Newly retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell will rake in $295,000 a year from a disability pension stemming from an incident where he hurt his foot during a migrant operation on Randalls Island in July 2024, the Daily News has learned.

Chell, who retired Oct. 8, will receive a monthly payment of $24,659.97, said New York City Police Pension Fund General Counsel Vincent Diaz late Friday afternoon in an email. That sum works out to $295,919.64 per year, almost entirely tax free, for the rest of his life.

Diaz also confirmed prior reporting by The News that the pension board approved Chell’s application for a disability pension, but Diaz did not specify the injury.

Under the complex pension fund rules, cops can retire with an ordinary pension, which pays 50% of their salary, mos

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