October 4, 2021 — Pledging change, a sitting governor addressed delegates during this year’s PEF Convention. Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke to delegates on Oct. 25, the first plenary session of...
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November 4, 2021 — “I say ‘power,’ you say ‘PEF’!” That’s what New York State Attorney General Letitia James called out as she addressed delegates at PEF’s annual Convention in...
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October 4, 2021 — PEF persevered in 2021 despite a continuing worldwide pandemic, funding cuts across many agencies, and staggering understaffing. The union negotiated a successor contract with across-the-board retroactive...
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November 5, 2021 — PEF’s 43rd Annual Convention, held October 24-27 in Niagara Falls, was remarkable on several levels. The delegates were largely unified on the issues they debated and...
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September 23, 2021 — Leisa Abraham, a psychologist 2 at Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Services Office in the Newark area, is PEF’s new Region 3 coordinator. Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans...
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October 13, 2021 — Gina Corona is the new PEF Region 4 coordinator. It’s a new challenge for her, but it’s a logical progression after years of activism in the...
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October 18, 2021 — The October issue of The Communicator arrives less than a week before about 500 delegates gather in Niagara Falls for PEF’s 43rd Annual Convention. We will...
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PEF held a telephone town hall on October 14 to update members on the many issues resulting from New York State’s vaccine-or-test mandate. Several of the union’s top staff members...
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Hey PEF, back your parole officers To the Editor: As many in the state may, or may not know, our job (of parole officer) is currently under siege by politicians...
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October 18, 2021 — New York State parole officers rallied outside Rikers Island on Oct. 7, 2021, to denounce the recently signed “Less is More” parole reform law and call...
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