• Telephone Town Hall covers health insurance increases

    Telephone Town Hall covers health insurance increases

    December 2, 2025 — Just before Thanksgiving, PEF learned there would be a 9.6% increase in New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) premiums in 2026, and President Wayne Spence hosted a telephone town...

    Read More
  • PEF assists members impacted by DOCCS closure, consolidation

    PEF assists members impacted by DOCCS closure, consolidation

    Dec. 12, 2025 — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) announced November 18 that Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Franklin County will close at the...

    Read More
  • RAISE Act will protect New Yorkers from unchecked AI

    RAISE Act will protect New Yorkers from unchecked AI

    November 21, 2025 — The following op-ed ran in The Buffalo News on Nov. 14, 2025, co-authored by PEF President Wayne Spence and Assemblymember Alex Bores:  Keeping the public protected...

    Read More
  • PEF members put street medic training to good use

    PEF members put street medic training to good use

    November 21, 2025 — When PEF members Myron Getman and Michael Popowich decided to go bowling together one recent evening with friends and family, neither one of them expected that...

    Read More
  • PEF and other labor unions uplift Regional Food Bank in time of need

    PEF and other labor unions uplift Regional Food Bank in time of need

    November 21, 2025 — Across the nation, Americans are facing rising costs of living, with many struggling to access food. According to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York...

    Read More
  • A year of growth, networking, and learning for Statewide Women’s Committee

    A year of growth, networking, and learning for Statewide Women’s Committee

    December 12, 2025 — The first half of this year presented significant challenges as we all adapted to changes under the new federal administration. The latter half of the year...

    Read More
  • ITS delegates share value of PEF Convention 

    ITS delegates share value of PEF Convention 

      November 21, 2025 — First-time delegate Dana Blair, a project manager with the Office of Information Technology Services in Albany, and PEF Division 357 Secretary Heather Craven, a manager...

    Read More
  • My first SOMOS, 25 years in the making 

    My first SOMOS, 25 years in the making 

    November 21, 2025 — As I start my 25th year at PEF, spanning eight administrations and four presidents, I was invited by President Wayne Spence to attend the SOMOS conference...

    Read More
  • PEF member collects donations for Hurricane Melissa relief in Jamaica 

    PEF member collects donations for Hurricane Melissa relief in Jamaica 

    November 22, 2025 — Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica late last month. Current damage estimates show the Category 5 storm caused as much as $7 billion in damages. International aid organizations...

    Read More