Several Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and their library directors in Albany, New York to take part in Library Lobby Day with other unions and the New York Library Association, to urge lawmakers to provide critical funding for public libraries. Ove Overmeyer, a member of CSEA's Western Region Political Action Committee and a Rochester Public Library worker, is second from left; CSEA member Janet Scheuering, a Rockville Centre Public Library worker, is third from left; Christa Lucarelli, a CSEA member in the Nassau County Local, is fifth from left. Robert Mannion, a CSEA Westchester Local member working at Warner Library in Tarrytown is second from right and Kathy Miller, New York Library Association Legislative Committee Chair, is at right. Several library directors are also pictured.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Treasurer Maureen Malone at a table selling "CSEA Cooks From the Heart" cookbooks at the 2006 Women's Conference in Tarrytown, New York. Malone was a leader in CSEA's ongoing efforts to build CSEA Street in Louisiana, which suffered extreme damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. She spearheaded the cookbook consisting of recipes from union members and staff to help raise money toward the project. Malone is retiring from her union office as well as her state job after 33 years as a CSEA activist. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.