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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 20, 2025

Statement from Executive Director Henry Garrido on Medicare Advantage

NEW YORK— “We applaud the Court of Appeals’ unanimous decision allowing the City to move forward with implementing alternative retiree health plans. This precedent is important and keeps health care negotiations where they belong—at the bargaining table between the union and the employer.

Since the mayor has decided not to proceed with the Medicare Advantage plan, this fulfills the unions’ obligation to generate Medicare-eligible retiree health care savings. The savings from the abandoned plan must not come at the expense of our members.

We look forward to continuing our work with the City and our union partners in the Municipal Labor Committee to reform and improve health care for city workers and retirees.”

– Henry Garrido, DC 37 Executive Director