• Members at ITS promote cybersecurity awareness, protect New Yorkers from cyberattacks

    Members at ITS promote cybersecurity awareness, protect New Yorkers from cyberattacks

    October 24, 2024 — From phishing to malware/ransomware to widespread coordinated data breaches, the list of ways cyber criminals can access your information and devastate your finances and privacy continues...

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  • Convention delegates: Retirees have got your back!

    Convention delegates: Retirees have got your back!

    October 24, 2024 — I’ve just returned home from this year’s PEF convention where I addressed the delegates at the invitation of President Wayne Spence. The focus of my speech...

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  • New York State Historic Preservation Office creates opportunities for communities

    New York State Historic Preservation Office creates opportunities for communities

    October 16, 2024 — A new grocery store is doing business in a critically underserved area of Troy, N.Y. The store, simply named Bargain Grocery, sells fruit, vegetables, meat and...

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  • PEF mobilizes to support South Beach PC members after assault on nurse 

    PEF mobilizes to support South Beach PC members after assault on nurse 

    October 10, 2024 — In the wake of a brutal assault that left a PEF member from South Beach Psychiatric Center on a ventilator in a Staten Island hospital, PEF...

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  • NYS has a new dental plan for employees

    NYS has a new dental plan for employees

    October 10, 2024 — New York State’s new dental plan with Anthem Blue Cross went into effect October 1, after PEF led a multi-union charge to get the state to...

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  • Unions step up to support those affected by Hurricane Helene

    Unions step up to support those affected by Hurricane Helene

    October 10, 2024 — Hurricane Helene made landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast on September 26 as a Category 4 storm, tracking north and dealing a devastating blow to western...

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  • Extra accruals? PEP might be for you!

    Extra accruals? PEP might be for you!

    October 10, 2024 — If you have extra accruals consider using them to help pay your health insurance premium by taking advantage of the Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP).   PEP...

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  • Don’t leave these valuable contractual benefits on the table!

    Don’t leave these valuable contractual benefits on the table!

    October 10, 2024 — As a PEF member, there are several pre-tax benefits you may be eligible for, including the Dependent Care Advantage Account (DCAA), the Health Care Spending Account...

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  • NYS schools waive application fees in October

    NYS schools waive application fees in October

    October 10, 2024 — Are you or one of your family members planning on attending college? If so, take advantage of NYS College Application Month (CAM). CAM’s primary goal is...

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