Get 1199 Disability Form

After a seven-calendar-day waiting period or the exhaustion of your sick leave accruals (whichever is greater), you receive 50 percent of your average salary for the eight weeks before disability, up to the maximum benefit established under the New York State Disability Benefits Law, currently $170 per week.

Apply by phone: Call SSA at 1-800-772-1213 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Apply in person: Visit your local Social Security office. (Call first to make an appointment.) There is no online SSI Application.

States That Pay out the Most in SSI Benefits The highest paying states for SSI benefits as of 2022 are New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire and Maryland. The average disability benefit per month for 2022 for an individual on SSI benefits is $841 per month.

More than 200,000 members of 1199SEIU have won comprehensive healthcare coverage — hospitalization, doctors' visits, dental and vision care, prescription drugs, etc. — with no or minimal out-of-pocket expenses for themselves and their families. In all, the benefit covers more than 450,000 lives.

If you are using this form because you became disabled after having been unemployed for more than four (4) weeks, your completed claim MUST be mailed to: Workers' Compensation Board, Disability Benefits Bureau, PO Box 9029, Endicott, NY 13761-9029.

Disability benefits are temporary cash benefits paid to an eligible employee, when they are disabled by an off-the-job injury or illness. Disability benefits are equal to 50 percent of the employee's average weekly wage for the last eight weeks worked, with a maximum benefit of $170 per week (WCL §204).