NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees
Coverage of NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees in the Nexus archive.
- New Council Push to Save Traditional Medicare for Retirees
A push to save traditional Medicare for retired NYC civil servants is being revived by Councilmember Christopher Marte with a bill that prohibits diminishing retirees' current city-funded health care access. The legislation specifically bans the raising of costs for premiums, deductibles, co-insurance, and copays, while also barring compelling enrollment in privatized plans. This proposal marks the third attempt to block changes to the workers’ benefits.
- Op-ed | Stop using retirees as New York City’s financial backstop
The op-ed argues that New York City frequently uses funds intended for retired public servants as financial backstops when the city faces cash flow problems. It critiques Mayor Zohran Mamdani for reportedly delaying a scheduled $3.7 billion contribution to the Retiree Health Benefits Trust (RHBT) to address a city cash-flow issue. The author warns that these healthcare funds were established by law for specific purposes and should not be used as general budgetary tools.
- City and Insurer to Pay $53 Million Over Retiree Copay Lawsuit
The Mamdani administration and EmblemHealth agreed to a $53 million settlement to reimburse retirees wrongly charged $15 copays under the GHI Senior Care Plan. The settlement resolves a 2022 class-action lawsuit alleging improper copay enforcement and includes a commitment to maintain current copay levels until 2028.