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 (2019)
Rank | Field Office | Number of Disabled Workers |
---|---|---|
1 | Patchogue | 20,250 |
2 | Syracuse | 17,970 |
3 | Buffalo | 16,845 |
4 | Poughkeepsie | 16,240 |
5 | Rochester, Downtown | 14,740 |
6 | Ridge Road | 13,525 |
7 | Freeport | 13,335 |
8 | Utica | 12,355 |
9 | Schenectady | 10,790 |
10 | Binghamton | 10,545 |
11 | Newburgh | 10,185 |
12 | Mineola | 10,120 |
13 | Bronx, East | 9,800 |
14 | Jamaica | 9,545 |
15 | Staten Island | 9,310 |
16 | Brooklyn, Cypress Hills | 9,230 |
17 | Geneva | 8,875 |
18 | Rochester, Greece | 8,845 |
19 | Niagara Falls | 8,835 |
20 | New York City, Uptown | 8,660 |
21 | Melville | 8,130 |
22 | Bronx, South | 8,035 |
23 | Brooklyn, Boro Hall | 7,885 |
24 | Brooklyn, Flatbush | 7,880 |
25 | Brooklyn, New Utrecht | 7,820 |
26 | Albany | 7,460 |
27 | Queensbury | 7,425 |
28 | Rego Park | 7,375 |
29 | Plattsburgh | 7,075 |
30 | Troy | 6,925 |
31 | Bronx, North | 6,760 |
32 | Batavia | 6,690 |
33 | Bronx, Laconia Avenue | 6,355 |
34 | Inwood Hill | 5,975 |
35 | Brooklyn, Bedford Heights | 5,955 |
36 | Flushing | 5,710 |
37 | Babylon | 5,555 |
38 | Oswego | 5,375 |
39 | Long Island City | 5,345 |
40 | Brooklyn, Canarsie | 5,335 |
41 | Brooklyn, Bushwick | 5,245 |
42 | West Nyack | 5,170 |
43 | Horseheads | 4,975 |
44 | Olean | 4,965 |
45 | New York City, Midtown | 4,875 |
46 | Yonkers | 4,830 |
47 | Watertown | 4,495 |
48 | New Rochelle | 4,460 |
49 | Ogdensburg | 4,445 |
50 | Corning | 4,360 |
51 | Bronx, West Farms | 4,195 |
52 | Staten Island, Hylan Blvd | 4,095 |
53 | Hudson | 3,855 |
54 | Rockaway Park | 3,555 |
55 | Gloversville | 3,465 |
56 | Riverhead | 3,420 |
57 | Peekskill | 3,365 |
57 | Oneonta | 3,365 |
59 | Bronx, Hunts Point | 3,130 |
60 | New York City, Downtown | 3,065 |
61 | Jamestown | 3,055 |
62 | New York City, East Harlem | 3,030 |
63 | New York City, East Village | 3,005 |
64 | White Plains | 2,905 |
65 | Monticello | 2,870 |
66 | Dunkirk | 2,180 |
67 | Ithaca | 1,880 |
68 | Bridgewater, NJ | 0 |