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 cities ranked by number of beneficiaries in New York.
Field Offices Ranking by Number of Beneficiaries in New York (2018)
Rank | Field Office | Number of Beneficiaries |
---|---|---|
1 | Patchogue | 144,615 |
2 | Mineola | 132,805 |
3 | Syracuse | 128,640 |
4 | Freeport | 124,420 |
5 | Poughkeepsie | 122,360 |
6 | Buffalo | 110,215 |
7 | Ridge Road | 96,815 |
8 | Rochester, Downtown | 89,405 |
9 | New York City, Midtown | 86,325 |
10 | Schenectady | 85,380 |
11 | Jamaica | 82,005 |
12 | Flushing | 81,385 |
13 | Utica | 81,355 |
14 | Melville | 79,165 |
15 | Rego Park | 77,940 |
16 | Brooklyn, New Utrecht | 74,150 |
17 | Rochester, Greece | 73,480 |
18 | Brooklyn, Boro Hall | 72,450 |
19 | Brooklyn, Flatbush | 72,145 |
20 | Binghamton | 69,815 |
21 | Newburgh | 67,660 |
22 | Geneva | 65,650 |
23 | Staten Island | 65,560 |
24 | Bronx, East | 58,670 |
25 | Brooklyn, Cypress Hills | 57,550 |
26 | West Nyack | 56,240 |
27 | Albany | 55,690 |
28 | New York City, Uptown | 54,740 |
29 | Niagara Falls | 53,525 |
30 | Long Island City | 51,820 |
31 | Queensbury | 48,010 |
32 | New Rochelle | 46,950 |
33 | Inwood Hill | 45,730 |
34 | Batavia | 44,860 |
35 | Troy | 44,025 |
36 | Riverhead | 42,625 |
37 | Peekskill | 42,060 |
38 | Yonkers | 40,740 |
39 | White Plains | 40,495 |
40 | Plattsburgh | 39,500 |
41 | New York City, Downtown | 38,285 |
42 | Brooklyn, Bedford Heights | 37,955 |
43 | Babylon | 37,145 |
44 | Bronx, Laconia Avenue | 36,115 |
45 | Bronx, South | 33,220 |
46 | Bronx, North | 32,660 |
47 | Brooklyn, Canarsie | 31,405 |
48 | Olean | 31,065 |
49 | Oswego | 31,055 |
50 | Horseheads | 29,595 |
51 | Brooklyn, Bushwick | 29,385 |
52 | Watertown | 28,675 |
53 | Hudson | 27,740 |
54 | Corning | 27,180 |
55 | New York City, East Village | 27,070 |
56 | Oneonta | 26,900 |
57 | Staten Island, Hylan Blvd | 25,855 |
58 | Ogdensburg | 25,715 |
59 | New York City, East Harlem | 22,640 |
60 | Gloversville | 21,340 |
61 | Jamestown | 20,265 |
62 | Rockaway Park | 19,675 |
63 | Monticello | 18,150 |
64 | Ithaca | 16,860 |
65 | Bronx, West Farms | 16,630 |
66 | Dunkirk | 13,490 |
67 | Bronx, Hunts Point | 13,450 |