Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Sean Davis, a cook at Van Duyn Home and Hospital in Syracuse, NY, calls his area state lawmakers to urge them to vote against the Berger Commission report. Lawmakers have been deluged with thousands of faxes, telephone calls and testimony and it's become clear few of the commission's recommendations for hospital closings and consolidations, which could have heinous outcomes, will come about without more scrutiny and legislative wrangling.
Connetquot school bus driver Barbara Sakaris waits to pick up some students. Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members on and off the job help to support high school athletes in many ways.
An unidentified Civil Service Emplpoyees Association (CSEA) member and state DOT worker from Utica helps repair traffic signals in Broward County, Florida. Workers were called in to help in the wake of Hurricane Wilma.
Developmental Aide Tawanna Wright, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central New York DDSO Local member, gets a hug from Snow Hill Individualized Residential Alternative resident Gerry Sobles. About 16,000 CSEA members provide life skills, medical services and healthy community connections for nearly 10,000 group home residents of all ages and ability levels around the clock. CSEA OMRDD staff deliver care at about 1,200 homes statewide.
Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members on and off the job help to support high school athletes in many ways. Levittown School District member Scott Torrance fixes the padding in the gym.
Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members on and off the job help to support high school athletes in many ways. Levittown School District cleaner Nick Benischek inspects beneath the bleachers to make sure they're safe and in good working order.
Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members on and off the job help to support high school athletes in many ways. Connetquot Chief High School Custodian and Certified Pool Operator Joe Siciliano, front, works with Richie Hargis and Kevin Fox to put the swim lanes in the pool for a meet.
Connetquot School District Operations Unit President Bill Softy helps custodian Joan Berini roll out a mat for the wrestling team. Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association(CSEA) members on and off the job help to support high school athletes in many ways.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Marietta Fairchild, a volunteer services coordinator for Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office, runs a boutique at Taconic's main campus in Wasswaic, NY in Dutchess County where consumers can get new or gently used clothing for free.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Buffalo Zoo Local President Kelly Amrhein prepares to feed a sea lion at the zoo. Along with her co-workers, Amrhein is playing a role in the modernization of the 130-year-old zoo through the facility's capital campaign.