NYC Teachers’ Retirement System Cuts 100+ Disability Pensions, Seeks 3 Years of Repayments
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Updated · SILive.com · Aug 1
NYC Teachers’ Retirement System Cuts 100+ Disability Pensions, Seeks 3 Years of Repayments
3 articles · Updated · SILive.com · Aug 1
Summary
More than 100 retired New York City paraprofessionals have been told their disability pensions were miscalculated over a decade ago, and some saw July payments cut by more than half.
TRS says Section 605 means retirees eligible for workers’ compensation should have received one-third of final average salary, not two-thirds, prompting benefit reductions and repayment demands.
Advocacy groups argue retirees accepted the payments in good faith, dispute TRS’s reading of the law and warn the cuts could hit disabled former school workers living on fixed incomes.
The groups want lawmakers to amend the statute, stop overpayment recovery and pause further cuts, while the UFT said it is pursuing legislative and legal channels to limit additional harm.