N.Y. JUD Law § 25-A

§ 25-a. Retirement of judicial officers. 1. A judicial officer retired\nfrom office for disability shall, if eligible, apply for retirement and\nshall retire from the retirement system or systems of which he is a\nmember. All such retirements shall be in accordance with and take effect\npursuant to law governing such system or systems.\n 2. Any such judicial officer shall receive from the unit or units of\ngovernment responsible for the payment of his salary a special\ndisability allowance, which together with his pension or pensions, if\nany, from such retirement system or systems, computed without optional\nmodification, shall equal two-thirds of the annual salary which such\njudicial officer was receiving at the time of his retirement from\noffice; provided, however, that in no event shall the special disability\nallowance exceed an amount which together with his retirement allowance\nor allowances computed without optional modification will equal such\nannual salary.\n In the case of a justice of the supreme court, the cost of providing\nthe special disability allowance shall be apportioned among the units of\ngovernment in the same ratio as such units contributed to the total\nannual salary he was receiving at the time of his retirement from\noffice.\n 3. The special disability allowance or appropriate portion thereof\nshall begin to accrue on the same date that his retirement from the\nretirement system of which he is a member becomes effective. In the\ncase of a judicial officer ineligible to retire, the special disability\nallowance shall begin to accrue on the date of the entry of the order by\nthe court of appeals.\n 4. The special disability allowance provided for in subdivision two\nshall be payable to each such judicial officer on the first day of each\nmonth until the expiration of the term for which he had been elected or\nappointed or the last day of December next after he shall be seventy\nyears of age or his death, whichever shall first occur.\n 5. The special disability allowance provided for in this section shall\nnot reduce or suspend any retirement allowance of any such judicial\nofficer, notwithstanding any other provision of law.\n