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RPEA’s 2020 Annual Meeting Goes Virtual

Annual Meeting Goes Virtual on October 21 RPEA's Annual Meeting is going virtual this year! Even though large, in-person meetings are not authorized at this time, that does not mean the 2020 RPEA Annual Meeting won’t happen. By using available…

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RPEA’s Legislative Update

The FY 2021 State Budget was enacted on April 3, 2020. RPEA prevailed regarding the two budget issues which would have reduced benefits for those retirees who receive health insurance through the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP). The Legislature…

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RPEA Scores Another Legislative Victory

Governor Cuomo has signed RPEA's bill to increase the amount a state or local government retiree can earn when returning to public employment without a reduction in pension benefits. The bill raises the earnings cap for public retirees from $30,000…

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RPEA Supports Fellow Retirees

To show solidarity with all retirees, RPEA has written to members of the New York Congressional Delegation urging them to stabilize the multi-employer pension fund crisis affecting our fellow retirees. Many of those retirees were employed in the trucking industry…

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Retirees Voice Concern over Health Insurance Proposal

The Retired Public Employees Association (RPEA) representing the interests of nearly 500,000 state and local government retirees, today expressed concern about the elimination of all private health insurance in New York, and the creation of a new single payer health…

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Health Care Notice Measure Vetoed

RPEA Executive Director, Edward Farrell, is quoted in the Times Union regarding Governor Cuomo's veto of the 30 Day Notice Bill. Click Here to read the entire article publish in the Times Union on January 8, 2019

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