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.
VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) family child care providers Kim Brown, left, and Wendy Nashid-Jackson joined fellow Westchester County child care advocates at the "Rally 4 Kids" in White Plains, NY.
Joyce Howard, president of the Newburgh School District Unit and 3rd vice president of the Southern Region, has a 25-year history of steering Newburgh youths toward positive athletic activities. Outside of school, Howard has helped create a youth basketball league at the local Boys and Girls Club, served as president of a Pop Warner football league, and coached cheerleading.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Developmental Assistant at Hudson Valley DDSO Donovan Dixon, makes a point during a meeting held recently on the DDSO campus in Thiells, NY relating to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's plans and job security.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Santos Guzman, a carpenter at Helen Hayes Hospital, in an area of the hospital he is helping renovate.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)member Christina Marquez is back on the job as an ultrasonography technician at Westchester Medical Center after a long fight to negotiate a fair contract.
Orange County Unit activists and supporters participate in an impromptu Nov. 12 vigil outside the home of Orange County Legislator Michael Amo who suggested the legislature conduct a "do-over" vote to cut off aid to the county-run Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilitation. Nearly 100 CSEA members and supporters participated in the vigil including, from left, 19th District congressional candidate Dr. Richard Becker; Orange County Unit member Margie Schloemer; Orange County Unit 2nd Vice President Vanessa Bisone; Pearl Oliphant (second from right) wife of Orange County Unit President Bill Oliphant, far right.
City of Poughkeepsie Unit Vice President Bruce Dooris, the chief organizer of the unit's mobilization to fight the outsourcing of city sanitation and additional cuts to jobs and services. The Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) City of Poughkeepsie Unit members Paul DuBois, middle, and Chip DuBois, right.
City of Beacon Unit President Reuben Simmons sees the importance of building the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) reputation in the Beacon community. Simmons is pictured here working on cleanup efforts after a major storm passed through the area.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo speaks out against a proposed merger of Sullivan County BOCES with Orange-Ulster BOCES at a public hearing held February 12, 2009 at Liberty High School.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Mary Casale, residential program assistant at Hudson River Psychiatric Center, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
The Photo of the Month in the May 2011 Work Force published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). More than 150 supporters of the Ulster County-run Golden Hill Health Care Center demonstrated in front of the Ulster County Office Building March 29 before a meeting of the Ulster County Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee. At that meeting, legislators continued the ongoing debate over the future of the county home. Support for building a new county home is growing among legislators on both sides of the aisle. One week later, a group of eight local Tea Party members attempted their own rally calling for the sale of Golden Hill.
Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to close Hudson River Psychiatric Center means vulnerable mid-Hudson Valley residents in need of mental health treatment will slip through the cracks, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue told CSEA, PEF and community members at a demonstration. In this photo Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local President Mary Casale, local Treasurer Jim Schultz and Southern Region 1st Vice President Deb Downey demonstrate along Route 9 in Poughkeepsie.
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. Fred A. DeStefano, an electrician and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, shows how he rushed to shut down electrical systems in van den Berg Hall at SUNY New Paltz in order to prevent a fire.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, from left, Marcia McCabe, Andy Aitken and Lisa Klein sit before a small sampling of toys that they and their co-workers collected for children of domestic violence victims. All three work as probation officers for Ulster County.
Westchester County Unit President Karen Pecora, second from right, speaks at a December 2011 news conference in White Plains, NY as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers and activists listen in support, including Westchester County Local President John Staino, third from right, and Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, far right.
Lesly Senatus works the phones at the Rockland County Local Office, soliciting donations for earthquake victims in Haiti. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Rockland County Local's membership includes a large number of workers born in Haiti.
Photo of the Month in the April 2010 Work Force. Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson Unit member Ed Hembree has a camera's flash reflect off his safety vest while he works to clear a fire hydrant after a late-February blizzard. The efforts of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the lower parts of the New York State made it possible for utility crews to rectify the massive power outages that occurred.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist and Orangetown Unit President Mike Menegaux received the CSEA Local Government Mission Achievement Award.
Town of Ramapo Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Unit President Brian Spillman, Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo pose at the Ramapo Town Hall.
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. CSEA members from the Mount Tremper residency of the state Department of Transportation oversee shoring a bank of the Esopus Creek in Phoenicia.
A traveling display presenting Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Century of Service made public appearances in all six CSEA regions. The displays were on an 18-month odyssey that took them to every corner of the state to tell CSEA's story in highly visible public locations.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Orange County Unit member Nick Ercoline holds a photo of him and his wife, Bobbi, taken at Woodstock in 1969. The photo has since become an iconic image of the festival.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gerard Kent, a therapy aide at Taconic DDSO, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
A nurse at Poughkeepsie City School District's Krieger Elementary School, was hailed as a hero recently after saving the life of a student's grandfather during a school concert. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Poughkeepsie City School District Unit member Nancy Liber successfully revived the grandfather using CPR after the man collapsed because of a cardiac episode.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo and CSEA President Danny Donohue lead a demonstration for mental health services in the Hudson Valley. Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to close Hudson River Psychiatric Center means vulnerable mid-Hudson Valley residents in need of mental health treatment will slip through the cracks, Donohue told CSEA, PEF and community members at a demonstration.
Being in the right place at the right time was the difference between life and death for a Wallkill teen who was ejected from her car after it flipped in front of the home of Kim and frank Kosteczkos. The Kosteczkos, both members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) saved her life. After noticing the girl was pinned beneath the car, Frank and another motorist who stopped lifted the car while Kim was able to drag the teen out and used Frank's shirt as a tourniquet to stop a wound from bleeding. In this photo Kim Kosteczko, right, holds her award from the Ulster County Police Chief's Association. Next to her is her husband, Frank Kosteczko.