Distributions from ORP contracts are permitted any time after separation from services, subject to an IRS taxation guidelines.
There are a variety of ways in which you can withdraw funds from your SUNY retirement plan accounts. Below are resources to help you make an informed decision on the best distribution option for you, with any of SUNY's authorized investment providers:
Corebridge Financial (formerly AIG Retirement Services) - learn more about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) using an interactive calculator that helps demonstrate how small changes may impact distributions over your lifetime. Additionally, view a Planning for Retirement tutorial designed to help you play today for the life you want in retirement.
Fidelity - an article with infographics, highlighting four key points of a distribution strategy to outlast your retirement savings, including a yearly savings rate, a savings factor, an income replacement rate, and a sustainable withdrawal rate - click here for a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) calculator
TIAA - a publication of financial retirement planning FAQs, and descriptions of lifetime annuities, systematic withdrawals, fixed-period annuities, transfer payout annuities, interest-only option, and minimum distribution option as distribution options
Voya - two publications, one offering a detailed comparison of lump sum withdrawals, systematic withdrawals, annuitization, and continual payout option; the other discussing a number of factors to consider when financially planning in retirement. Voya also offers online tools to help with this decision, including My Retirement Outlook and Retirement Calculators.
In order to take distributions from your SUNY ORP contracts you must be separated from service.
The SUNY ORP Authorized Investment Providers will require you to obtain verification of your termination from SUNY before your distribution can be processed.
To obtain a required signature verifying your separation, please contact the SUNY campus Benefits Office where you were most recently employed.
Distributions from ORP contracts are subject to an IRS 10% penalty for distributions prior to age 59 ½ , unless separating from service after reaching the normal retirement age of 55. No IRS 10% tax penalty is applied to payments made to children or to a divorced spouse in accordance with a qualified domestic-relations order.
As a New York State Public Retirement Plan, distributions from SUNY ORP contracts are exempt from New York State Income Taxes. You can learn more about taxation of SUNY ORP distribution at:
If you have questions about your specific SUNY ORP contracts, or if you have received an audit letter from the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance about previous distributions, please contact your SUNY ORP Investment Provider for assistance.
For further information and/or assistance, please contact the Benefits Office at your State-Operated College or Community College campus.