The Organization of Staff Analysts' Retirees Club (OSARC) was formed in 1992, at a time when the union had roughly 75 retirees. OSARC began with five members and has grown, over the past 18 years, to more than 1000 dues-paying members. Each OSARC member pays $18-per-year in dues and an additional $1 at each monthly meeting they attend. OSARC meetings usually draw a regular attendance of between 35 and 60 members. The one dollar per meeting donation is used to offset the cost per person of our annual Gala Luncheon, held in June.

Monthly meetings feature speakers of special interest to the membership on subjects from Social Security and medical issues/problems to financial planning and taxes. Day trips are planned for small groups. OSARC has a monthly newsletter which is sent on an introductory basis to all newly retired union members, and then, only to those members who have paid their dues. All retirees, however, receive four newsletters in the mail or online.

You can catch a glimpse of the March 2011 OSARC meeting (held on Wednesday, March 9th - Ash Wednesday) in this slide show of photos by OSA Director of Media Services Rob Spencer. The subject was computer security.

OSARC Newsletter

To view OSARC newsletters sent to all retirees, click on the appropriate year on the menu to left. The newsletters from the year 2000 on are stored on this site as PDF files. To view and print these files, and the forms on this page, you will need Adobe Reader installed on your hard drive. You can download a copy of Adobe Reader from the Adobe site.

Join OSARC!

To view and print out a copy of the OSARC Membership Form click here. Please mail the completed form to OSARC, 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 707, New York, New York 10010.

OSA Retirement Information Form

To view and print out a copy of the OSA Retirement Information Form, click here.

Medicare Reimbursement Form

To view and print out a copy of the New York City Employee Benefits Program Application/ Recertification for Medicare Reimbursement Form click here.

2010 Medicare Part B IRMAA Reimbursement Form

To view and print out a copy of the New York City Employee Benefits Program's form and instructions for reimbursement of higher Medicare Part B premiums paid by certain beneficiaries who earned beyond certain thresholds in 2010 click here. This form is to be filed by those Medicare beneficiaries who paid more than the standard $96.40 per month in Medicare Part B premiums in 2010. You must supply copies of specific documents including the 1099 form you received from the Social Security Administration at the beginning of 2011. You can expect the additional reimbursement sometime in early 2012.