New York State Assemblyman Paul Tonko, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, Montgomery County (New York) employee Mark Hoffman, Montgomery County Local President Ed Russo, Montgomery County employee Terry Bieniek and CSEA President Danny Donohue at the American Red Cross of Northeastern New York's annual Salute to Hometown Heroes breakfast. The CSEA members of the Montgomery County Department of Public Works were among those being honored as Hometown Heroes by the Red Cross for their efforts following devastating floods in June 2006. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Mark Hoffman, while on the back of a Department of Public Works truck passing through more than 3 feet of flood water, speaks about flood damage done to the Montgomery County Annex building, shown behind him. Floods raged through New York's Central, Capital, and Southern regions on June 28, 2006. CSEA members recorded much of the devastation the floods brought.