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All about NYCE PPO

As of Jan. 1, the NYCE PPO health care plan replaced GHI CBP for in-service city workers and pre-Medicare retirees. See our presentations, FAQs and other plan information.

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Teacher's Choice spending deadline approaching

Eligible UFT members have until Friday, Jan. 9 to spend their designated Teacher's Choice funds. See this year's spending amounts, guidelines on purchasing, and more.

UFT Treasurer Mel Aaronson (center) joins (from left) Jake Thomas, a teacher at

Defending immigrant students

The UFT has been conducting immigrant rights workshops to help members support and defend students and their families. Join an upcoming workshop and see resources for educators.

New Roth option starts in 2026

Enrollment is now open for TRS' Roth option, which allows for tax-free withdrawals upon retirement. Learn about this new opportunity to build savings for your future.

“6” Days Day of Action

UFT members made the need to “Fix Tier 6” “visible” by participating in the union’s first “6” Days Day of Action. Members across the city showed support for fixing Tier 6 of the state’s pension system by advocating to lower the retirement age for Tier 6 members to age 55 after 30 years of service. Every month on the 6th, members will participate in a coordinated action in support of fixing Tier 6, culminating with a rally in Albany on March 8.

Members at PS 28 in Manhattan’s Harlem are certain: It’s time to “make it 55.”

Members at PS 115 in Manhattan’s Inwood “won’t quit until legislators Fix Tier 6.”

The signs are clear at PS 132 in Manhattan’s Washington Heights that it’s time to “Fix Tier 6.”

Chapter Leader Robert Parker (kneeling center) and his fellow members at Hudson HS of Learning Technologies in Manhattan’s Chelsea show their support to Fix Tier 6.

Erica Berger

Chapter Leader Denise Salowski (standing, center) and her fellow members at PS 214 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, line the halls in support of the “6” Days campaign and fixing Tier 6.

Erica Berger

Members at Brooklyn’s PS 214 in Brooklyn also spell it out for state legislators.

Standing ready to fight to “Fix Tier 6” are the members of PS 279 in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

Members at John Dewey HS in Gravesend, Brooklyn, help to kick off the “6” Days campaign to “Fix Tier 6.”

Members at Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills Collegiate Prep also stand ready to fight to “Fix Tier 6.”

Members at PS 18 in Mott Haven, the Bronx, make it plain: “Retirement is earned, not delayed.”

Members at PS 66 in the Bronx’s West Farms neighborhood are here to “X” out 63 and “make it 55.”

Wearing union blue in support of “6” Days to “Fix Tier 6” are members at PS 169 in Baychester, the Bronx.

Members at IS 10 in Astoria, Queens, show up in union blue to stand up for fixing Tier 6.

Jonathan Fickies

Members at P993, a District 75 program at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, show “it’s time to Fix Tier 6.”

Members at Redwood MS in Rochdale, Queens, raise their hands in support of the “6” Days Day of Action.

Members at PS 290 in Ridgewood, Queens, display the need to “Fix Tier 6.”

Members at PS 78 on Staten Island are ready to “Fix Tier 6” and allow for retirement at age 55.