Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, congratulates the 2012 Excelsior Award recipient Gary Van Asselt. This award is given to a CSEA member who promotes and fosters athletic spirit in their local school district.
Town of Stony Point Unit members Erick Brissing, Dan Cronk and Mike Finnerty remove a fallen tree after Hurricane Sandy swept through the lower half of the Southern Region of New York.
Town of Stony Point Unit member Erick Brissing clears tree debris after Hurricane Sandy swept through the lower half of the Southern Region of New York.
Westchester Community College workers Jennifer Dawkins, left, a former WCC student, and Claudia Romano, office assistant, help keep the college running as the school, like many community colleges across the state, faces a swelling enrollment.
Westchester Community College Library Technicians Carrie Carpenter, left, and Linda Roberti, make sure study materials are available and accessible for students.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Richard Stutzman, right, a motor vehicle clerk at the Dutchess County Department of Motor Vehicles, assists a customer at the Poughkeepsie DMV branch. DMV clerks across the state helped register hundreds of voters for the upcoming elections.
From left, Village of Woodridge Unit members John Baker, Patrick Smith and Yury Batres play an important role in the Woodridge Fire Department. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members make up the core of many volunteer fire companies across the state.
A team of more than 30 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region participants, including Putnam County Unit members, from left, Linda Amicucci, Mark Semo and Cindy Kenworthy, took part in the Fishkill Polar Plunge on February 25, 2012 at the Fresh Air Fund-Run Camp Mariah. Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo credited team co-captains Guy Bilyou, Scott Rajczi, Jane Meunier-Gorman and Mark Semo for their hard work in getting the team fund-raising totals to an all-time high.
A winter rescue at Sterling Forest State Park reaffirms the importance of park rangers. On January 27, 2012, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) represented park rangers Doug Busche, right, and Dmitri Benzinger, left, helped rescue an elderly hiker who spent the night in the park after falling into a ditch and was unable to get out.
According to Town of Fallsburg Unit President and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gene Benson, the time is right for labor activists to run for office. In November 2011, he defeated an entrenched Republican incumbent in the race to represent Fallsburg and a portion of Neversink in the Sullivan County Legislature. Gene Benson, shown here on his day job at the Town of Fallsburg, successfully ran for county office after seeing injustices done to workers.
Photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), Westchester County Local President John Staino, shown attending a press conference in October 2011, used as a headshot in the February 2012 Work Force. Westchester Medical Center CEO Mike Israel told local media he plans to "restructure" the hospital's Behavioral Health Center which provides a variety of services for residents struggling with mental illness. He abruptly laid off 155 CSEA members who care for some of the hospital's most vulnerable patients and will replace them with lower-paid contractors. This attack comes on the heels of 105 CSEA layoffs in December 2011.
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 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".
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.
?From left, Pawling School District Unit President Jeff Stevens, Unit Secretary Tammy Fielding and Unit Safety and Health Coordinator Dawn Marino say the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) successful push for improved lighting at the district bus garage is a win for district transportation workers and taxpayers alike.
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) and City of Newburgh Unit members Alfred Bevier, left, and Jim Humphrey remove fallen tree branches from a city neighborhood. The Newburgh area was among the hardest hit by a blizzard that affected lower New York in late February. Recent budget cuts in Newburgh resulted in more than a dozen job cuts in the city's Department of Public Works.
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 and Dutchess Educational Local 2nd Vice President Guy Bilyou dries off after taking the Polar Plunge in Fishkill, New York.
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.
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.
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.
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) members from CSEA's Rockland County Unit say no to transferring the Summit Park Nursing Care Center to a local development corporation.
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.
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) 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'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.
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.
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.
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 Local President John Staino, right, speaks with a News 1 Westchester reporter about the program cuts that threaten quality care at Westchester Medical Center.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photo of the Month in the August 2011 Work Force. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Elizabeth Borden, a licensed practical nurse at the Rockland County Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center, takes part in an advertising production for CSEA's new advertising campaign, debuting in August. Borden is one of four members photographed and filmed during a shoot at the Hilton Garden Inn in Newburgh. CSEA members in other parts of the state also participated in the campaign. Also pictured is Syracuse based commercial photographer Ron Trinca. Members were also filmed at their work sites.
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.
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.
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.