Retiree Healthcare Battle Shifts From Courts to City Council and City Hall

Eric Adams gets big win from court in retired NYC worker health care battle — but most of his rivals vow to kill it anyway

Mayor Eric Adams scored a massive legal win in the controversial battle to move retired city workers to higher cost health-care plans.

Retiree Healthcare Battle Shifts from Courts to City Council and City Hall

Walden Macht Haran & Williams discusses New York Court of Appeals ruling and its implications for retirees.

State’s Highest Court Rules NYC Can Switch Retired City Workers to Medicare Advantage

In a blow to retirees, the state Court of Appeals overruled lower court decisions that had barred the city from moving its quarter-million retirees to a privatized health care plan.

Top court rules NYC retirees can be moved into controversial Medicare Advantage plan

After years of legal battles, Mayor Adams’ administration got a green light from New York’s highest court Wednesday to shift hundreds of thousands of retired municipal workers into a controversial, cost-cutting Medicare Advantage plan. The ruling marks the conclusion of a legal battle that started shortly after Adams became mayor in January 2022, when a group of retired city workers sued his administration over its effort to eliminate their trad…