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OSARC newsletter
September
2012
Vol.20 No.7
In This Issue
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- In Memoriam
- COMRO Report
- OSARC Calendar
- Health Reopener
- Stu Leibowitz
- Fracking Follow Up
- OTB Retiree Update
- Pension COLA
- Part B Reimbursement
- OSARC Turns 20 With Lots
Of Meat & Schmoozing
- Journals For Sale
- OSARC Visits Center for
Jewish History
10 - California Cuts Pensions
- Ryan & Medicare
11 - Roseanne’s Summer
- PACE Senior Program
12 - In Memoriam: Liz Borden
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Come On, Pipe Down, Will Ya?
Can Noise Be Hazardous To Seniors’ Physical & Mental Health?
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s noise shortening your life? That’s one provocative question that Dr. Arline L.
Bronzaft will address for OSARC members on September 12th as she launches
OSARC’s 2012-13 fall season with a presentation on the impact of noise on the
citizens of the city that never sleeps.
Dr. Bronzaft is professor emerita of Lehman
College, City University of New York and an
expert witness on the hazards of noise to our
mental and physical well-being.
She serves on the board of GrowNYC, a
non-profit which “works to improve New York
City’s quality of life through environmental
programs that transform communities block by
block and empower all New Yorkers to secure
a clean and healthy environment for future
generations.” She directs GrowNYC’s activities
focusing on noise, and was named to this
volunteer position by the current Mayor and the
three previous Mayors as well.
Dr. Bronzaft conducts research and writes and lectures on the adverse effects
of noise on health. She has written chapters on noise in eight books, including Why
Noise Matters (Earthscan, 2011), and articles on noise for encyclopedias and
academic journals.
Dr. Bronzaft has also written for the popular press about the impact of noise
and is a frequently-quoted expert on noise pollution, both in the United States and
abroad. She assisted in the recent updating of the New York City Noise Code.
Coming in October: Financing An Education For Your Kids/Grandkids
With student loan debt now outstripping credit card debt in the United States,
many seniors find themselves called upon to find ways to help their children and
grandchildren with the financing of their higher education. Samuel Gurvitch, a
financial planner based in New York with Waddell & Reed, will speak at
OSARC’s October 10th meeting and explore ways you can help, including the
funding of 529 College Savings Plans.
Next Organization of Staff Analysts’
Retirees Club Meeting
Wednesday • September 12, 2012 • 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Is Noise Shortening Your Life?
Speaker: Dr. Arline Bronzaft, Professor Emerita, Lehman College, CUNY
OSA Union Office, 220 East 23rd Street, NYC (Between Second & Third Avenues)
OSARC Officers 2011-2012
Chairs..............................................................................Colleen Cox, Mark Lewis
Vice-Chairs............................................................Fred Lieber, Edlynn Pile Williams
Treasurers....................................................................... Christine Das, Saul Weber
Secretary.......................................................................................Joyce Cleveland
COMRO Representatives...........................................................Mark Lewis, (Vacant)
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Newsletter Editor/Photos............Rob Spencer
Contributing Reporter/Writer.....Joyce Cleveland
We’ll Be Seeing You In All The Old Familiar Places
Approximately one hundred twenty seven (127) OSARC
members and friends attended the 20th Anniversary OSARC
gala June luncheon at Churrascaria Rodizio Plataforma in
midtown. Their names appear below – we think. Given the
volume of attendees, the folks signing up at the door and
other factors, we are not guaranteeing we have captured
everyone. If we have missed you, we apologize in advance.
Bob Agnoli, Lou Albano, Adriane Alpert-Shapiro &
guest, Hakimah al-Zahra & Rashidah Mahmood, Gilberte Ambroise, Michael Ambrosia & guest, Jean
Anmuth, Iris Bailey, Steven Balicer, Rafiu Balogun, Judy
Balos, Chuck Baroo, Renee Bash, Elizabeth Borden &
guest, Renee Boyce, Michella Brown, Agnes Bunn, Patricia Burton & guest, Ken Burton, Eugene Calvert,
Johnsie Cheatham, Margaret Clay, Joyce Cleary, Joyce
Clevel&, Colleen Cox, Bob Croghan, Christine Das,
Elizabeth & Frank D’Aversa, Sybil DeVeaux, Joan
Doheny, William Douglas, Richard Fink, Allan Fraser,
Manny Friedman, Tom Gorse, Sheila Gorsky, Sheila
Green, Frances Hapaz, Phyllis Hailstock, Betty Henderson, Mary Hillman & two guests, Ernest Hinkson, Daniel
Jacobson, Ingrid Johnson, Roslyn Jones, Elizabeth Karetzky, George Lang, Robert Lawrence, Kaye Lee,
Rosanne Levitt, Mark Lewis & Ann Lewis, Cheryl Lyttle,
Rochelle Mangual, John Maniscalco, Nellie Gomez
Martinez, Dan Morgan, Melba Neely, Helene Newmark,
Renee Bash (center) was among the current and
former OSARC officers receiving plaques from
OSA Chair Bob Croghan and Exec Director Sheila
Gorsky at the June 13 20th anniversary gala.
Michella Brown, Nancy Russell and Iris
Bailey at the 20th Anniversary gala.
Lillian Ngal, Erwin Nied, Sheldon Oliff, Olivia Parker,
Barbara Johnson & guest, Eileen Pentel, Bob Pfefferman
& Joyce Mendelsohn, Bill Pfister, Phyllis Pomerantz, Fred
Ranzoni, Harold Rhodes, Edna Riley, Nilsa Mangual Rios
& Frank Rios, Ophelia Rod-riguez, Allan Rose & two
guests, Cora Ross, Nancy Russell, Michael Schady,
Barbara Schwartz, Ina Schwartz & guest, John Sellers,
Myra Seltzer, Harold Smith, Michael Spector, Betty
Stewart, Trudy Stone, Sallie Stroman & guest, Madeline
Taylor & guest, Kirsten Telemaque, Edward Tennant,
Hattie Thomas, Josephine Valentin, Marjorie Valleau,
Ana Vives & guest, Florence Wagener, Sally Waldman,
Saul Weber & guest, Ashley Webster, Isza WilliamsDarlington, Margaret Williams & guest, Dolores Wilson
& Ronald Wilson, Jessica Woodcock & guest, Leoila
Zeigler & guests Marguerite Zeigler, V.M. Rutledge,
Pamela Blaylock & Joanne Weston.
We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.
In Memoriam
•••••
It is with sadness that the Newsletter reports the death of
seven retirees and one longtime OSARC activist. Selma
Rubinstein retired in 1992 as a Staff Analyst at the Queens
Borough President’s office, Georgia Wheeler retired in 1995
as an Associate Staff Analyst at the Department of
Employment, Roslyn Johnson-Lovelace retired in 2002 and
Ricardo Barthelemy retired in 1994 as Associate Staff
Analysts at HRA, and Dolores Rice and Adele Kwaw both
retired in 1994 as Staff Analysts at HRA. Marine Engineers’
retiree Francis Maloney retired as an engineer with the
Department of Transportation.
On page 12 of this issue, we reproduce a profile of
Elizabeth Borden that first ran in the January 2002 issue of
the OSARC Newsletter. Elizabeth, who passed away on July
9, 2012, retired in 1992 as a Staff Analyst at HRA. She was an
activist in her church and her community. A committed
member of OSARC, Elizabeth was a core member of the crew
that mails this Newsletter to you monthly. Even when
confronted with health challenges in recent years, she made it
a point to attend virtually ever monthly meeting and event. So,
please take a moment to honor Elizabeth’s memory and her
contribution to OSARC. She will be missed.
The Newsletter extends its sincere condolences to the
families and friends of our brothers and sisters.
OSARC Newsletter • September 2012 • Page 2
Letter To The Editor
“Thank you for the 20th anniversary OSARC journal. I
recently spent quiet time absorbing the various memories of
our years-gone-by featured in such a heartwarming manner.
Great job, journal committee.
My life has been much enhanced by my union. In
today’s life-changing times, with fewer “natural family”
reunions, to be a part of a union like OSA that never leaves
its members, even upon retirement, is miraculous.
Bob Croghan and Sheila Gorsky, the epitome of labor
leaders, are the models that all labor unions can follow. They
administer OSA and its retirees’ club (OSARC) as if we still
count and are family struggling together.
Inasmuch as what I state above is so, as I age, to those
union workers covered in the journal whose paths I have
crossed – and they know who they are – let me say, even if
I can’t remember you, I will never forget you. Good health
and happiness to all.”– Flora Jones, Founding OSARC
member
Ed. Note: We publish letters to the editor, positive and
otherwise on any subject of retiree interest. We do reserve
the right to edit for length and clarity.
•••••
City Retiree Health Reopener Arrives Early This Year
Every two years, in even years, retirees have the
opportunity to make adjustments to their City health plans.
This year, the retiree health reopener comes early. The
Transfer Period will open on October 1, 2012 and close on
October 31, 2012. Any change you request during the
Transfer Period becomes effective on January 1, 2013.
During the Transfer Period you may add or drop optional
rider coverage or dependents and transfer into any health
plan for which you are eligible. Plan descriptions are
available on the Health Benefits Program’s website at
www.nyc.gov/olr.
If you are making no changes in your plan or its riders,
you need do nothing.
If you decide it is time to make a change, download the
application from the Health Benefits Program’s website,
follow the instructions, and mail it to the New York City
Office of Labor Relations, Health Benefits Program, 40
Rector Street, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10006. Mark your
envelope with the phrase “2012 Transfer Period.”
Incomplete applications and those postmarked or hand
delivered after the close of the Transfer Period will not be
accepted.
Finally, retirees who are presently enrolled in a Medicare
HMO – such as HIP VIP – and are planning a transfer must
first disenroll from the current HMO by notifying the plan
itself in writing. To enroll in a Medicare HMO, you must
request a special application from the HMO directly,
complete it and submit it to the health plan, as well as
completing and submitting to the City’s Health Benefits
Program the City’s health plan application. When you
contact your Medicare HMO, be sure to identify yourself as
a City of New York retiree.
OSARC Calendar – Upcoming Meetings
Mark your calendars for the following OSARC meetings.
(As always, the subject of a given meeting is subject to
change, should a speaker become unavailable.)
9/12/12:
10/10/12:
11/14/12:
12/12/12:
1/9/13:
2/13/13:
Noise Pollution
Funding Your Kids/Grandkids’ Education
Safe Streets for Seniors
OSARC’s Got Talent/Holiday Party
Discount Travel
Income Taxes for Retirees
COMRO Report
The Council of Municipal Retiree Organizations
(COMRO) brings together OSARC and other city retiree
groups for a meeting on the second Wednesday of the month
from October to June at 10am.
COMRO is moving forward on drafting a candidate
pledge on issues of concern to municipal retirees. It will be
sent to all primary candidates and sitting US Senators and
Representatives, as well as all state legislators.
COMRO also sent a letter on August 1 to Harry Nespoli,
Chairperson of the Municipal Labor Committee, supporting
prevailing wage legislation and the maintenance of the
Triborough doctrine for labor contracts. Said COMRO chair
John Hyland, “The Council of Municipal Retiree
Organizations is an organization with representatives from the
major public employee labor unions and employee
associations in New York City, representing over 250,000
retired members. COMRO meets monthly to exchange
information and to advocate on the issues that affect our
members. We are active politically in COMRO and in our
respective unions and associations.”
“We are writing to you regarding two issues: retaining the
Triborough doctrine for all labor contracts in New York State,
and providing the prevailing wage for general construction
work. We appreciate the support you’ve given to advancing
these issues. COMRO wants to know how the MLC is
proceeding to support the progressive principles in both issues
and what we can do to help promote our common interests.
We look forward to hearing from you.” (Ed. Note: The
Triborough doctrine holds that the terms of expired labor
contracts remain in place until a new contract is negotiated.)
Looks good enough to eat? One of the many dishes on the
buffet at Churrascaria Rodizio Plataforma in June.
OSARC Newsletter • September 2012 • Page 3
In Memoriam: Stu Leibowitz
DC37 Retirees President
Stu Leibowitz addresses
the November 2009
OSARC meeting.
The Newsletter notes with
sadness the passing of Stu
Leibowitz, who was both the
president of the Retirees
Association of District Council
37, AFSCME and the head of the
NY City chapter of the AFL-CIO
affiliated Alliance for Retired
Americans. Stu was a longtime
union activist in Social Service
Employees Union/Local 371 of
DC37. Many in the leadership of
the Organization of Staff Analysts had worked with Leibowitz
at Local 371. He was a member of
OSARC at the time of his death
and had made presentations to our
retirees on several occas-ions.
Our condolences go to his family
and friends.
The best way we can think of to honor his memory is to
quote from his last column in the July/August Bulletin of the
DC37 Retirees Association: “The forthcoming elections in
November will go a long way in determining whether we
will continue to have a dignified retirement. If we lose the
presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives, the
very core of our retirement security will be threatened with
extinction under the guise of “reform,” which means
reduction and privatization. Retirees should take the
elections very seriously. Benefits existing since 1935, when
Social Security was created, and 1965, when Medicare was
established, will be threatened with privatization if we lose
in 2012. Even our pensions, which are currently protected
from any reduction by the New York State Constitution, may
be jeopardized by calls for a new constitutional convention,
which could dismantle our benefits. Retirees must be
prepared to fight to retain their dignity and benefits.”
OSA Exec Director Sheila Gorsky and restaurant staff
unveil OSARC’s 20th anniversary cake. (photo: Jean
Anmuth)
Fracking Follow Up
At the March 2012 OSARC meeting, the Club screened
excerpts from the film Gasland. A screening of the complete
film followed for retired and active OSA members alike in
mid-May at the union office. Briefly, Gasland showed how
the natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing
(hydrofracking, or simply fracking, for short) has contaminated the ground water and air in states across the United
States, but especially in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Texas.
Fracking has become a significant political and environmental issue in New York because gas companies want State
approval to use “fracking” to extract gas from the Marcellus
Shale deposits underlying many upstate counties.
Activists from United for Action and Westchester for Change
led the discussion at the OSARC March meeting.
Now, several OSARCers, inspired by the March meeting,
have begun meeting as an OSARC “Social Action” Committee, with their first focus on fracking. The group, led by
OSARCer Joe Lauria, met on June 28th. They have decided
to conduct a faith-based outreach project designed to identify
houses of worship in counties which have Marcellus Shale
and share our concerns with religious leaders, whom they
hope can educate congregants about the dangers of fracking.
Quite a few OSARCers, including those pictured above,
traveled long distances to attend the 20th anniversary gala.
In New York, there are two main threats. The first is to the
City watershed areas upstate. The City's water is currently safe
to use without filtering, but if the upstate ground water supply
becomes contaminated by toxic substances from fracking, a
$10 billion filtration plant would be needed to make our water
fit for human consumption – if filtration is even possible.
The second threat is from an increased risk of lung cancer
coming from gas that will be shipped from the near-in
Marcellus shale regions to New York City. Natural gas
contains radon. When it travels a long distance it has the
opportunity to dissipate. Short trips mean the radon remains
present and potent. When heated in stoves, the radon will be
released into the apartments of unsuspecting New Yorkers
using the gas for cooking. Radon is not destroyed by heat and
will contaminate the air that people breathe. Radon is the
leading cause of lung cancer after smoking.
Current participants in the Social Action Committee
include Kathryn Nocerino, Ashley Webster, Calvin James,
Marjorie Valleau and Joyce Cleveland. If you are interested in
becoming involved with the group, contact Joe Lauria at (718)
899-3826. – Joyce Cleveland
OSARC Newsletter • September 2012 • Page 4
OTB Retirees Take Another Couple of Hits; Cuomo Still Has Chance To Redeem Himself
The last time we visited the story of the retirees of the Off-Track Betting Corporation, the public bookie operation that
went belly up in December 2010, the State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division had previously ruled against continuing
health care coverage for the retirees. The case was then on appeal to the State Court of Appeals. Unfortunately, the Court
of Appeals upheld the ruling against continued health care. According to Bob Pfefferman of the DC37 Retirees
Association, the court “seized on a technicality - which is that OTB was a public benefit corporation not a city or state
agency – to deny retirees continued health coverage.” With all legal remedies exhausted, the focus turned to legislative
action. Both houses of the state legislature passed a bill before the end of the Spring 2012 session that would restore the
health coverage for these retirees. Once the bill is forwarded to the Governor, he has a set amount of time to act on the
legislation. Since there is no indication yet that Cuomo will sign the legislation when it is sent to him, the bill has not been
forwarded to the governor. It is hoped that further discussion between Cuomo’s staff and the legislation’s supporters may
encourage Cuomo to reverse his stance. The legislation appropriates sufficient funding to provide the health benefits for
a year. To add insult to injury, the City’s Office of Labor Relations recently decided that Medicare eligible OTB retirees
who received health coverage for half a year in 2011 under a court order and paid Part B Premiums will not have those
premiums reimbursed to them now since the court order did not mandate the reimbursement. So, for now, OTB retirees
remain without the health coverage they were promised when they were first hired. Let’s see if Governor Tier 6 does the
right thing by these loyal civil servants. Shall we take bets? Oh, that’s right, we can’t. OTB is closed.
In September, Pensioners Thoughts Turn To COLA
Drug Law Passes Legislature, Cuomo Signs It
For those of you who are eligible, look for a cost-ofliving adjustment in your September pension check. This
year, the COLA is set at 1.4%, which amounts to a maximum
of $21 per month or $252 for the year.
Remember that the COLA applies only to the first
$18,000 of your pension and is calculated at half the rate of
inflation, with a minimum of 1% and a maximum of 3%
annually.
To be eligible for the COLA you must be 62 or more and
retired for at least five years, 55 or more and retired for at
least ten years, or receiving a disability pension for at least
five years, regardless of age.
A new law signed by Governor Cuomo in August, after
passage by both houses of the state legislature, introduces
mandatory electronic prescriptions in New York State,
starting in December 2014. The first such law in the United
States, its goal is to improve accuracy and legibility and to
prevent prescription thefts, alterations and forgery. In addition, since all prescriptions will now be electronic, the bill
also requires prescribers to check a registry of prescriptions
before issuing prescriptions for controlled substances. The
goal here is to prevent patients from seeking controlled
substances from many providers simultaneously. Finally, the
law requires the State Department of Health to initiate
education on over and under prescribing of pain management
medications to better provide for patient needs.
•••••
Medicare Part B Reimbursement
By the time you read this, those who paid Medicare Part
B premiums for doctor services in the year 2011 should have
received a reimbursement check from the City for the basic
Medicare Part B premium, which was set at $96.40 a month.
Checks went out in August. If you believe you are eligible,
but have not received your reimbursement by the end of
September, please contact the City’s Office Of Labor
Relations at 40 Rector Street.
Those retirees who filed an individual federal tax return
for 2011 and had incomes above $85,000 a year or who filed
a married-filing-jointly return for 2011 that showed an
income of $170,000 for more, will have to complete and
submit the separate IRMAA (Income-Related Monthly
Adjustment Amount) form which you can find on the union’s
website at www.osaunion.org under the “Retirees” button.
Just scroll down to the link for the 2011 Medicare Part B
IRMAA Reimbursement Form. The same form is on
www.nyc.gov/olr under the Health Benefits Program.
•••••
•••••
Biden “Guarantees” Obama Won’t Touch Social Security
In mid-August, shortly after Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney selected Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential
candidate, Vice President Joe Biden told café patrons at a
Virginia campaign stop that he could “flat guarantee” that President Obama would not permit alterations to Social Security if reelected. Given that Obama has many times signaled he was open
to less than salutary changes during his first term, it appeared
that the Republican selection of Ryan, known for his budget plan
to transform Medicare into a voucher program, had emboldened
Obama and Biden to stake out a firmer position in support of
Social Security and Medicare. In a Huffington Post blog, Robert
Borosage of the Institute for America’s Future said, “Biden's
pledge, of course, offends the conventional wisdom among
Washington's chattering classes that favors a ‘grand bargain to
get our books in order’ in which ‘everything is on the
table.’...Biden's “guarantee” to defend Social Security now
effectively takes Social Security off the table. Democrats
gathering in Charlotte...should ensure that this language is
written into the party's platform.”
OSARC Newsletter • September 2012 • Page 5
OSARC Marks 20 Years With Anniversary Gala
by Joyce Cleveland
“Happy Anniversary!,” “I’m glad I came!” and “Good to see
you again!” were just a few of the joyful expressions heard from
OSARCers attending the 20th Anniversary celebration and
reunion luncheon held on June 13, 2012 at the Churrascaria Rodizio Plataforma Restaurant on West 49th Street
in Midtown Manhattan.
Organization of Staff Analysts Executive Director Sheila
Gorsky welcomed guests from
near and far, as OSARCers
celebrated two decades in the life
of our retiree organization. There
was a brief greeting from OSA
Chairperson Bob Croghan.
Recognition for those who have
contributed to the work of
OSARC over the past decade and
a short slide show followed the
introductory remarks. And then,
of course, there was the meal – a
feast, actually.
Awards in the form of
walnut plaques were presented to
Skewered meats carved various OSARC leaders for their
Brazilian-style at the table
were the highlight of the service to the Club over the
20th anniversary gala meal. years. Receiving awards were Jo
(Photo: Jean Anmuth)
Ann M. Ambrogi, Gilberte
Ambroise, Renee Bash, Regina Berry, Joyce Cleveland,
Christine Das, Shirley Gray, Al Gundersheimer, Betty
Henderson, Mary Hillman, Barbara Jones, Kaye Lee, Mark
Lewis, Fred Lieber, Dan Morgan, Fred Ranzoni, Allan Rose,
Louis Starkey, Trudy Stone, Sallie Stroman, Madeline Taylor,
Edward Tennant, Ana Vives and Saul Weber.
Taking bows as new OSARC officers for the 2012-2013
Club year were Co-Chairs Mark Lewis and Colleen Cox, CoVice Chairs Fred Lieber and Edlynn Pile, Co-Treasurers
Christine Das and Saul Weber and Secretary Joyce Cleveland.
The anniversary event was pulled together by a planning
committee of volunteers that included OSARCers Renee
Bash, Eileen Pentel, Sheila
Gorsky, Fred Lieber and Barbara
Schwartz, with administrative
support from OSA staffers Carol
Moten, Katie Guarino and
Brittany Chandler.
Those attending received a
copy of a 20th anniversary journal, more than 150 glossy pages
long. It was a significant
historical compendium recalling
in print and photographs various
activities throughout OSARC’s
twenty year history, including the
recollections of early OSARC
members.
Kirsten Telemaque
Congratulations and thanks
for the journal go to OSA Director of Media Services Rob
Spencer for his editing and layout, Rob and Jean
Anmuth for their photos, and Jean and Ellen Lazer for
their work as contributing writers, especially for
interviews with OSARCers who made significant
contributions to the Club over the years.
A limited number of copies of the journal can be
purchased from the union for $25 plus $5 shipping. (See
article and instructions on page 7 of this issue.)
Thanks were also due to Rob Spencer for preparing
a fifteen minute slide show featuring photos of OSARC
taken from 1995 to 2012. Guests oohed and aahed as
they viewed the presentation and saw themselves, other
members that they knew and, in a few cases, those who
are no longer with us. There was recognition there.
Our hosts at Churrascaria Plataforma provided a
wonderfully diverse menu and excellent service. The
meal featured a sumptuous buffet of hot and cold
selections that both vegetarians and non-vegetarians
found appetizing, with additional dishes served at the
table during the meat course. That course was a
remarkably bountiful presentation of various cuts of beef
(brisket, steak, round,
rib, etc.) plus pork, lamb,
turkey, chicken (mostly
grilled) and fish. These
were served in succession by waiters
Brazilian-style, meaning
the meats had been
placed on large skewers
and were offered to
Liz and Frank D’Aversa
diners instead of being
carved and served from platters. As diners made their
choice, the waiter skillfully cut a portion and placed the
portion on the diner’s plate. Once started, the service
was swift. The fish selection, though served last, was hot
and worth the wait, observed one guest. With the meal
complete, OSARCers continued to meet and greet each
other as they departed.
Following the luncheon, there was a group trip to
the Center for Jewish History led by OSARCer Eileen
Pentel, which we cover in a separate article.
You can find both the slide show of historical photos
by OSA Director of Media Services Rob Spencer and a
new slide show of photos he took at the June luncheon
on the union’s website. The June luncheon photos can be
found in the “OSA Photo Gallery” section of the site at
www.osaunion.org, under the tab for June, 2012. The
historical slideshow can be found on the main page of
the “Retirees” section of the website. Take a look, when
you have a moment. Or come to the September OSARC
meeting. We will be reprising the historical slide
presentation before the meeting.
OSARC Newsletter • September 2012 • Page 6
20th Anniversary Journal For Sale
OSARC has a very limited number of copies of the journal produced for the 20th
anniversary of the retirees organization in June. The book contains more than 150 glossy
pages and includes articles about the development and activities of the club, as well as
profiles of those who have been active over its first two decades, especially those who helped
out in its earliest years.
Photos and Newsletter articles and covers fill out the book, along with copies of every
11x17 inch collage produced by OSARC member Jean Anmuth from 1998 to 2011.
OSARC member Manny Friedman sent us an email after the anniversary event that
noted, “You did a bang up job on the book. I have been spending a few minutes with it most
days. It's full of what I recollect, and with more of what I never knew.”
OSARC member Michella Brown is pictured to the right holding the book open to one
of Jean’s remarkable collages.
While they last, copies can be obtained for $25 (plus $5 shipping, if you wish us to mail
the book to you). If you’d like to order by mail, send a note to Rob Spencer, Director of
Media Services, Organization of Staff Analysts, 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 707, New York
NY 10010, along with a money order for $30, payable to “OSARC.” Copies will also be
available for purchase at fall OSARC meetings, while they last.
OSARCers Visit Center For Jewish History
by Joyce Cleveland
Following OSARC’s gala 20th
anniversary luncheon on June 13, 2012, a
group of by then well-fed OSARC
members went in search of a different
sort of food, food for the mind and soul,
at the Center for Jewish History (CJH).
Organized by OSARC member Eileen
Pentel, the trip featured stops at several
of the institutions that comprise the
Center. All are located at the Center’s
headquarters building at 15 West 16th
Street in Manhattan. OSARC members
and guests taking part, in addition to
Eileen, included Elizabeth Karetsky,
Lorraine and John Scrofani, Roseanne
Levitt, Renee Bash, John Sellers, Ophelia
Rodriguez, Lorraine and John Russo,
Gilberte Amboise, Adrienne Alpert,
Colleen Cox, Sheila Green, Judy Balos,
and your reporter Joyce Cleveland.
There is a saying that “in unity there
is strength.” It’s a slogan embodied by
the Center and its five partnering
institutions – the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi
Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, the
Yeshiva University Museum and YIVO.
Each institution has its own focus,
collections and activities, but together
they form a pre-eminent home for Jewish
scholarship and research. The collections,
programs and services are open to
scholars and to the public. (www.cjh.org)
The West 16th Street location opened
in 2002 as a unified campus for the
previously separate organizations. The
collections total more than 500,000
volumes and 100 million archival
documents and include thousands of
pieces of artwork, textiles and ritual
objects, as well as music, films and
photographs. Taken as a whole, they
make up the largest repository of the
modern Jewish experience in the world
outside of Israel.
CJH also provides support for
genealogical research through the Ack-
man and Ziff Family Genealogy
Institute. New and experienced family
history researchers have access to a
genealogy reference library, on-site reference assistance, guides on how to
conduct genealogical research and workshops covering oral history, Jewish
surnames, spelling variations, census
records, vital records, passenger lists, and
naturalization papers. (www.genealogy.
cjh.org)
The American Jewish Historical
Society (AJHS) focuses on collecting and
preserving documents that reveal the
historic sacrifices and achievements of
Jews in this country since their first
arrival in 1654. With more than 20
million documents, 50,000 books, 10,000
photographs and thousands of other rare
artifacts, AJHS is widely acknowledged
as the premiere research center for the
history of American Jews. (www.ajhs.
org)
The American Sephardic Federation
(ASF) is the center for the preservation of
the history and traditions of those Jews
who trace their roots to Iberia, North
Africa, Ottoman Turkey, the Balkans,
and the Levant (the middle east including
what is today Syria, Lebanon, Israel,
Jordan) and Asia. The ASF's collection of
10,000 books and over 850,000 archival
documents, as well as engrav-ings,
Ladino newspapers, liturgical materials
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and works dating back to the 16th century
can be accessed through CJH's Lillian
Goldman Reading Room.
(www.americansephardifederation.org)
Founded in 1955, the Leo Baeck
Institute (LBI) is a research library and
archive devoted to the history of German-speaking Jewry from early times
through its decimation by the Nazis to
today’s revival of German Jewish life.
After World War II, leading German
Jewish intellectuals determined to preserve the remains of their devastated
heritage and sought to collect as much
material as they could to provide future
generations with authentic evidence of
the rich and varied past. LBI founders
included Hannah Arendt, Martin Buber,
Max Grunewald and Robert Weltsch.
Rabbi Leo Baeck, the last leader of the
Jewish community in Germany under the
Nazis, was named its first president and
the Institute was named in his honor.
New York is the home to LBI's
library and archival collections, but
offices were also established in London
and Jerusalem. In September 2001, LBI
opened a branch of its archives at the new
Jewish Museum in Berlin, making these
materials available for the first time in
Europe. (www.lbi.org)
The YIVO Institute for Jewish
Research, founded in 1925 in Vilna,
Lithuania (at the time Poland), preserves
the history, life and culture of Eastern
European Jewry and the influence of their
culture in the Americas.
Public
programming, seminars, conferences,
lectures and community outreach are all
used to implement the mission. The
YIVO-Bard Institute for East European
Jewish History and Culture was created
in collaboration with Bard College.
YIVO has a very large library and
archive accessible to the public and
scholars. (www.yivo.org)
YIVO recently launched a new
website, “The Milstein Online Archives
of the New York Jewish Community,” a
collaborative effort to chronicle the
Jewish experience in 20th Century New
York City as reflected in the archives of
five United Jewish Appeal-Federation of
New York beneficiary agencies: the 92nd
Street Y, the Educational Alliance, the
FEGS Health and Human Services
System; NYANA (New York
Association for New Americans) and
Surprise Lake Camp. The goals are to
uncover this archival heritage; to provide
a model for preserving Jewish communal
archives, and to encourage scholarship in
Jewish social and cultural history.
(www.milsteinjewisharchives.yivo.org)
The Yeshiva University Museum
offers a showcase for Jewish art history
and culture through multi-disciplinary
exhibitions and a wide range of cultural
events and educational programs.
Workshops, lectures, films and concerts,
provide a dynamic interpretation of
Jewish life and offer a window into the
spectrum of Jewish culture throughout
history.
The Tour:
Jewish Life in New York City
OSARCers first toured the CJHAmerican Jewish Historical Societysponsored exhibit New York Places,
Jewish Spaces: Life in the City 1700 2012, which explores the ways in which
“Jews have carved out a multitude of
public and private spaces as their
own…they have shaped New York and
the largest city in the U.S. has molded the
Jews.”
The exhibit utilized photographs,
artifacts and maps to show the wide
range of Jews who have lived here and
the variety of the cultural expressions
they developed. For example, there were
photos of synagogues in various
architectural styles. When there weren't
enough synagogues to meet the demand
at the holidays for those who did not
belong to any particular synagogue,
services were held in various temporary
spaces, including Tammany Hall. These
spaces were referred to as “mushroom
synagogues.”
The display for the earliest period
(1700-1830 - Getting Started) included
ornate walking sticks belonging to
Jewish New Yorkers, helping to
demonstrate that the City featured a
vibrant street life during this period.
In a later period (1820-1930 - The
Age of Immigration), that street life
featured peddlers and shopkeepers, then
dry goods merchants and even investment bankers, whose signs were
prominent along Broadway. Jewish
merchants who started as peddlers with
pushcarts sometimes grew to become
shopkeepers and dry-goods merchants or
manufacturers. While it is well-known
that in manufacturing, many firms owned
by Jews made ready-to-wear clothing,
less well known is their role in the
creation of other products, such as
“Brillo,” the cleaning pad. Who would
have guessed that Brillo was developed
in New York City and emerged from
Jewish immigrant culture? Originally, the
box had instructions for use in both
English and Yiddish, with assurances that
Brillo was kosher. The exhibit noted that
Jews had been involved in the
development of other cleaning products
as well.
Jewish street life was a public sphere
too. The display included posters and
photos of Yiddish newspapers, a lively
café society, political movements and
cultural events. The streets were sites of
commerce and sites of political debate.
But, it would be the 1970s before New
York had its first Jewish mayor,
Abraham Beame, although since
Beame’s administration, half of the
mayors have been Jewish and both
Michael Bloomberg and Ed Koch have
been elected to three terms.
So what does it mean to be a Jewish
New Yorker? The exhibit included a film
presentation on this topic, in which five
individuals who had grown up here were
asked the question. They each provided a
different perspective and it became clear
that the answer to that question is as
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diverse as the population of New York
Jews. The exhibit closes December 31,
2012.
Jewish Life in Morocco
The next exhibit we saw was Looking
Back: The Jews of Morocco, offered by
the American Sephardi Federation and
curated by historian Shelomo Alfassa. We
learned that the Jews of Morocco were
under the protection of the Sultan of
Morocco. In Morocco, Jews were also
able to own property. The Sultan was, in
fact, under personal obligation to protect
the Jews. How this came about and how
Jews lived among the population in
Morocco is the story of this exhibit, told
in letters, photos and maps. The exhibit
closes December 31, 2012.
The Jews of Shanghai
The group moved on to the Leo
Baeck Institute (LBI) and an exhibit
called Destination Shanghai: The Jewish
"Shanghai's famous Bund in the central business district was lined with
imposing buildings which served as
headquarters of foreign banks and
insurance companies. In the early
20th century, Sephardi Jewish families of Iraqi origin...formed a small
but important part of the international business presence in Shanghai."
Community of Shanghai. Between 1936
and 1941, almost 20,000 German and
Austrian Jews, desperate to leave
Nazi-occupied Europe, arrived in
Shanghai, virtually the last place that did
not require a visa, including Palestine.
The journey from Europe was strenuous
and the travelers faced extreme
circumstances in Shanghai. Yet, as the
exhibit brochure states, “the German and
Austrian refugees were remarkably
self-reliant. They were able to establish
synagogues, aid programs, an educational
system and numerous cultural institutions. Concerts, theater performances,
fashion shows and literary readings
provided daily distraction from the daily
deprivations.”
After the war ended, most of the
15,000 in Shanghai emigrated to the
United States, Israel and Australia. Few
returned to their country of origin.
Today, the ghetto is an historic district
that functions as a museum.
“All refugees were obliged to register
and receive an identity card, including
the many children who came with their
parents to Shanghai. This ID card
belonged to Edmund Immergut of
Austria.”
background story, chronicling the activity
of two forgotten Jewish groups who
championed the idea of “territorialism,”
an effort to secure land for Jewish settlement wherever it might be. These two
groups were the Jewish Territorial
League and its continuation, the Freeland
League. Why land anywhere? When
Theodor Herzl failed to obtain a charter
in 1903 from the Turkish Sultan to build
a Jewish state in Palestine, he continued
his effort in London. The British Colonial Secretary being unable to offer
Palestine, offered Uganda. This proposal
was offered to the 7th Zionist Congress
in 1905 and was defeated, splitting the
Zionist organization. Those who favored
Uganda left the Congress in protest to
form the Jewish Territorial Organization,
whose program was to “procure a
territory upon or as an autonomous basis
for Jews who cannot or will not remain in
the land in which they already live.”
At the time, according to a review of
the exhibition by Eric Herschthal,
“thousands of Jews were being
massacred in pogroms and the priority of
many Jewish leaders was simple – secure
a territory for Jews to settle in first and
worry about where it was later.” They
were not against Zionism, said the show's
curator, Krysia Fisher, “they just didn't
think it would solve the ‘Jewish
problem’.”
By 1935, after Hitler came to power
The exhibition brings together rare
archival documents, photos, and artwork,
as well as books and periodicals from the
LBI collections. Many of the items –
passports, visas, letters, and photos –
were donated by individuals who were
forced to flee Germany and Austria and
found temporary refuge in Shanghai.
The exhibit closes October 30, 2012.
Seeking a Jewish Homeland
Outside of the Middle East
There was still more to the tour, so
we took an elevator to the third floor,
where there were several exhibitions
sponsored by the YIVO Institute,
including Other Zions: From Freeland to
Yiddishland. This exhibit will have
closed by the time this report is
published, but it has an interesting
and life for Jewish minorities had
become more oppressive everywhere,
they felt that not only was their economic
and political well-being challenged, but
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their very physical survival was at risk.
So the demand arose again for another
secure land of refuge, and the movement
was reestablished. This exhibit closed
mid-August.
Trail of the Magic Bullet: The Jewish
Encounter with Modern Medicine
(1860-1960) was sponsored by Yeshiva
University and the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine. Through
photographs, documents and artifacts of
medical experiments, the exhibit ex-
plores the influence and impact of Jewish
doctors in medicine in the late 19th
century and in the 20th century.
There was not only a Jewish influence in medicine, but also in nursing
and public health, particularly in New
York City. The exhibit documents
institutional discrimination in education
against Jewish doctors and the Jewish
response – to establish a medical school
in New York City that would accept
With “Friends” Like These....California Dems
Emulate Cuomo’s Pension Changes & Tactics
In late August, a chorus of anger from California public
sector union leaders met
Democratic Governor Jerry
Brown and Democratic
legislators as they announced a
deal to strip California public
workers of many existing
pension benefits. Many of the
changes are similar to those
introduced in New York State by
Governor Andrew Cuomo under
Tier 6 earlier this year. Like Tier
6, the changes apply mainly to
new public employees. The full
benefit retirement age was
increased from 55 to 62 for
civilian workers and for public
safety workers from 50 to 57 Longtime OSARC activist
years of age. Although California and officer Ana Vives reRepublicans slammed Brown ceives a plaque from OSA
and the Democrats for not going Chair Bob Croghan.
far enough in cutting the
workers’ benefits even further, the Dems seemed to be doing a
fairly adequate job of austerity politics all by themselves.
New workers would receive up to 30% smaller pensions. All
current and future state employees would be required to make a
50% contribution toward pension costs. (You read that right.)
While there is currently no cap on income counted for pension
purposes, under the new scheme, workers would be limited to a
cap of 120% of the Social Security wage limit.
The legislators, however, did not grant Brown his goal of a
hybrid pension plan that mixed a traditional defined benefit
pension with a 401k style plan.
Labor leaders said this was the largest rollback of pension
benefits in California state history and was achieved by the Dems
without any union consultation or negotiation whatsoever. The
leader of a state union coalition said the plan was “an incredibly
wide-sweeping, draconian, unilateral change to pensions that is
unprecedented.” Union leaders threatened legal and political
action and said public workers were being penalized for Wall
Street’s sins.”
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Jewish students. There are also photos
documenting public health campaigns,
such as encouraging mothers to breast
feed their babies, as well as other
activities by Jewish social service
agencies, such as the Visiting Nurse
Association. The exhibit closed August
12, 2012.
Another YIVO exhibit, Shades of
Red: Yiddish Left-Wing Press in America, runs until September 30, 2012.
Ryan’s Plan Targets Social Security and Medicare
In mid-August, Republican presidential nominee Mitt
Romney selected Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan as his
running mate in this year’s election. So, what does Ryan say
about matters of concern to seniors?
Ryan has introduced several proposals in the House during
his tenure that would privatize Social Security, most recently in
2010 as part of his “Roadmap for America’s Future.” That
proposal would shift Social Security funds into private
retirement accounts, gradually raise the age of eligibility for full
benefits and reduce them.
Back in 2004, Ryan co-sponsored legislation with Senator
John Sununu that would have mandated not only private
accounts, but that those with the private accounts buy an annuity
at retirement that would be invested in stocks and bonds. At the
time, the Bush administration distanced itself from Ryan’s
proposal and introduced its own proposal for private accounts,
which itself went nowhere in the face of popular opposition.
Ryan’s “Roadmap” document preceded two Ryan budgets
that passed the House in 2011 and 2012 with Republican
support. While the Social Security proposals were dropped from
those budgets and Romney has not indicated support for Ryan’s
Social Security changes, those budgets and the GOP platform did
retain other changes, including significant Medicare adjustments.
The key change would be to convert Medicare into a
voucher system. Seniors would be given vouchers to enter the
private market and purchase their coverage from private insurers.
In addition, the age for Medicare
qualification would rise to 67.
According to the AFL-CIO
affiliated Alliance for Retired Americans, “The Congressional Budget
Office projects that under the Ryan
budget, federal Medicare expenditures on behalf of an average new
beneficiary would be $400-$600 less
in 2023 (a 6-11% drop) and $5,900 to
$8,000 less in 2050 (a 35-42% drop)
than under current law. Alliance
leader Edward Coyle, responding to
Sybil DeVeaux
the Republican Party’s platform had
this to say: “The platform would reverse nearly 50 years of
Medicare success by cutting benefits, delaying retirees’
eligibility and pushing seniors toward expensive inadequate
coverage from private health insurance companies.”
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What Roseanne Did On Her Summer Vacation
OSARC member Rosanne
Levitt informs the Newsletter
that her summer vacation took
her to London, Cornwall and
Dartmoor. Below we offer a
selection of photos she took on
her trip and which she shared
with us. Note the mile post at
“Lands End” which directs
you toward a 3,147 mile swim
to New York.
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PACE Yourself?
OSARC member John Ost points out that Pace University’s Adult Resource Center – PARC for short – offers a low-cost
educational opportunity for seniors able to get to Lower Manhattan. PARC membership brings you a “Coffee and Culture Lecture
Series,” use of the Pace University Campus Library and Computer Lab and other socials, luncheons and events. Membership is $60
for July 1 to December 31, 2012 or $100 for both fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters. Fall lectures include 9/11 @11AM: Africa
Update: Hotspots-Senegal, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa; 10/16 @11AM: Lunchtime Teach-in on the 2012 Presidential Election; 11/6
@11AM: Money and Monotheism plus a special monologue performance and 12/4 @11AM: Do You Know What’s In Your Food?
For more information about PARC or to join, contact Pace University at 212-346-1244 or visit the website at
www.pace.edu/PARC.
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In Memoriam: Elizabeth Borden (1928-2012)
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Happy Birthday to OSA Retirees Born in August and September!
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS George J. Adkins, Hakimah Al-Zahra, Yolanda Alayon, Frederick Alexander, Daniel Ambrose,
Robert Angarola, Arthur D. Aptowitz, Maria Paz Asuncion Arce, Joyce Bialik, Jack Blake, Robert Bleiberg, Timothy Bohen,
Edward Braverman, Jeanette Brown, Frances Brown, Joseph Burden, Joseph Bushe, Marie Butler, John Cala, John
Campobasso, Philip Carroll, Michael Chakrin, Dolores Choate, Estelle Chodosh, Philip Cipriano, Mary Contessa, Ila Das,
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Duque, Andrea Eisner, Martina Elam, Gaber Elhefnaoui, Elizabeth Farrell, Elizabeth Fatigato, Joseph Fidalio, Essie Flynn,
Renee
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Sydney Goldenberg, Ernesto L. Gonzalez, Myra R. Goralski, Stanley Granat, Garry Guyer, Phyllis Hailstock, Marguerite Hajduk, George Hansen,
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Marino, John A Marsico, Jeffrey Massey, Dorothy Matherson, Verna Maynard, Mary Katherine McEwen, Sheila McMahon, James J McQuade,
Maureen C Meehan, David Mei, Leo Meyer, Carol Michaels, Gracie Michail, Natalie Millner, Saundra J Mirabal, Alice Mitchell, Anne Moffitt,
Nimia Montanez Shipper, Anita Mullin, Michael Murphy, Anthony Napolitano, John O'Connor, Murray Olsen, Kathryn Pacelk, Linda Pasquali,
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