Serving New York Educators Since 1921

Contact Us

An Important Note for Members: When contacting NYSTRS, please provide your EmplID (Employee Identification Number), which is found in your Benefit Profile or Retired Member Profile, and in most correspondence you receive from us. If you can't locate your EmplID, we can mail it to you. To keep your personal information secure, we cannot provide your EmplID by telephone or e-mail.

Write to NYSTRS

Our mailing address is 10 Corporate Woods Drive, Albany, NY 12211-2395.

Call NYSTRS

To request a System form or publication, call our automated Hotline at (800) 782-0289.

Active Member Inquiries
To speak with a NYSTRS representative, call (800) 348-7298 or (518) 447-2900 and use the following extensions.

General information: Ext. 6250
To request an estimate of your retirement benefit: Ext. 6020
To schedule an appointment in Albany or at a video conference site: Ext. 6100
For questions about prior service: Ext. 6030
To request a loan application, or check the status of an application or a balance: Ext. 6250. For other questions about a loan: Ext. 6080
To withdraw your membership: Ext. 6090
To report an active member's death: Ext. 6110

Retiree Inquiries
To speak with a NYSTRS representative, call (800) 348-7298 or (518) 447-2900 and use the following extensions.

General information: Ext. 6150
For questions about direct deposit of your retirement benefit: Ext. 6230
For questions regarding earnings after retirement: Ext. 6150
To report a lost check: Ext. 6160
For tax and withholding information: Ext. 6120
To report a retiree's death: Ext. 6140

Press Inquiries
Press inquiries should be directed to our Public Information Office at (800) 348-7298, Ext. 4743 or Ext. 2911, or e-mailed to media@nystrs.state.ny.us. Please also visit our Press Room.

E-Mail NYSTRS

E-mail general questions or comments to us at communit@nystrs.state.ny.us. E-mails are typically answered within three business days. Call us at (800) 348-7298, Ext. 6250 if your inquiry requires an immediate response.

To ensure the confidentiality of your membership information and to protect your privacy, we do not send personal information via e-mail. Likewise, we suggest you refrain from providing personal information (e.g., your Social Security number) when e-mailing NYSTRS. We cannot accept an address change via e-mail. You can update your address online with a MyNYSTRS account or by submitting a Member Name/Address Change form (GRE-50).

If you need a retirement estimate, you can complete an benefit estimate request online.

If you are having problems of a technical nature (such as logging on to your MyNYSTRS account or viewing material anywhere on this site), please contact our webmaster at webmaster@nystrs.state.ny.us.

When anticipating an e-mail from NYSTRS, add communit@nystrs.state.ny.us and webadmin@nystrs.state.ny.us to your address book. This will help ensure our e-mail is delivered to your inbox as opposed to a spam folder.

Our Business Hours

Our regular office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. During the summer, our office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday.

We will be closed on these upcoming holidays:

Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 6, 2010
Columbus Day: Monday, Oct. 11 2010
Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010
Veterans Day: Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010
Thanksgiving: Thursday, Nov. 25 & Friday, Nov. 26, 2010
Christmas: Observed Friday, Dec. 24, 2010
New Year's Day: Observed Friday, Dec. 31, 2010
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, Jan. 17, 2011
Presidents' Day: Monday, Feb. 21, 2011
Memorial Day: Monday, May 30, 2011
Independence Day: Monday, July 4, 2011

Directions to NYSTRS

NYSTRS is located at 10 Corporate Woods Drive in Albany. To visit us, use the directions below.

From the North
Take Interstate 87 (Adirondack Northway) south to Exit 1E.
Take Interstate 90 east to Exit 5A (Corporate Woods).
Follow ramp straight onto Corporate Woods Blvd.
Turn left at second light onto Corporate Woods Drive.
NYSTRS is the second building on the right.

From the South
Take the Thruway (Interstate 87) north to Exit 23 (Albany).
Take Interstate 787 north.
Take Interstate 90 west to Exit 5A (Corporate Woods).
Follow ramp straight onto Corporate Woods Blvd.
Turn left at second light onto Corporate Woods Drive.
NYSTRS is the second building on the right.

From the East
Take Interstate 90 west to Exit 5A (Corporate Woods).
Follow ramp straight onto Corporate Woods Blvd.
Turn left at second light onto Corporate Woods Drive.
NYSTRS is the second building on the right.

From the West
Take the Thruway (Interstate 90) east to Exit 24 (Albany/Northway).
Continue on Interstate 90 east to Exit 5A (Corporate Woods).
Follow ramp straight onto Corporate Woods Blvd.
Turn left at second light onto Corporate Woods Drive.
NYSTRS is the second building on the right.

Submit a FOIL Request

The Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) provides a means for the public to access records maintained by the government. Records exempt from FOIL include those that:

Are an invasion of a member's personal privacy;
Are trade secrets that would, if disclosed, harm a company's competitive advantage;
Would keep a government agency from performing its duties; and,
Are not maintained by the agency because there is no business reason to do so.

To submit a FOIL request, send a letter clearly describing the record(s) you request to: NYSTRS, Attn: Records Access Officer, 10 Corporate Woods Drive, Albany, NY 12211, or send an e-mail to foil@nystrs.state.ny.us. Be sure to provide as much detail about the record as possible, such as relevant dates, names and descriptions. Please read our Subject Matter List.

For more information about the Freedom of Information Law, visit the Committee on Open Government's Web site at www.dos.state.ny.us/coog/index.html, which also provides the FOIL statute.