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Judge blocks Medicare Advantage switch for 250K NYC retirees, days before crucial deadline

Gothamist By Caroline Lewis A Manhattan judge is pressing pause on a controversial plan to push New York City government retirees onto a...

Jul 7, 2023

AARP NY Applauds Court Ruling Blocking Cuts to NYC Retirees’ Health Benefits Days Before Crucial Deadline

Local Aarp by Erik Kriss City Judge Temporarily Blocks Mayor’s Plan to Diminish Health Care for 250,000 City Retirees by Pushing Them...

Jul 7, 2023

New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Fight For Their Promised Healthcare

The Wave By Marianne Pizzitola, President, NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Published: June 23, 2023 Throughout the past two...

Jun 23, 2023

Municipal retirees sue city over Medicare Advantage switch

Crains New York by Jacqueline Neber Municipal retirees rallying outside City Hall Wednesday after the lawsuit was filed Published: May...

May 30, 2023

New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Secures Another Appellate Victory For Retiree Healthcare Rights

PR Newswire by Walden Macht & Haran Published: May 26, 2023 The NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees secured another major...

May 25, 2023

NYC Retirees Rally To Save Healthcare

The Wave By The Wave Published: April 14, 2023 Dozens of municipal retirees, active city workers, and members of the NYC Organization of...

Apr 14, 2023

Retired City Workers Hold Largest Medicare Advantage Protest to Date

THE INDEPENDENT By INDEPENDENT STAFF Published: April 13, 2023 Retired city workers have been protesting mayoral plans to hand over their...

Apr 13, 2023

Adams Inks Deal with Aetna, Paving Way for Switch to Medicare Advantage

The City By Claudia Irizarry Aponte Published: March 30, 2023 City officials on Thursday inked a five-year contract with the insurance...

Mar 30, 2023

More Retiree Health Plans Move Away From Traditional Medicare - The New York Times

The New York Times By Mark Miller Published: March 10, 2023 Retirees whose former employers offer health coverage are being shifted to...

Mar 10, 2023

New York City Retirees Fight Their Own Unions to Stop Catastrophic Health Care Cuts

Labor Notes By Jenny Brown Union retirees protested the mayor's and the the Municipal Labor Committee's effort to change a city law...

Mar 10, 2023

Bill to switch health care for retirees hits city council

THE RIVERDALE PRESS By Sachi McClendon Published: January 13, 2023 Councilwoman Carmen De La Rosa, whose district covers Marble Hill and...

Jan 13, 2023

New York City Has 25 Days to Settle Retirees’ Switch to Privatized Insurance, Arbitrator Rules

The City by Sam Mellins, New York Focus Retired city workers have been advocating for more affordable medical insurance, March 3, 2022....

Dec 14, 2022

Appeals court backs retirees in Medicare skirmish with city

The Chief Leader by Richard Khavkine Published: Nov 25, 2022 An appeals court panel has sided with city retirees in their battle with...

Nov 24, 2022

New York City retirees protest attempts by Adams administration and unions to slash health benefits

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE By Tim Avery Published: Oct 21, 2022 The new plan saves the city over $600 million by shifting costs onto...

Oct 21, 2022

Retirees accuse NYC of lying to judge in battle over health benefits

NEW YORK POST By Susan Edelman and Rich Calder Published: June 18, 2022 City lawyers lied to a state judge in a “shameful” bid to cheat...

Jun 18, 2022

Retirees save $200 a month in court case

Queens Chronicle By Naeisha Rose Published: March 10, 2022 Justice Lyle Frank of state Supreme Court in Manhattan ruled last week that...

Mar 10, 2022

Retired NYC Workers Celebrate Medicare Coverage Switch Court Win

THE CITY By Sam Mellins Published: March 03, 2022 A years-long fight over a planned cost-cutting change to retired city employees’ health...

Mar 3, 2022

Retired City Workers Voice Opposition to New City Health Plan in Chaotic Public Hearing

New York Focus By Sam Mellins Published: Nov 11, 2021 Over 50 retired city workers testified in opposition to New York City’s plan to...

Nov 11, 2021

Judge blocks New York City from kicking retirees off health insurance

The River Dale Press . By ERIC HARVEY Published: Sep 27, 2021 A judge has ordered a stop to the plan to kick a quarter-million retirees...

Sep 26, 2021

Retired NYC employees sue to block new ‘inferior’ Medicare coverage

New York Post By Julia Marsh and Carl Campanile Published: Sep 27, 2021 A group of nearly 4,000 former public servants, including...