• Open Enrollment period for Flexible Spending Accounts now open

    Open Enrollment period for Flexible Spending Accounts now open

    November 3, 2026 — PEF members who have not yet enrolled or wish to re-enroll in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) have from now until December 8 to do so...

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  • PEF members celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Civil Service event 

    PEF members celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Civil Service event 

    The Department of Civil Service hosted a celebration Sept. 26 in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. President Lyndon B. Johnson established Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968, and President Ronald...

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  • Dolores Huerta, 1930-2026

    Dolores Huerta, 1930-2026

    PEF President Wayne Spence issued the following statement on Oct. 28, 2026, following the death of labor leader Dolores Huerta:   “PEF joins the entire Labor Movement in mourning the...

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  • PEF opposes Albany ‘non-resident worker’ tax

    PEF opposes Albany ‘non-resident worker’ tax

    PEF President Wayne Spence issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2026: The more than 65,000 members of the New York State Public Employees Federation join with other elected officials...

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  • PEF Executive Board votes to endorse Governor Kathy Hochul

    PEF Executive Board votes to endorse Governor Kathy Hochul

    At its quarterly board meeting on Sept. 18, 2026, the elected members of the PEF Executive Board, representing 62,000 professional employees across New York State,voted to endorse Governor Kathy Hochul....

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  • Ailing members need your leave donations

    Ailing members need your leave donations

    PEF members may request leave donations from other members due to the need for medical treatment or recuperation from illness or injury. Donations are made from annual leave and donors...

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