Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, Town of Ramapo Unit President Brian Spillman and Rockland County Legislator Toney Earl in front of the tent city replica outside Ramapo Town Hall to memorialize the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti that killed nearly 300,000 people.
Westchester County Local President John Staino, right, speaks with a News 1 Westchester reporter about the program cuts that threaten quality care at Westchester Medical Center.
From left, Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco, Long Island Region Political Action Coordinator Gretchen Penn and Assistant to the Sheriff Butch Langhorn discuss the ramifications of the state's continued funding cuts to mental health services.
Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson Unit member Larry Lawless uses a backhoe to clear snow from village fire hydrants. While village residents suffered widespread power outages and downed trees, the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) work force did an excellent job keeping the roads clear, enabling utility crews to restore power.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gary Van Asselt coaches girls' varsity soccer and boys' lacrosse for Haldane and also assists with the district golf team. He is known to students as "Coach".
Photo of the Month in the January 2011 Work Force. Representatives from the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and management from Tarrytown and Yorktown participated in a weeklong train-the-trainer course on working in confined spaces. The workshop, taught by staff from the CSEA Occupational Safety and Health Department at the headquarters of Highland Hose Co. No. 1 in Lloyd, will allow participants to train co-workers on how to work safely in confined spaces. CSEA members Anthony Ruggiero Jr. and John Kelly died on Labor Day in Tarrytown after apparently succumbing to fumes in a manhole. The Village of Tarrytown had not offered proper confined space training to its work force. CSEA recently conducted similar trainings across the state.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists Pat McVitty, left, and Jeff Tubbs are part of a group of CSEA members fighting to restore several dozen permanent job titles at the state-run ski area at Belleayre Mountain.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Ulster County Local President Terry Gilbert presents county legislators with petitions containing 2,562 signatures of residents who support building a new county nursing home.
Pawling School District Unit Vice President Kevin Richard, left, and President Jeff Stevens, were first-time Southern Region Polar Plunge participants, though Stevens is a longtime volunteer for other Special Olympics programs. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)members in the Southern Region participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics.
The cover of the October 2011 Work Force. Front-line workers to the rescue: Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members respond to Irene and Lee's devastation. CSEA members across the state were involved in the immediate response to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. CSEA member Kris Waite was part of a crew of Town of Newburgh Highway Department workers who had to open up a town roadway to fix clogged pipes that were causing repeat flooding post-Hurricane Irene.
In the days following Hurricane Irene, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in many communities were in a race against the clock to get equipment up and running and avoid service interruptions. Pat Conley, a CSEA member from the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson Unit, repairs a mower that received water damage after Hurricane Irene flooded the village highway facility.
Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) City of Poughkeepsie Unit members Paul DuBois, standing, and Chip Dubois, driving, were part of a group of members that knocked on more than 1,000 doors in the city as part of a campaign to stop the outsourcing of sanitation jobs and additional cuts to jobs and services.
Nearly two dozen CSEA members and friends took part in the 15th annual Fishkill Polar Plunge on Feb. 23, 2013, benefiting the athletes and programs of Special Olympics New York. Many of the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) team members this year were repeat participants, including Ulster County Unit President Todd Schmidt (left) and Dutchess Education Local President Scott Rajczi.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Theresa Yackel, shown here on her job at the Minisink Valley Central School District, helped give her friend Barbara a second chance at a healthy life by donating a kidney.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)Westchester County Unit President Karen Pecora, left, and the Polar Plunge mascot congratulate CSEA Westchester County Unit members Christina Garabedian, center, and Betty Lewis on a successful plunge held at Rye, NY Playland.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Carmel School District Unit members B.J. Hawthorne and Raena O'Brien saved several lives when they noticed smoke coming from a house as they were finishing their morning bus run. Hawthorne, a district bus driver, quickly radioed for help while O'Brien, a bus monitor, banged on the door to alert the residents of the home that it was on fire. The duo's heroics garnered local media attention.
Before Hurricane Irene hit, workers at SUNY New Paltz answered management's call for round-the-clock staffing to safeguard electrical systems, handle plumbing issues, and deal with expected power outages. In this photo are SUNY New Paltz Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who worked around the clock during Hurricane Irene to protect the campus' buildings and roads from flooding.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Barbara Ilardi, left, and Kris Boyle help host a documentary screening for county workers on the dangers of obesity and heart disease.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from CSEA's Rockland County Unit say no to transferring the Summit Park Nursing Care Center to a local development corporation.