FROM: NYSUT Member Benefits

RE: The Preferred Group

This is a follow-up to a communication that we sent last week related to The Preferred Group.

The Preferred Group is the administrator of endorsed Flexible Benefit Plans and/or Health Reimbursement Arrangements that are or were available to employees you represent.

The Preferred Group recently, again without notice to NYSUT Member Benefits, updated the post on its website to now state that The Preferred Group has discontinued operations and is no longer providing plan administration services (Home - The Preferred Group) effective August 12, 2026.

The District has ceased payroll deductions for FSA and dependent Care contributions effective August 13, 2026. The district is in the process of "actively and aggressively working to identify and secure a new provider as quickly as possible" per Alyssa Murray, Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Operations.

Details regarding the new provider are forthcoming and will be communicated to members as soon as they are available.