A newspaper clipping from the Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Miss Rita Castellano checks poster and Phillip Beno takes inventory of sales at State Tax Office in Utica where the push goes on for the state lottery. In the Utica area and throughout the state, sales of lottery tickets are not very high. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s "Peanut Man" also known as Ken Koopman, was one of more than 20,000 union members attending a January 5 rally over stalled contract talks. CSEA used peanuts as a reference to Gov. George Pataki's wage offer of zero percent per year over a four-year contract.
Governor David Paterson's announcement of Represntative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan is seen on-stage, top row and fourth from left, among other prominent Albany dignitaries showing support for Governor Paterson's announcement.
Governor David Paterson's announcement of Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Junior Senator of New York on January 23, 2009. CSEA members from the Capital Region flank Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, second from left, and CSEA Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, center.
Governor David Paterson's announcement of Representative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. From left are State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senator Chuck Schumer (at podium acknowledging a member of the audience),Kristen Gillibrand and Representative Nita Lowey.
Governor David Paterson announcing Representative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Speaker Sheldon Silver, left, and Senator Chuck Schumer, right, look on.
Governor David Paterson's announcement of Representative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. From left are State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Speaker Sheldon Silver, Gillibrand (at podium), Governor Paterson, Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Nita Lowey.
Governor David Paterson announces Representative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Senator Chuck Schumer, Representative Nita Lowey and NYSUT President Dick Ianuzzi (behind) look on.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan speaks with Assemblymember Ron Canistrari at Governor David Paterson's announcement of Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Junior Senator of New York.
A page from the Civil Service Leader including an image of Theodore C. Wenzl, left, president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), and New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, greeting one another following completion of negotiations on a tentative two-year wage and fringe benefit package covering more than 133,000 state employees represented by CSEA. Rockefeller promised his support of the tentative contract when it was presented to the legislature, as he met with Wenzl and other members of the four CSEA unit negotiating teams in the State Capitol.