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Retirement Planning Seminars

NYSTRS' daylong Retirement Planning Seminars are designed to help members prepare for retirement. Among the topics discussed during these group sessions are:

  • Retirement Income: Your NYSTRS pension, Social Security and personal savings.
  • Benefit Payment Options: A review of your pension payment choices, including a comparison of option selections and private life insurance.
  • Adjusting to Retirement: Acclimating to the emotional and physical changes you face in retirement.
  • Legal Considerations: Maintaining essential estate planning documents and planning for possible long-term care.
  • Financial Planning: Comparing income and expenses before and after retirement; the basics of tax-deferred annuity accounts; and, getting financial planning assistance.

These seminars are not designed for individual retirement counseling.

Below is the schedule of upcoming seminars, which are held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with registration beginning at 8 a.m. There is no fee to attend and your spouse/companion is welcome to attend; however, advance registration is required. See below for important information about making a reservation

2010 Winter/Spring Schedule

Location

Date(s)

Address

Albany
NYSTRS Headquarters
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Friday, March 12
Friday, April 30
10 Corporate Woods Drive (Get directions)
Buffalo
Millennium Airport Hotel
Thursday, March 4
Friday, April 9
Thursday, May 6
2040 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga (Get directions)
Fishkill
Holiday Inn
Saturday, March 20 (This seminar is closed)
Route 9, Exit 13 of I-84 (Get directions)
Ithaca
The Clarion
Friday, May 7
Triphammer Road & Route 13 (Get directions)
L.I.-Hauppauge
Islandia Marriott Long Island
Friday, March 26
Wednesday, May 12
3635 Express Drive North, Exit 58 of LIE (Get directions)
L.I.-Melville
Melville Marriott
Thursday, April 15 1350 Old Walt Whitman Road, Exit 49N of LIE (Get directions)
L.I.-Uniondale
Long Island Marriott

Friday, March 19
Friday, April 16

101 James Doolittle Blvd. (Get directions)
Mount Kisco
Holiday Inn

Thursday, March 25
Tuesday, May 11

1 Holiday Inn Drive, Exit 37 of Saw Mill River Parkway (Get directions)
Owego
Owego Treadway Inn and Conference Center

Friday, April 23

1100 State Route 17C (Get directions)
Rochester
Radisson Hotel Airport

Saturday, April 10

175 Jefferson Road, Henrietta (Get directions)
Rochester
Rochester Marriott Airport Hotel

Friday, March 5 (This seminar is closed)
Thursday, April 22

1890 Ridge Road West (Get directions)
Syracuse
Holiday Inn

Thursday, Feb. 18 (This seminar is closed)
Wednesday, April 21

441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool, Exit 37 of NYS Thruway (Get directions)
Utica
Radisson Hotel
Friday, Feb. 19
200 Genesee Street (Get directions)

Making a Reservation

You have two ways to make a reservation for a Retirement Planning Seminar:

  1. Online using your MyNYSTRS account. After logging into your account, select the "My Tools" tab and then "Schedule Appointments." (If you don't already have an account, take a tour.)
  2. By calling NYSTRS at (800) 356-3128, Ext. 6180 weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Please provide your:
    • NYSTRS EmplID or Social Security number;
    • Date of birth; and,
    • Home address and telephone number.

If your spouse/companion is attending and is also a member, please have the above information available for him/her as well.

Please bring your most-recent Benefit Profile to the seminar.

If you make a reservation and subsequently cannot attend, please cancel by calling the number above or via your MyNYSTRS account so your place can be made available to another member.

Future Seminars

The following chart indicates when the schedules of other seasonal sessions will be posted.

Season

Sessions Held

Schedule Posted

Fall

October December

Mid-September

Winter/Spring

January May

Mid-December

Summer

July August

Mid-May

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