About $33 million in Social Security benefit payments were issued to dead people in New York state, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a Sept. 16 memorandum.
In its analysis, the OIG reviewed data on roughly 1.5 million individuals recorded as deceased between January 2008 and December 2023 in New York state, excluding New York City. That information was then compared with the SSA’s payment records and the Enumeration Verification System.
