Show Mayor OBrien O'Brien of N. N Y To Retire on Pension Defeated for Reelection He Will Quit on a Year NEW YORK Dec 5 Mayor JP-Mayor Mayor John P P. OBrien O'Brien upon his retirement January 1 I becomes the first of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City's mayors to quit office on ona a city pension since institution of the pension system in 1920 His yearly pension of stands as the largest single pension option rued flied to date with the thc board of esti mate t Since the thc city retirement system went into effect October 1 I 1920 it has has' bec become fu applicable to nearly nearly members with witha a retirement list of 1700 and an an annual annual annual an an- nual pension disbursement of about t a year The city system is one of eleven cleven pension funds under which h public servants of ot New York City are arc obtaining pensions estimated to total annually alJy Prior to Mayor 0 O'Brien's Brien s notice of retirement he largest p pension option taken out by a a city was that t of Comptroller Charles Berry who wh retired recently on on a year I Mayor John F F. Hylan in of office at atthe the time the city pension sion system was v s inaugurated Is still in city service In a judicial capacity and has has' not applied for retirement p pay Mayor James J J. J Walker now living in Fr France nce is neither of or retirement age nor on tHe city payroll How Haw However However ever he has five years from the date of his reo resignation tion in 1932 in which to return to city service service to become again Former Governor Alfred E. E Smith Smithis is not on th the city pension rolls although although al al- al though he is drawing retirement pay from the state He was in city cIt service service ser ser- ervice er- er vice only a brief brier time but ser served d in ina a state cap capacity city more than 20 yeas years It is possible that he might be eligible eligi eligi- eligible ble for far a cit city pension since state service service ser ser- vice of a former city rates equally with his city service on n the records f fJ v J Y C 4 Ft r F t r r I rn s t. t t fr I Mayor John P. P OBrien O'Brien |