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Hochul’s administration cut access to life-saving medical care for 1.2M NY workers, retirees: lawsuit.
New York Post Article: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is being accused in a lawsuit of secretly slashing access to specialty doctors — and potentially life-saving medical treatment — for 1.2 million government workers and retirees, The Post has learned. TheRead more about Hochul’s administration cut access to life-saving medical care for 1.2M NY workers, retirees: lawsuit.
Unsafe transit is an existential threat to NYC, but lefty pols refuse to see reality. NY Post Article
New York’s subway killings have reached a terrible, 25-year high, with the number of killings in the past two years eclipsing the total for the previous 11. That makes it an existential threat not just to the MTA, but to the entire city. AsRead more about Unsafe transit is an existential threat to NYC, but lefty pols refuse to see reality. NY Post Article
Contract Negotiations
There is not much of significance to report at the moment other than to let you know where we are, and what the hold up is at the moment. There is one main hold up and a few smaller issuesRead more about Contract Negotiations
2023 Benefits Open Enrollment November 1-December 31, 2022
If you wish to make changes to your medical coverage or to opt out of medical coverage, the period for doing so starts on November 1st and runs till December 31, 2022. You should be receiving a post card fromRead more about 2023 Benefits Open Enrollment November 1-December 31, 2022
Tier VI Pension Overpayment Update.
If you are in the Tier VI Pension and are waiting to receive a refund due to the overpayment into the NYCERS or MaBSTOA pension, this bit of information below may be helpful to let you know where the AuthorityRead more about Tier VI Pension Overpayment Update.
The TSO at the Pataki Endorsement of Lee Zeldin
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Video Flash Back 1970’s NYC Transit
A nestalgic look back at the NYC Transit Sysytem in the 70s. This is not a product endorsement.
Two Big Issues We are Dealing with in Contract Negotiations
As I’ve said before, we are negotiating six contracts at the same time and the two big issues we are dealing with that have caused us problems is fitting into the Local 100 pattern as Local 100 agreed to increasesRead more about Two Big Issues We are Dealing with in Contract Negotiations