March 20, 2023 – Members eligible for the April 2023 performance awards, also known as lump sum longevity payments, can expect to see them in their April 20 (Institution) or April 26 (Administrative) checks. In accordance with the terms of the 2019-2023 PEF/State Agreement, the five-year performance award payment was increased from $1,250 to $1,500,...
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March 10, 2023 — Spring is right around the corner and it’s always one of my favorite times of year – the white and grey of winter turns green, flowers begin to bloom, and warmer weather rolls in. This year’s Executive Budget shows similar signs of renewal for New York state, reflecting many of the...
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March 10, 2023 – Ahead of a joint budget hearing on workforce development, PEF President Wayne Spence and Vice President Randi DiAntonio called for changes that would address pay equity, the Tier 6 pension plan, and Civil Service shortcomings, which would drive recruitment and retention efforts. The press conference took place outside the Senate...
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March 10, 2023 — For a few hours on International Women’s Day, March 8, the PEF Region 10/11 office in New York City was filled with the sound of people talking Portuguese, Spanish, French, and a few more languages as well. Twenty delegates from Public Services International (PSI), in town for the annual...
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March 10, 2023 – It was a full house at the Statler Hotel at Cornell University as nearly 100 PEF leaders from Region 1 through 5 gathered February 24 to 26 to learn how to best serve their members in everything from approaching leadership with positivity and mental resilience, to the ins and outs...
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March 10, 2023 – PEF has requested the state enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to immediately offer PEF members Paid Parental Leave (PPL), which grants 12 weeks of fully paid leave without charge to accruals for the care of a newborn, newly adopted or fostered child. There is no employee contribution for this...
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March 10, 2023 – PEF scored another win for nurses with the signing of an amended “no mandatory overtime” law with language that would help hold health care facilities accountable for mandating overtime to meet nurse staffing needs. “Health care facilities should not use mandated overtime to fill gaps in their staffing and those that...
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March 10, 2023 – Region 8 Coordinator Danielle Bridger successfully navigated the PSLF program and recently received confirmation that her loans, totaling more than $154,000, had been forgiven. Bridger applied before the expiration of the limited waiver last year. While she initially tried to tackle the program on her own, she eventually contacted Summer, a...
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March 10, 2023 – In 1929, photographer Berenice Abbott returned from abroad to find New York City dramatically different than when she left nearly a decade earlier. Hundreds of 19th-century buildings were gone – replaced with towering skyscrapers. The oldest parts of Manhattan, below Fourteenth Street, saw the most extreme changes as buildings were razed...
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