Covid Tests This Fall

Before You Throw Out "Expired" Tests: Click below to check.

Check to see if your COVID-19 tests' expiration dates have been extended.

Beginning September 25, every U.S. household can again place an order to receive four more free COVID-19 rapid tests delivered directly to their home. https://www.covid.gov/tests

Medicare Minutes Topics On Zoom - 30 minute sessions

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NYSUT members can also find reliable Medicare information on Medicare Interactive.

Visit www.medicareinteractive.org/teachers for Medicare answers.

Mark Your NYSTRS Ballot and Mail it in. - Note From Stacey Caruso-Sharpe

Recently all retirees in the NYSTRS should have received or will shortly receive a ballot for the NYSTRS board seat election. David Keefe has been diligently representing us for many years. In the past couple of days I received an email from Sally Courtright, who is challenging David for the retired member seat on the board. The email is attached below. Please be sure to vote by marking the ballot as directed and returning it ASAP, no later than the end of the month.This could impact your retirement pension.

In solidarity,

Stacey

I am running for the retired member seat of the NYSTRS board. My focus is on our children whose lives with be adversely impacted by the climate crisis if we fail to mitigate this problem. I am calling for the divestment of the nearly $5billion that NYSTRS has tied up in fossil fuels. My thinking is in line with AFT’s call for fossil fuel divestment earlier this year. Please vote for Sally.

Best,

Sally Courtright

Coalition of Labor Union Women Vigil for Reproductive Justice

Please join us in lighting a candle wherever you are and send us the photo so we can post a thousand points of “Pro Union/Pro Choice” light all over social media! Together we will shine light on our work to get women out to vote in 2022.

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SPECIAL ELECTION ON AUGUST 23 TO REPLACE ANTHONY DELGADO

This is an election not just a primary.

Pat Ryan and Marc Molinaro are running in the special election for New York’s 19th Congressional

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Here is the lastest news:

New York is now allowing pharmacies to offer the COVID-19 vaccination to people with eligible underlying health conditions after previously restricting them to school faculty and staff and those over the age of 60.

If you do not have access to a computer, you will have success in getting appointments by calling the NYS Covid 19 Hotline. You have to call all day, every day, and you will eventually get an appointment. 833-697-4829

Also call your local office of the aging for help.

There are pharmacies that are administering vaccines. Go onto the following websites and follow the link to vaccine appointments.

CVS cvs.com/pharmacy or there is a toll-free number 1-800-746-7287 to see where the vaccine is available.

All Veterans, their spouses, caregivers can get COVID-19 vaccinations from VA

All Veterans, their spouses and caregivers can get COVID-19 vaccinations from VA under the SAVE LIVES Act signed into law March 24.

Covid Vaccination - WATCH OUT FOR SCAMS

Public Health Public Service Announcement

The Covid vaccine is free of charge to everyone. If a facility says they will charge or that they bought their own private supply, do not get vaccinated there! All available Covid vaccines were purchased by the federal government and deployed to the states. New York is monitoring the distribution. Currently, it is not available to the general public, only to certain groups.

For members residing in NYS more information may be found at:

https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/what-you-need-know

Here are some other websites.

https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ You can check if you are eligible to get a vaccination.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news IF you want the latest news from NY state you can find out when Governor Cuomo will update next.

Absentee and regular Voting NY 2020

Because of the COVID 19 pandemic NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued an executive order concerning the June 23, 2020 primary.

**Pursuant to Executive Order 202.15 issued April 9, 2020, voters may request and vote via an absentee ballot for any election held on or before June 23, 2020 due to the potential to contract the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). To request an absentee ballot, voters may fill out an absentee ballot application and check “temporary illness or physical disability” as the reason they are requesting an absentee ballot. A voter may request an absentee ballot as follows:

CLICK HERE TO READ THE DETAILS OF THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER

Coronavirus Outbreak Prepardness

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RC12 Spring Meeting and Election

wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the Waters Edge Lighthouse,

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Celebrate NYSUT RC 12's 25th Anniversary with

Toni Cortese was founding vice-president of NYSUT and AFT secretary-treasurer

Paul Cole made the motion to form NYSUT when he was a member of NYSTA

Jean Gordon was treasurer of UTNY ( UTNY and NYSTA merged to form NYSUT)

Fred Nauman served as NYSUT Secretary-Treasurer and proposed the creation of Retiree Councils

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