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From State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli:
Keep your contact information up-to-date with NYSLRS
Editor’s Note:
The following column is from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli for retirees.
Wherever retirement takes you, it’s important to
keep NYSLRS informed
of any changes to your contact information. That way, you’ll be sure to receive important tax information, news, correspondence and statements. For example, we’ll be distributing 1099-R tax forms
in January and Retiree Annual Statements in February.
If you choose to receive these documents by mail, it’s vital you review the address we have on
file for you. If your information is incorrect or outdated, you must update your address by December 31. You can get access to your 1099-R and Statement sooner
than printed copies are mailed by choosing email as your delivery preference—learn how to get email notifications for important documents below.
Please be aware, changing
your address with the United States Postal Service (USPS)
does not mean your records
will automatically be updated
with NYSLRS, and USPS will only forward your mail for a limited time—generally, 12 months. To ensure you continue receiving mail from NYSLRS, you must submit a change of address directly to them. This is especially important if you receive your pension payment as a paper check.
Use Retirement Online
Retirement Online is the fastest and most convenient way to manage your NYSLRS account. Sign in at www.bit.ly/RO-sign-in and update your contact information, schedule a change of address, switch your delivery preferences to email, and more.
Update your contact information
You can check your mailing address, phone number or email address—and update them if needed.
• Click update next to mailing address, phone number, or email address.
If you don’t already have an email address on file, please provide one so NYSLRS can contact you quickly with important information, such as a change to your benefits.
Schedule a change of address
If you spend time at a seasonal home, you can schedule a change of address to ensure you continue receiving mail from NYSLRS without interruption.
have something to view, NYSLRS will send an email notifying you to sign in to Retirement Online.
To update your delivery preference to email:
• Look under My Profile Information.
• Click update next to ‘Contact by,’ ‘1099-R Tax Form Delivery by,’ or ‘Retiree Annual Statement by.’
• Choose Email from dropdown.
Be sure the email address listed in your Retirement Online profile is current.
Note: If you choose email as your delivery preference, you will not receive a printed copy in the mail.
More you can do in Retirement Online
Skip the hassle of printing forms, having them notarized and sending them through the mail— you can do it in Retirement Online instead. When you submit your requests online, NYSLRS has them immediately, and your changes will be completed more quickly.
You can:
• Manage your beneficiaries
for your post-retirement
death benefit.
• View a “pay stub” of your
pension payment.
• Change your federal tax
withholdings.
• Update your direct deposit
information.
• Generate a pension
verification letter.
If you don’t have an account,
learn more at www.bit.ly/ Retirement-Online and click Register Now to sign up.
My staff and I are available to assist you and answer your questions. So, enjoy your retirement and keep in touch.
•
Look under My Profile Information.
You can get access to
your important documents
sooner than printed copies are mailed by choosing to receive correspondence, your 1099-R tax form and your Retiree Annual Statement electronically. When you
• • •
Look under My Profile Information.
Click update next to mailing address.’
Select or enter the effective date in Change As Of field.
Get email notifications for important documents
Bush, Norton honored as Retiree PEOPLE Recruiters of the Year
From left, CSEA PEOPLE Coordinator Kim Wallace- Russo congratulates Suffolk Area Retirees Local 920 Treasurer Rutha Bush on being named our union’s Retiree PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year for 2022-23 for being the Retiree member who recruited the most new PEOPLE members. Bush received the award at our union’s Retiree Delegates Meeting.
From left, CSEA PEOPLE Coordinator Kim Wallace-Russo presents Rochester Area Retirees Local 912 1st Vice President Bruce Norton an award naming him Retiree PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year for 2023-24 for being the Retiree member who recruited the most new PEOPLE members. Norton received the award at our union’s Retiree Delegates Meeting.
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