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Upcoming Events - Location - Dates & Times

Next Breakfast at Denny’s on Carrier Circle :

Wednesday APRIL 14 2021 @ 8:30

There is a Silver Club Meeting scheduled for Saturday May 8 at 9:30 AM

Meetings are the 2nd Saturday of January, March,May,September & November. No Summer Meetings

The Silver Club meetings have moved to VFW Post at 6996 E Taft Rd E Syracuse NY 13057

2021 Silver Club Clambake: Sunday May 23, 2021 1 to 5 PM

at The Spinning Wheel

The Silver Club Officers

President: Dick Hollington

Recording Secretary: Kim Hoover

Vice President: Bev Brown

Treasurer: Tony Ori

REMEMBER THESE NAMES AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY RECEIVE

IT’S COMING OUT OF YOUR POCKET

Mail from Bill King... thanks Bill

On your home page of the Silver Club web site you listed salary increases of a few of the pension employees.

You asked the question of what the salary increases, if any, for 2016. Below listed are those figures as filed on

the 5500 filing for 2016. [Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan. Pension and welfare benefit plans must generally file the

Form 5500 to report their financial condition, investments and operations.]

Ken Stilwell $128,655. Jessica Hoyt $106,378. Deb Lorcano $46,226.

Jeff Heller 180,614. Donna Shannon 96,296. Shannon Roberts 45,509.

Tom Nana 77,948. Russ Morreale 64,508. Mel Coraese 40,500.

Dawn May 98,887. Francis Kneyka 59,552. Lesley Debuque 35,978.

Jen Miller 88,316. Kristin Allen 57,117. Kim Cunninghan 35,786.

Barb Eckert 99,949. Rose Insalaco 51,024. M. Klinke 30,718.

John Salerno 74,162. Barb Acey 50.949. Bill Arnault 25,106.

Grace Shakainski 95,229. Michelle Deemer 50,038. Don Fuerst * 21,046

Tim Rick 62,795. Robert Kelley 49,022. Shannon Sauter 17,148.

John Tierny 80,229. Paula Curro 48,882. Mike Scalzo 9,034.

John Bulgaro 6,003.

Those salaries listed above equal $1,891,604.00. Let me know if you have any questions.....Bill King

Below are the salaries and raises of pension office employees for years 2009-2015

Any information published on this website is neither approved nor disapproved by the officers of the Silver Club

All information published on this site are the sole responsibility of the owner

This is a great site for everyone to keep up on the joint committee in Congress.

It has videos of all hearings Re Bill King

I am sure that all plaintiffs that signed up to have Noah Messing represent them

have received information regarding our case. Fraternally, Bill

https://www.pensions.senate.gov/hearings

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Next Silver Club Meeting: Saturday May 8 at 9:30 AM

Syracuse Area Weather

Sunday:
Steadier morning/midday rain, heavy at times, tapers to scattered showers for the evening. There may be an embedded thunderstorm or two as well. Cooler, but still mild with highs near 70. Wind: SE 5-10 mph.

Sunday Night:
Cloudy with scattered rain showers. Lows near mid 50. Wind: SE 4-8 mph.

Monday:
Mostly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers. Highs in the low 60s. Wind: ESE 5-10 mph

From: "Bill King" billking@twcny.rr.com

Subject: HR1319 American Rescue Act of 2021 section 9

Regarding recent legislations dealing with the pension cuts. There is truth to the rumor that there is language in the above named bill under section 9704 dealing with what they call a bail out for pension funds that have implemented cuts, are 40% or less funded, or will become insolvent.

Let our fellow retirees know ‘’don’t spend the money till it is in your hand”.

The law states that monies will be available to approximately 124 pension funds and NYSTPF is in that group. There will be up to 86 billion dollars for those funds. A pension fund will need to file an application in order

to get the funds. It could be a lump sum or it could take up to 5 years to get the monies. It was stated it could take 4 months to get the administrative network in place. I attached a pdf file that will give a summary of the package. Finally the pendulum has swung in our direction. I feel very good about what has transpired in the last couple days. We have both legislation and litigation in our corner. I am sure there will be much more to discuss in the near future. This past Wednesday we had our retiree breakfast meeting at Denny’s which was well attended. Dick Hollington and Tony Ori told us they wanted to have a Silver Club meeting and also discuss our clam bake in May. After over 3 1/2 years our lives may start getting back to normal. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Fraternally, Bill

Click link below to read more about the Butch Lewis bill recently signed into law by The President

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-butch-lewis-emergency-pension-plan-9934575/

Message from Silver Club Pres Dick Hollington

We have a price for the clambake. Our price is $58.00. We have to guarantee at least 50 people for the bake. Since Silver Club meeting we have not received any new yeses.

We are considering a new option. The VFW where we are holding our meetings has offered us the chance to hold our event there. The cost would be $15.00 p/p. They provide hot dogs, hamburgers macaroni salad, potato salad, tossed salad, soda, coffee and dessert. Beer will be available for purchase.

The date and time would be the same for either event: Sunday, May 23, 2021 from 1-5pm.

Please respond ASAP to let us know if a) you will attend if it's the clambake, b) you will attend if it's the VFW, or c) you cannot attend. We need as many people as possible to respond by April 15th. We need to let the owners know so we can hold that date.

Please keep in mind the point of having these events is to get people together and see old friends and colleagues.

Again, we need as many of you to respond as quickly as possible so we can make a decision.

Dick, Bev, Tony and Kim

coyotemo3@gmail.com

Email received from Bill King

Thank you Ken,

As always appreciate your quick response ...Unfortunate, maybe even unfair Albany area has a meeting and the rest of the state does not. Please

correct me if I am wrong.......

From: Ken Stilwell

Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2021 8:20 AM

To: Bill King ; Jeff Heller

Subject: RE: Trustees pension letter dated 3/17

Bill,

The Trustees’ March 17 letter provides an accurate summary of where things stand at this time. The Trustees share the interest you and many other participants have expressed in knowing more about how the Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act might apply to the Fund. Until the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporate issues regulatory guidance, however, many unknowns will remain. The Fund is not alone in this regard, with many pension funds and other interested parties having the same questions.

As stated in the letter, the Trustees are cautiously optimistic and will continue to update everyone through the web site.

Regards.

From: Bill King <billking@twcny.rr.com>

Sent: Friday, April 2, 2021 9:58 AM

To: Ken Stilwell <krgstil@nytfund.org>; Jeff Heller <jeffheller@nytfund.org>

Subject: Trustees pension letter dated 3/17

CAUTION: This email originated from OUTSIDE of the organization. DO NOT click links, open attachments, or reply unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Dear Ken and Jeff,

I received the letter from our trustees on 3/31. I view it as vague leaving our retirees with some questions.

I know that they had a meeting in the Albany area and would like to know if it looks like we would have

one here if requested? It just looks like we are in limbo until July 10th at best. The fact of the matter

is that our retirees will not be any younger in 120 day and we really don’t know what the intent of

our trustees is. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Best Regards,

Bill

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To all NYSPF retirees [ concerning letter sent from NYSPF to retirees on March 17, 2021 ]

After reading this letter several times and trying to determine what information it contains, I have come to the conclusion it is the closest thing you can get to a blank sheet of paper. The trustees have committed to nothing. All they say is they will “monitor the situation”. For all we know they may not even file for the funds on behalf of the participants. In my opinion it seems as though the trustees are intimidated and controlled by the US Treasury. I pray Judge Hertling will move our case forward post haste after the 120 day stay. At that point we will be close to the 4 year mark of pension cuts. It is so painful to see this travesty which according to the U S Constitution never should have occurred.

Thanks for letting me vent, Bill King