March 24, 2026 — Two vacant seats on the PEF Executive Board have been filled following the union’s January 2026 Special Elections.
Reissa Alderman will fill Seat 173, representing certain members of the Office of Information Technology Services in Region 8; and Matthew Balling will fill Seat 505, representing certain members in DOT (PEF Region 1).
Petitioning for the April 2026 Special Election begins at 9 a.m. April 6, 2026.
The following seats are vacant:
- Seat 15: Civil Service
- Seat 25: Elmira, Groveland, Collins, Lakeview, Wyoming, Attica (DOCCS)
- Seat 50: Green Haven, Corrections Central Office, Coxsackie, Bedford Hills, Taconic (DOCCS)
- Seat 103: SUNY Stonybrook (Division 225), Long Island Veteran’s Home, SUNY Colleges (Westbury, Maritime, College of Optometry) with last names beginning with D, B, I, Q, T, W
- Seat 127: Homeland Security
- Seat 161: State Police and Criminal Justice Services
- Seat 200: Helen Hayes, Veteran’s Homes (Batavia, NYC, Oxford, Montrose)
- Seat 210: State Insurance Fund (Regions 7-9)
- Seat 300: Central NYDDSO/RO (Regions 4 and 6) and OPWDD Main Office (Regions 4 and 6)
- Seat 510: DOT Region 8 and Poughkeepsie Division 172
Petitions may be downloaded from www.pef.org/elections starting on April 6 at 9 a.m. or members interested in running may call the Divisions Department at 800-342-4306. Petitions will not be available for pickup at any PEF office. Petitions must be received prior to 5 p.m. on April 27, 2026.
For contested elections, ballots will be mailed May 18, 2026.
— Kate Stickles