GNTA & GNPS BENEFITS IN RETIREMENT: 2025-26
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resources for retirees
For questions about your pension, contact the New York State Teachers' Retirement System: 518-447-2900
For questions about benefits offered by the district in retirement, please call Annette Sicuranza in HR: 516-441-4037
For questions about what retirees can receive from GNTA’s Benefit Trust Fund, contact Kevin Chavarria at Dickinson Group: 516-740-5337
For questions about benefits offered by the district in retirement, please call Annette Sicuranza in HR: 516-441-4037
For questions about what retirees can receive from GNTA’s Benefit Trust Fund, contact Kevin Chavarria at Dickinson Group: 516-740-5337
Our Teacher Delegates for TRS for 2025 & 2026:
- Frank Bua (alt: Kirsten Kuhn)
- Joan Greenberg (alt: John Motchkavitz)
- Luci Legotti (alt: Jessica Kleinhaut)
- Cindy Pavlic (alt: Jamie Reynolds)
NYSUT's Blueprint for a successful retirement
2025-26 NYSTRS ANNUAL DELEGATE REPORT & RESOURCES
Fellow GNTA Members,
NYSTRS welcomed more than 400 delegates from across the state to its Annual Delegates Meeting, held Nov. 2 and 3 at the Saratoga Springs City Center, and we were delighted to represent the district in Saratoga. This year’s meeting featured the premiere of NYSTRS’ Road to Retirement video, which outlines steps members can take at every stage of their career to prepare for retirement. The meeting provided delegates with the opportunity to participate in pension-related educational seminars and discussions. Materials from these sessions are below:
Note: Your updated NYSTRS Benefit Profile is now available for review in your My NYSTRS account. If you don’t have an account, register HERE.
Next year’s NYSTRS meeting will be held November 1-2, 2026, in Saratoga.
Yours in solidarity,
Frank Bua, Joan Greenberg, Luci Legotti, and Cindy Pavlic
NYSTRS welcomed more than 400 delegates from across the state to its Annual Delegates Meeting, held Nov. 2 and 3 at the Saratoga Springs City Center, and we were delighted to represent the district in Saratoga. This year’s meeting featured the premiere of NYSTRS’ Road to Retirement video, which outlines steps members can take at every stage of their career to prepare for retirement. The meeting provided delegates with the opportunity to participate in pension-related educational seminars and discussions. Materials from these sessions are below:
- Your Benefit Profile Tour
Note: Your updated NYSTRS Benefit Profile is now available for review in your My NYSTRS account. If you don’t have an account, register HERE.
- Explore Your NYSTRS Benefits
- Estate Planning 101
- From Insight to Foresight: Why NYSTRS Works
- Social Security – What Should You Know?
- Building on Your Foundation of Financial Security
Next year’s NYSTRS meeting will be held November 1-2, 2026, in Saratoga.
Yours in solidarity,
Frank Bua, Joan Greenberg, Luci Legotti, and Cindy Pavlic
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NYSTRS RETIREMENT-RELATED FORMS
Download and print NYSTRS forms. Call our Hotline at (800) 782-0289 to request forms be mailed to you.
Service Retirement Application (RET-54)
You can file a service retirement application up until your effective date of retirement, but no sooner than 90 days before your retirement date.
Proof of Date of Birth (RET-45)
Distribution Election for ASF – Tier 1 and 2 (REF-30)
Direct Rollover of Taxable ASF (REF-30.2)
If filed, must submit with Distribution Election for ASF (REF-30).
Direct Rollover of After-Tax ASF (REF-30.3)
If filed, must submit with Distribution Election for ASF (REF-30).
Disability Retirement Application Package (RET-54.1; RET-54.3A; RET-54.5; RET-54.1B; RET-54.3).
Please refer to NYSTRS' pamphlet If You Are No Longer Able to Work, which offers guidelines for making disability retirement decisions.
Additional Medical Report for Disability Retirement Applicants (RET-54.3)
Election of Retirement Benefit (RET-54.6).
To change the benefit payment choice you made on your retirement application, you may file this form within 30 days of your retirement date.
Service Retirement Application (RET-54)
You can file a service retirement application up until your effective date of retirement, but no sooner than 90 days before your retirement date.
Proof of Date of Birth (RET-45)
Distribution Election for ASF – Tier 1 and 2 (REF-30)
Direct Rollover of Taxable ASF (REF-30.2)
If filed, must submit with Distribution Election for ASF (REF-30).
Direct Rollover of After-Tax ASF (REF-30.3)
If filed, must submit with Distribution Election for ASF (REF-30).
Disability Retirement Application Package (RET-54.1; RET-54.3A; RET-54.5; RET-54.1B; RET-54.3).
Please refer to NYSTRS' pamphlet If You Are No Longer Able to Work, which offers guidelines for making disability retirement decisions.
Additional Medical Report for Disability Retirement Applicants (RET-54.3)
Election of Retirement Benefit (RET-54.6).
To change the benefit payment choice you made on your retirement application, you may file this form within 30 days of your retirement date.
