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Pension Expo

Are you considering retirement within the next few years? This is your opportunity to gain insights and tools to help you transition smoothly into this exciting new chapter of life. Registration is full. 

Pension Clinic: Annual Benefits Statement and Death Benefits

At this clinic for all UFT members in the Teachers' Retirement System, we'll introduce the retirement planning process, provide information about understanding your annual benefits statement and discuss the death benefit for survivors if a member dies.

Pension Clinic: Tier 6 Pension Milestone, Final Average Salary (FAS) and CAR Days

At this clinic for UFT members in Tier 6 of the Teachers' Retirement System, we'll talk about pension milestones, how to calculate your final average salary and reimbursement for unused CAR days when you retire.

Pension Clinic: Tier 4 Pension Milestones, Final Average Salary and CAR Days

At this clinic for UFT members in Tier 4 of the Teachers' Retirement System, we'll talk about pension milestones, how to calculate your final average salary and reimbursement for unused CAR days when you retire.

Pension Clinic: Tax-Deferred Annuity and Pension Options

During this clinic, participants will hear about the Teachers’ Retirement System’s Passport Funds, which are fixed-return investment options, explore tax-deferred annuity (TDA) choices at retirement and talk about taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) as a retiree. Registrants will also be provided with an overview of the TDA section of their online TRS account.

Pension Clinic: Health Benefits at Retirement

At this workshop for all UFT members, we'll discuss health benefits for retiring or retired members who are not yet eligible for Medicare.

Update on DOE and TRS data breach

The DOE recently notified the approximately 130,000 in-service UFT members and 36,000 former employees whose confidential information might have been exposed in a large data breach in June.

Your financial well-being

Because you are a UFT member, you are well on your way to long-term financial well-being. That’s because when you retire, you will have a defined-benefit pension, as rare today as it is valuable.

Welcome to the pension system

As members of the UFT, you are entitled to a benefit that is becoming as rare as it is important — a traditional defined-benefit pension plan, the gold standard of retirement plans, which guarantees a lifetime annuity of regular payments based on...

TRS to divest Russian holdings

The trustees of the New York City Teachers’ Retirement System voted on March 7 to divest its holdings in Russian securities in protest of the war against Ukraine launched by Vladimir Putin. “We have to stand up for justice,” said UFT President...