Retired Teachers Chapter News
2025–26 RTC meetings
Here are the meeting dates and times for the RTC general membership meetings scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
City pulls plug on Medicare Advantage plan
The Adams administration has dropped its effort to implement a Medicare Advantage health care plan for the city’s roughly 250,000 Medicare-eligible retirees.
Register for intersession Si Beagle classes
Registration for intersession 2026 Si Beagle classes begins on Oct. 14, 2025.
2025 COLA increase is 1.2%
The September 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which retired members will see in their September pension checks, is 1.2%. Eligible retirees will receive up to $216 -- or $18 per month -- before taxes from the COLA.
Free legal assistance for UFT retirees
The UFT Welfare Fund Retiree Legal Plan with Elder Law Supplement offers many benefits, but the five that UFT retirees use the most are assistance with estate planning, elder law, civil litigation, real estate and matrimonial law.
Feeding others to feed the soul
Retired teacher Luann Martin gives back to her community by volunteering with the Feeding with TLC soup kitchen operated by Trinity Lutheran Church on Staten Island.