"Retirees and Retirement." NYSUT. A Union of Professionals. http://www.nysut.org Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:02:34 EST Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:02:34 EST 60 en-us TRS delegates re-elect Corn http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13928.htm New Hartford teacher Michael R. Corn was unanimously re-elected to a sixth term as a New York State Teachers' Retirement System Board member at the TRS Delegates meeting earlier this month.

]]> 2796BAAC785841358C76455158C7A34C Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:24:50 EST President's Perspective: Budget politics, promising programs affect quality http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13947.htm President Obama gets it. Earlier this month, he said: "There is nothing that will determine the quality of our future as a nation or the lives of our children more than the kind of education we provide them."

]]> 8AD0C0D3BC46485E89EE3893A003E720 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:53 EST ERS: How do post-retirement payments affect my final average salary? http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13897.htm Many employers pay their employees on a lag basis.

]]> 36770ACEB4EB4F83BEB9067821A5C73B Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:30:20 EST Don't put off transferring your TRS membership http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13896.htm B7C2C9040DD744BD8EF2D4E0FF0A547D Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:42:44 EST Thank your House representatives for passing health care reform http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/legislation_13862.htm Over the weekend, 220 members of Congress showed they're on the side of working families and earned our thanks for passing landmark health care reform.

]]> BABE841A92684CAE915CA8E02BCC391C Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:14:33 EST Medicare cuts could mean less access to doctors http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13849.htm A fast-approaching deadline for a drastic cut to Medicare reimbursements for physicians means thousands of retirees in New York could be looking for a new doctor on Jan. 1.

]]> 01F8FBC6ACF3496494DB7DEC868B9509 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:12:56 EST President's Perspective: Reflecting on the state of our professions http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13854.htm I'm one who believes that every so often you need to stop and assess where you are — call it reflecting or taking stock — this seems like the right time to do it for me.

]]> 2EB82ADB553742818E6F8EACBF9FA799 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:41:12 EST Retiree briefs: Veterans' stories http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13840.htm C3AA860A226946DBA6B1E21847DCD3D6 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:07:30 EST ERS: How to get all the credit you deserve http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13818.htm As a member of the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System, you can receive service credit for periods of time in which you received salary from a participating employer before you joined the system, as well as for employment with a public employer before that employer participated in the system.

]]> 68DA201CB9CB4875A36D75218BB076BA Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:18 EST TRS: Don't miss chance for enrolling in Tier 4 http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13817.htm The New York State Teachers' Retirement System reports a surge in the number of eligible employees jumping at the chance to join Tier 4 before the state imposes a less-generous Tier 5 program for future employees.

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