Staten Island Canasta Tournament
Are you competitive? If so, join us at the UFT’s Staten Island Canasta Tournament, which is returning after five years. Register with a partner or spouse and become our UFT canasta champs! Please bring your own cards and tray. There will be prizes, refreshments and fun.
RTC General Membership Meeting
Register to attend the next meeting of the UFT Retired Teachers Chapter. Attendees will hear the latest information about important issues facing our chapter and the union. Registration will be available shortly.
RTC General Membership Meeting
Register to attend the next meeting of the UFT Retired Teachers Chapter. Attendees will hear the latest information about important issues facing our chapter and the union. Registration will be available shortly.
1099 tax forms
Looking for your TRS 1099 tax forms? Here is when to expect them.
Required minimum distributions for 2025
Turning 73 in 2025 and have a tax-deferred annuity? You will have to begin making annual withdrawals from your TDA.
Lending an ear to new teachers
Retired music teacher Emy Vanderpool wasn't ready to leave the world of education when health concerns forced her to step down. The UFT's Partners Through Experience program has offered a way for Vanderpool and other recnt retirees to stay connected...
Optional drug rider reimbursement increases
Each year at the beginning of March, eligible retirees receive a partial reimbursement from the UFT Welfare Fund for the cost of an optional prescription drug rider. This year, the amount will increase.
No RTC event invitations?
Are you not receiving invitations to the RTC monthly membership meetings? Email is now the primary way that the union communicates about events and news. It takes only a few minutes to subscribe or resubscribe to UFT mail.
Don’t be fooled by financial fraudsters
Scammers more often target retirees because they're more likely to have savings, good credit and less experience with technology. But retirees can sniff out whether a scammer is at work if they take heed of “the four p’s,” authorities say. Scammers...
Giving a world of learning
Retired high school math teacher Mark Grashow supports the education of thousands of students in rural communities throughout Africa and the Middle East through the nonprofit he founded after retirement, the US-Africa Children's Fellowship.