• PEF celebrates New York State budget accomplishments, vows to keep advocating

    PEF celebrates New York State budget accomplishments, vows to keep advocating

    The Governor and the Legislature enacted the $237 billion 2024-25 New York State budget on April 20, 2024, and it includes significant progress on many of the priorities PEF advocates...

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  • PEF to State Senate: Fix Tier 6 and increase compensation to attract and retain State workers

    PEF to State Senate: Fix Tier 6 and increase compensation to attract and retain State workers

    Vice President Randi DiAntonio testified before the Senate’s Civil Service and Pension Committee on October 11, urging the state to reform pension plans; fix compensation and the lag payroll system;...

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  • PEF members educate NYS Fair patrons about state services

    PEF members educate NYS Fair patrons about state services

    On opening day of the New York State Fair August 23, PEF members were ready and waiting at state agency booths with giveaways and, more importantly, information for fairgoers.  From...

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  • Communicator: Work Begins on Solving the Budget Puzzle

    Communicator: Work Begins on Solving the Budget Puzzle

    PEF hits the ground running to analyze what the union supports and what needs improvement in the governor’s FY 2024 Executive Budget. Read the entire February issue here.

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  • State lawmakers, leaders, and union presidents offer thanks to PEF

    State lawmakers, leaders, and union presidents offer thanks to PEF

    At the 44th Annual PEF Convention, held Oct. 23-26, 2022, in Niagara Falls, elected U.S. officials, union leaders and members of the State Assembly and Senate recorded greetings for all PEF...

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  • Budget season is underway

    Budget season is underway

    Governor Hochul’s executive budget was released on Jan. 18 and hearings before legislative committees started today.  First up is a joint Senate and Assembly hearing on Public Protection — Read More

  • PEF Endorses Schumer and DiNapoli

    PEF Endorses Schumer and DiNapoli

    Albany, N.Y. – The New York State Public Employees Federation endorsed the reelection campaigns of Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on Dec. 10...

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  • ‘Less is More’: Less resources, less services, less funding

    ‘Less is More’: Less resources, less services, less funding

    ROCHESTER, N.Y. — PEF parole officers and victims’ advocates rallied outside the Hall of Justice in Rochester November 22 to denounce the “Less is More” parole reform law and call out its serious repercussions for community safety, parole supervision and crime victims. “Less is...

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  • PEF tells lawmakers state staffing services for mentally ill falling seriously behind growing need

    PEF tells lawmakers state staffing services for mentally ill falling seriously behind growing need

    New York state must hire more mental health nurses and other professionals to meet the mounting demands of New Yorkers throughout the state.  But the state can’t recruit and retain...

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