STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three advocacy groups representing active and retired New York City educators are raising concerns over recent actions by the New York City Teachers’ Retirement System affecting retired paraprofessionals.
The groups, Fix Para Pay, Fix Retiree Benefits and the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees, say the Teachers’ Retirement System has notified over 100 retired paraprofessionals that their disability pensions were calculated incorrectly more than a decade ago.
According to the organizations, the Teachers’ Retirement System has already begun reducing benefits, with some retirees seeing their July pension payments reduced by more than half. The groups also allege that affected retirees are being asked to repay pension overpayments dating back three years…