Oneida Times

There were 55,335 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Utica in 2018, ranking it 15th in New York, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

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 retired workers in New York.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Retired Workers in New York (2018)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Mineola	99,590
2	Patchogue	98,840
3	Freeport	90,825
4	Syracuse	90,740
5	Poughkeepsie	86,475
6	Buffalo	74,335
7	New York City, Midtown	69,750
8	Ridge Road	67,020
9	Flushing	62,195
10	Schenectady	61,355
11	Jamaica	60,190
12	Rochester, Downtown	59,850
13	Rego Park	58,090
14	Melville	57,435
15	Utica	55,335
16	Rochester, Greece	54,550
17	Brooklyn, New Utrecht	53,350
18	Brooklyn, Flatbush	52,980
19	Brooklyn, Boro Hall	50,255
20	Binghamton	47,860
21	Geneva	46,800
22	Newburgh	45,840
23	Staten Island	43,975
24	West Nyack	41,320
25	Albany	40,090
26	Bronx, East	38,590
27	New York City, Uptown	37,705
28	Long Island City	37,550
29	Brooklyn, Cypress Hills	37,510
30	Niagara Falls	35,785
31	New Rochelle	35,055
32	Riverhead	32,895
33	Queensbury	32,880
34	Inwood Hill	32,620
35	Peekskill	32,395
36	Batavia	31,500
37	White Plains	31,300
38	Troy	30,500
39	Yonkers	29,640
40	New York City, Downtown	29,580
41	Brooklyn, Bedford Heights	26,045
42	Plattsburgh	25,680
43	Babylon	25,100
44	Bronx, Laconia Avenue	23,560
45	Olean	20,990
46	Brooklyn, Canarsie	20,675
47	Oswego	20,360
48	Horseheads	19,860
49	Hudson	19,680
50	New York City, East Village	19,620
51	Bronx, North	19,540
52	Oneonta	19,180
53	Watertown	19,115
54	Corning	18,560
55	Bronx, South	18,150
56	Brooklyn, Bushwick	17,940
57	Staten Island, Hylan Blvd	16,930
58	Ogdensburg	16,340
59	New York City, East Harlem	15,500
60	Gloversville	14,335
61	Jamestown	14,090
62	Rockaway Park	12,525
63	Ithaca	12,520
64	Monticello	12,070
65	Dunkirk	9,250
66	Bronx, West Farms	8,930
67	Bronx, Hunts Point	7,235