Retire NYC

We invite you to join the NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO & the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis on Tuesday, June 17th, from 8:00 am until 12:30 pm, for a conference on retirement security. 

The event will take place in The New School’s Wollman Hall, located on the fifth floor of 65 West 11th Street.   Joined by the City and State Comptrollers, the conference will delve into both the problems and solutions to New York City’s retirement security crisis.  We can come together to create broad-based prosperity, individual financial security, and increase economic activity.

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8:00
Doors Open

8:30-8:45
Opening Remarks

Vincent Alvarez, President, New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Mario Cilento, President, NYS AFL-CIO

Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller

8:45-9:00
The State of the New York City Economy

James Parrott, Deputy Director and Chief Economist, Fiscal
Policy Institute

Panels Moderated by Teresa Ghilarducci, SCEPA

9:00-10:00
The Crisis of Retirement Security

10:10-10:15
Break

10:15-10:30
Introduction to Solutions

Scott M. Stringer, New York City Comptroller

10:30-12:00
Solutions to New York City’s Retirement Crisis

12:00-12:30
Closing Remarks

Letitia James, Public Advocate for the City of New York

Panelists

Ann Marie Petach, Senior Managing Director,
BlackRock Solutions

Steve Kreisberg, Director of Collective Bargaining and Health
Care Policy, AFSCME

Dorian Warren, Assistant Professor, Columbia University

Damon Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, National
AFL-CIO

John Adler, Retirement Security Campaign Director, SEIU

Dr. Barbara Bowen, President, Professional Staff Congress

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