Retired Teachers Chapter News
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.
No RTC event invitations?
Are you not receiving invitations to the RTC monthly membership meetings? Email is now the primary way that the 秀秀直播communicates about events and news. It takes only a few minutes to subscribe or resubscribe to UFT mail.鈥┾
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.
Don鈥檛 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 鈥渢he four p鈥檚,鈥 authorities say. Scammers use pretense, present a problem or a prize, pressure victims to act quickly and demand payment. 鈥
The state of our chapter
We have a lot to be happy with regarding the state of the RTC chapter. We have debates of retiree issues and an enhanced voting process. But I am concerned that Zoom is hurting the quality of our 秀秀直播engagement.