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Unions argue Council effort to preserve retirees’ Medicare is unlawful

BY RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 11/8/24

Recently introduced City Council legislation that would preserve New York City retirees’ current health care benefits is unlawful, the umbrella organization of municipal unions insists.  

In an Oct. 30 letter to Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, the head of the Municipal Labor Committee, Harry Nespoli, argues that a bill introduced a week earlier that would prohibit wholesale changes to the retired workers’ health plans would undermine city public-sector unions’ rights and responsibilities.  

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