Are you working on your federal return, state return or NYC return?
No. If you choose the standard deduction or itemized deduction, it has no affect whatsoever on your earned income credit. You said you are retired? If you do not have dependents and are 65 or older, you do not qualify for the earned income credit.
You would need to ask your plan administrator what type of benefits they are. We have no way to find that out here. You said earlier about an annuity, is it an annuity or a pension? The plan administrator is the only one that could answer that for you.
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