Staten Island Reporter

There were 66,080 OASDI beneficiaries in Staten Island in 2019, ranking it 23rd 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 cities ranked by number of beneficiaries in New York.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Beneficiaries in New York (2019)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Patchogue	146,485
2	Mineola	134,375
3	Syracuse	129,755
4	Freeport	125,570
5	Poughkeepsie	124,075
6	Buffalo	111,240
7	Ridge Road	97,565
8	Rochester, Downtown	90,035
9	Schenectady	86,985
10	New York City, Midtown	86,305
11	Jamaica	82,870
12	Flushing	82,720
13	Utica	81,765
14	Melville	79,670
15	Rego Park	78,770
16	Brooklyn, New Utrecht	75,195
17	Rochester, Greece	75,170
18	Brooklyn, Flatbush	73,095
19	Brooklyn, Boro Hall	73,050
20	Binghamton	70,080
21	Newburgh	68,680
22	Geneva	66,550
23	Staten Island	66,080
24	Bronx, East	59,010
25	Brooklyn, Cypress Hills	58,395
26	West Nyack	56,585
27	Albany	56,555
28	New York City, Uptown	55,190
29	Niagara Falls	53,975
30	Long Island City	52,110
31	Queensbury	48,690
32	New Rochelle	47,205
33	Inwood Hill	46,200
34	Batavia	45,455
35	Troy	44,715
36	Riverhead	42,975
37	Peekskill	42,800
38	Yonkers	41,000
39	White Plains	40,835
40	Plattsburgh	40,175
41	New York City, Downtown	38,755
42	Brooklyn, Bedford Heights	37,935
43	Babylon	37,585
44	Bronx, Laconia Avenue	36,305
45	Bronx, South	34,110
46	Bronx, North	33,480
47	Brooklyn, Canarsie	32,145
48	Oswego	31,450
49	Olean	31,415
50	Horseheads	29,850
51	Brooklyn, Bushwick	29,550
52	Watertown	29,100
53	Hudson	28,000
54	New York City, East Village	27,420
55	Corning	27,320
56	Oneonta	26,990
57	Staten Island, Hylan Blvd	26,175
58	Ogdensburg	25,840
59	New York City, East Harlem	22,875
60	Gloversville	21,450
61	Jamestown	20,365
62	Rockaway Park	20,095
63	Monticello	18,390
64	Ithaca	17,110
65	Bronx, West Farms	17,065
66	Dunkirk	13,730
67	Bronx, Hunts Point	13,725
68	Bridgewater, NJ	15