Mohawk Valley Times

There were 26,900 OASDI beneficiaries in Oneonta in 2018, ranking it 56th 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 (2018)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Patchogue	144,615
2	Mineola	132,805
3	Syracuse	128,640
4	Freeport	124,420
5	Poughkeepsie	122,360
6	Buffalo	110,215
7	Ridge Road	96,815
8	Rochester, Downtown	89,405
9	New York City, Midtown	86,325
10	Schenectady	85,380
11	Jamaica	82,005
12	Flushing	81,385
13	Utica	81,355
14	Melville	79,165
15	Rego Park	77,940
16	Brooklyn, New Utrecht	74,150
17	Rochester, Greece	73,480
18	Brooklyn, Boro Hall	72,450
19	Brooklyn, Flatbush	72,145
20	Binghamton	69,815
21	Newburgh	67,660
22	Geneva	65,650
23	Staten Island	65,560
24	Bronx, East	58,670
25	Brooklyn, Cypress Hills	57,550
26	West Nyack	56,240
27	Albany	55,690
28	New York City, Uptown	54,740
29	Niagara Falls	53,525
30	Long Island City	51,820
31	Queensbury	48,010
32	New Rochelle	46,950
33	Inwood Hill	45,730
34	Batavia	44,860
35	Troy	44,025
36	Riverhead	42,625
37	Peekskill	42,060
38	Yonkers	40,740
39	White Plains	40,495
40	Plattsburgh	39,500
41	New York City, Downtown	38,285
42	Brooklyn, Bedford Heights	37,955
43	Babylon	37,145
44	Bronx, Laconia Avenue	36,115
45	Bronx, South	33,220
46	Bronx, North	32,660
47	Brooklyn, Canarsie	31,405
48	Olean	31,065
49	Oswego	31,055
50	Horseheads	29,595
51	Brooklyn, Bushwick	29,385
52	Watertown	28,675
53	Hudson	27,740
54	Corning	27,180
55	New York City, East Village	27,070
56	Oneonta	26,900
57	Staten Island, Hylan Blvd	25,855
58	Ogdensburg	25,715
59	New York City, East Harlem	22,640
60	Gloversville	21,340
61	Jamestown	20,265
62	Rockaway Park	19,675
63	Monticello	18,150
64	Ithaca	16,860
65	Bronx, West Farms	16,630
66	Dunkirk	13,490
67	Bronx, Hunts Point	13,450