The Office of Labor Relations is still closed and working remotely. Anything that was mailed in, rather than submitted via email, will be addressed when the office reopens. We will let you know as soon as it reopens.

In 2000, after several frustrating years, the UFT, NYSUT and the rest of the state’s labor movement convinced New York State to provide an annual, permanent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to retiree pensions. 

The Fall 2020 Si Beagle courses and seminars are being held remotely from your home.  We are using the Zoom platform to meet, greet and interact.  Please download the Zoom app. You will receive an email invitation from your instructor to join the class on Zoom with the necessary links.   Please make sure your email address and phone number are up to date with the UFT Membership Department.

Teachers’ Retirement System offices are still closed to visitors, but TRS is finding other ways to serve its members during the pandemic period. 

Retiree volunteers in New Jersey are ready to launch a telephone campaign to get out the vote for presidential candidate Joe Biden and all the other Democratic candidates on the state ballot in the crucial upcoming election, reports Judy Rosenstein, the coordinator of the Garden State’s RTC section.

Jennifer Hardy’s new life as a competing equestrian in the state renowned for the Churchill Downs racetrack and the Kentucky Derby is a dream come true.

The recent CARES Act legislation has suspended RMDs for 2020 for defined-contribution plans like TRS’ TDA Program.

Due to the closure of the Health Benefits Retiree client service walk-in center, it cannot access or process forms or correspondence mailed or faxed on March 11, 2020, or after.

Medicare Part B 2019 reimbursements were scheduled to be distributed by the end of April 2020.