The biennial NYSARA election convention will convene on April 19, 2018, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at the NYSUT offices at 800 Troy Schenectady Road in Latham, New York. Keynote speakers will include Alliance for Retired Americans Executive Director, Richard Fiesta, and NYS Assemblyman John T. McDonald (D/108th AD) a member of the Assembly Aging Committee. Also, presentations on "Death by a Thousand Cuts for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid" and an analysis of the success of Constitutional Convention issue advocacy will be given. Unfortunately, the NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli let us know that he had an unchangeable conflict and would not be able to speak with us at this convention. At the biennial convention, we will also be electing officers for 2018 - 20. Thus far, the nominees for office are Barry A. Kaufmann (NYSUT/NYS AFL-CIO) - President, Paul Schuh (UAW) - Executive Vice President of Labor, OPEN - Executive Vice President for Community, Doris Welch (IBT) - Secretary and Gary Lanahan (CSEA) - Treasurer. Nominations will be accepted from the floor for each office. The nominees from the floor MUST be in attendance and must represent a statewide fee payer. Prepaid registration fee is $10 per person that includes lunch. Registration must be received by April 9, 2018. If payment for registration is not received by 4/9/18, the lunch reservation cannot be guaranteed. If available, onsite registration will be $20.00. To get an application for the 2018 biennial NYSARA election convention click here.