1 Executive Board seat filled; 4 headed to balloting
August 8, 2025 — One vacant seat on the PEF Executive Board has been filled, and four are heading to balloting after the July 2025 Special Election cycle. Biswajit Datta...
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President Spence named PEC co-chair
August 8, 2025 — After several years of active participation in the New York State Public Employee Conference (NYSPEC), a coalition of labor unions that fight for the rights...
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Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Proposed Constitutional Amendment The following proposed amendment to Article VII(C)(1) of the PEF Constitution will be presented for ratification to delegates at the 2025 PEF Convention. The amendment was approved...
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Ten students earn PEF Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship awards
July 18, 2025 — PEF started the Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship in 1988 to help children, stepchildren and wards of active, retired or deceased PEF members finance their education. Scacalossi was...
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PEF turns up the heat on a variety of fronts this summer
As the summer heats up (and up and up!), PEF is also keeping the heat on several of our priorities, including holding DOCCS and OMH’s feet to the fire on...
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PEF members at DOCCS and OMH CBOs strategize about path forward at correctional facilities
July 18, 2025 — PEF members who work at DOCCS facilities have faced unsafe working conditions for many years, long before the 22-day wildcat strike by corrections officers in March....
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Compensation study underway by Civil Service; PEF closely monitoring the process
July 18, 2025 — The state’s outdated compensation plan and its lack of competitiveness with the private sector continue to lead to severe recruitment and retention issues in New York....
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PEF scientist secures $9M grant to study human immune response to Lyme disease bacteria with eye toward treatment
July 18, 2025 — While studying infectious disease as an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire, Dr. Nicholas Mantis found his calling. “I learned through a combination of coursework...
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