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This Communicator update comes just days after the first PEF Executive Board meeting of 2022<\/a>.\u00a0 Board members heard from three candidates running for New York governor, including the current chief executive, Kathy Hochul.\u00a0 It is a sign of PEF\u2019s growing political clout that the sitting governor took time out of budget negotiations to address our members, while two of the candidates hoping to succeed her stopped by as well.\u00a0 After brief introductory speeches, each was asked the same six questions about PEF priorities, from telecommuting to workplace bullying to contracting out. \u00a0The Statewide Political Action Committee will now deliberate about whether to make an endorsement and if they recommend a candidate earn PEF\u2019s endorsement, the full EBoard will vote on that at their June meeting.<\/p>\n

This is likely to be the final week of New York State budget negotiations.\u00a0 As I said when the executive budget was first released, this year\u2019s budget contains more positive signs for public employees than any previous proposal since I\u2019ve been president of PEF.\u00a0 Thanks to your activism and the tireless work of our political action committees statewide and at the regional level, we are being heard.\u00a0 This month, we held our annual Nurse Lobby Day to spotlight our concerns<\/a> with the healthcare proposals in the budget and I\u2019m told by participants that PEF\u2019s input was very well received.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t yet added your voice to the union\u2019s various budget priorities,\u00a0please visit this page and send a letter to your lawmakers<\/a>\u00a0about the issues that matter to you.<\/p>\n

During the budget cycle, we\u2019ve also created videos each week highlighting PEF members who are impacted by the lack of resources, staff and funding that have severely impacted the services many state agencies provide to New Yorkers.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t found time to watch them yet,\u00a0we have gathered them all here<\/a>\u00a0and will continue to add videos each week. \u00a0For those of you who prefer to read and not watch, we are transcribing the videos as featured \u201cQ&As\u201d here in\u00a0The Communicator<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Also in this issue, I\u2019d like to draw your attention to an\u00a0alarming story from Brooklyn<\/a>, where a team of PEF parole officers has earned the nickname \u201cGun Snatchers\u201d for the number of weapons they have taken off the streets this year.\u00a0 We\u2019ve said for months that the so-called \u201cLess is More\u201d parole law, which went into full effect on March 1 \u2014 is likely to lead to an increase in crime by parolees who now have fewer consequences tied to their behavior.\u00a0 We hope stories like this help lawmakers see that the danger to community safety is real, and we need additional parole officers to handle the caseloads along with enhanced services for parolees who need help with things like housing, job training and addiction services in order to become productive members of society.<\/p>\n

Finally, we have the first of many committee profiles in this issue.\u00a0 The New York City Women\u2019s Committee<\/a>\u00a0 has reactivated and joined our Statewide Women\u2019s Committee to sponsor a series of events during Women\u2019s History Month. \u00a0I draw your attention in particular to the March 31 deadline for nominating \u201cPEF Heroines.\u201d \u00a0I\u2019ve met hundreds of them as president of PEF, so please nominate your co-workers today<\/a>\u00a0so we can recognize them in a future issue.<\/p>\n

As winter slowly gives way to spring around the state, I hope this finds you healthy and ready for whatever the new season brings. \u00a0I assure you your union will continue to stand strong and fight for your rights and protections at work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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