of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries in New York (2018)
Rank | Field Office | Number of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries |
---|---|---|
1 | Patchogue | 8,885 |
2 | Mineola | 8,245 |
3 | Freeport | 7,535 |
4 | Syracuse | 7,400 |
5 | Buffalo | 7,270 |
6 | Ridge Road | 6,800 |
7 | Poughkeepsie | 6,785 |
8 | Flushing | 4,835 |
9 | Schenectady | 4,725 |
9 | Melville | 4,725 |
11 | Utica | 4,660 |
12 | Rochester, Downtown | 4,635 |
13 | Brooklyn, Boro Hall | 4,585 |
14 | Rego Park | 4,380 |
15 | Brooklyn, New Utrecht | 4,345 |
16 | New York City, Midtown | 4,250 |
17 | Staten Island | 4,200 |
18 | Binghamton | 4,070 |
19 | Rochester, Greece | 3,965 |
20 | Newburgh | 3,960 |
21 | Jamaica | 3,895 |
22 | Niagara Falls | 3,705 |
23 | Brooklyn, Flatbush | 3,500 |
24 | Bronx, East | 3,465 |
25 | Geneva | 3,415 |
26 | Brooklyn, Cypress Hills | 3,405 |
27 | Long Island City | 3,390 |
28 | Albany | 2,945 |
29 | Queensbury | 2,925 |
30 | New York City, Uptown | 2,920 |
31 | West Nyack | 2,820 |
32 | New Rochelle | 2,640 |
33 | Batavia | 2,590 |
34 | Plattsburgh | 2,525 |
35 | Troy | 2,430 |
36 | Babylon | 2,425 |
37 | Inwood Hill | 2,420 |
38 | Yonkers | 2,330 |
39 | Riverhead | 2,290 |
40 | Peekskill | 2,250 |
41 | Bronx, South | 2,130 |
42 | Brooklyn, Bushwick | 2,125 |
43 | White Plains | 2,120 |
44 | Oswego | 2,010 |
45 | Brooklyn, Bedford Heights | 1,950 |
46 | Watertown | 1,945 |
47 | Olean | 1,905 |
48 | Ogdensburg | 1,895 |
49 | Bronx, North | 1,845 |
50 | Horseheads | 1,785 |
51 | Bronx, Laconia Avenue | 1,740 |
52 | Corning | 1,615 |
53 | New York City, East Village | 1,610 |
54 | Oneonta | 1,600 |
54 | Hudson | 1,600 |
56 | New York City, Downtown | 1,590 |
57 | Brooklyn, Canarsie | 1,585 |
58 | New York City, East Harlem | 1,540 |
59 | Staten Island, Hylan Blvd | 1,480 |
60 | Gloversville | 1,235 |
61 | Jamestown | 1,215 |
62 | Rockaway Park | 1,075 |
63 | Bronx, West Farms | 1,025 |
64 | Monticello | 1,010 |
65 | Bronx, Hunts Point | 930 |
66 | Dunkirk | 855 |
67 | Ithaca | 835 |