The Work Force
December 1, 2025

CSEA stands with veterans 

By Editorial Staff

CSEA Rochester Area Retirees Local activist and Western Region Veterans Committee member Kim Whitlock pays tribute to those who served our country during the CSEA Western Region Veterans Ceremony at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park. (Photo by Sara McNicholas.)

Across the state, our union members marked Veterans .Day by honoring those who served our country in the armed forces, including many members of our CSEA family. 

In Buffalo, the Western Region Veterans Committee held its annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park. 

CSEA members marched in Veterans Day parades at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse and Albany. 

The CSEA Long Island Region Veterans Committee held its annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Armed Forces Plaza in Hauppauge. On these pages are images of events held across the state. 

Photos by Therese Assalian, Wendi Bowie, Sara McNicholas and Nicholas Newcomb. 

CSEA members join Central Region President Kenny Greenleaf, center, for a Veterans Day parade in Syracuse.
Members pause for a moment of silence for veterans and prisoners of war at the Long Island Veterans Day ceremony.
From left, Dormitory Authority Local President Liz Moran,
Region IV Judiciary Local member Ang Morris, CSEA state
Department of Civil Service Local President Eijah Miller, Capital
District DDSO Local activist Paul Wheeler and Department
of State Local member Kay Rhymer participate in the Albany
Veterans Day parade.
From left, Otsego County Local Treasurer Crystal Davidson, Central New York DDSO Local 2nd Vice President Cat Treonze and SUNY Cortland Local Treasurer Kerry Mincher march in the Veterans Day Parade at the New York State
Fairgrounds in Syracuse.
From left, CSEA state Department of Civil Service Local
President Eijah Miller, Department of Law (Albany) Local
President Consoula Darling and SUNY at Albany Local
Secretary Shavon Foskey wave flags on Washington Avenue
in Albany.
From left, Broome DDSO Local activist Kim Grover and Otsego
County Local President Laura Bryant march in the Veterans Day
Parade at the New York State Fairgrounds.
Capital Region President Shana Davis
hands a flag to a young spectator along
Central Avenue during the Veterans
Day Parade in Albany.
Longtime Long Island Region
Veterans Committee member Bill
Parente regularly participates
in region events. This year, he is
holding the American Flag at the
ceremony.
Marcia Parker, part of CSEA’s
Capital Region contigent, waves
a flag during the Veterans Day
Parade in Albany.
From left, U.S. Army Retired Sergeant and Western Region Executive Vice President
Tim Finnigan, Wayne County Local President and Western Region Veterans Committee Co-Chair Andrew Kujawski Sr. and Western
Region President Steve Healy at the region’s Veterans Ceremony in Buffalo.
CSEA Long Island Region
President Jarvis Brown thanks
members for attending the
ceremony.
Otsego County Local Treasurer Crystal Davidson marches in the Veterans Day Parade at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse.
From left, Wayne County Local President and Western Region Veterans Committee Co-Chair
Andrew Kujawski Sr., Western Region Exeuctive Vice President Tim Finnigan, State Senate
Minority Leader Robert Ortt, CSEA Western Region President Steve Healy, U.S. Rep. Tim
Kennedy, Western Region 2nd Vice President Lovette Mootry and Western Region 1st Vice
President Sheri Ambuske pose at the Buffalo Veterans Ceremony.

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