New Members

The salary and service credit you earn today is helping you build a secure future. Along with a guaranteed pension in retirement, you’ll qualify for disability and death benefit coverage when you reach service milestones and other eligibility requirements.

Why care about your NYSTRS membership when retirement is so far in the future? These short and entertaining videos help answer those questions:

• A Two-Minute Tutorial for New Members
• PSI: Prior Service Investigation
• Max Option: Secret Agent
• MyNYSTRS: Your Information on Your Schedule

Also see the following:

• What New Members Need to Know About NYSTRS
• Your First Look at NYSTRS
• Looking to the Future - Stage 1: Early in Your Career
• Active Members' Handbook
• Contribution Rate Information for Tier 6 Members

Have questions you can’t find the answers to on our website? Call us at (800) 348-7298, Ext. 6250 or send us a secure message through MyNYSTRS.