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Marie McArdle, former Capital Region activist
Social Security COLA bSenefit at record high
ocial Security recipients help meet increased cost of living are set to receive an 8.7% due to inflation.
cost-of-living adjustment More than 65 million Americans
(COLA) increase, the largest such increase since 1981.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) noted that the benefit increases began in January 2023.
The record-high benefit increase was put into place to
receive Social Security benefits, with the majority of recipients being retirees. Established in 1935 to give older Americans a safety net amid the Great Depression, Social Security is considered the most successful anti-poverty program in U.S. history.
BRAINARD — CSEA is mourning the loss of longtime Capital Region activist Marie McArdle, who passed away Nov. 12, 2022.
She was 60.
McArdle
McArdle retired in 2017 and joined CSEA Capital District Retirees Local 999.
McArdle will be remembered
for her strong work ethic, caring nature and dedication to CSEA members that continued into her retirement. She also loved animals, especially her “fur babies,” including her German Shepherds, Blue and Star.
McArdle is survived by her mother, son, daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren as well as a large extended family of siblings, nieces, nephews and close friends.
Services were held Nov. 19, 2022.
— Therese Assalian
McArdle served
as president of our union’s Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Local from 2006 to 2017, as well as in numerous local leadership roles before being elected president.
At the state DCJS, McArdle had worked as an identification specialist 2 and later as supervisor of the Juvenile Unit.
After 38 years with the state,
Nassau Area Retirees Local 919 2nd Vice President Jesse Hunt
Upcoming Events
Local 902 Broome, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego June 15 membership meeting, 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
at the Relief Pitcher, 197 Conklin Ave., Binghamton. RSVP by June 8. Sept. 6 membership meeting, 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the at the Oneonta Country Club, 9 Country Club Drive Oneonta. RSVP by Aug. 30. To RSVP, call Local President Robert Pflanz at (607) 727-1542 or Local Secretary Linda Stiefel at (607) 643-5799. Please leave voicemail if no answer, and please indicate which meeting you will be attending.
Local 909 Dutchess-Putnam Local 909
President Dorothy Killmer would like to thank all members for their cards, phone calls and prayers while she was incapacitated to walk. We will be sending out notices and robocalls for our local meetings in early April.
Local 919 Nassau March 21, April 18, May 16, Sept. 19, Oct. 17 and Nov. 21 General Membership Meeting at the Levittown Hall, Levittown Parkway and Beech Land, Hicksville. Refreshments served at 11:30 a.m. Meetings start at noon. To RSVP, contact
Local President Dominic Ciaramella at (516) 796-3701.
Local 920 Suffolk Jan. 18, Feb. 15, March 15 April 19 General Membership Meeting at the CSEA Long Island Region Office, 3 Garet Place, Commack. Meetings will be held on the third Wednesday of every month. To RSVP, call Local President Millie Lucas at (631) 922-8938.
Local 951 Florida State East Feb. 2
at the Ironworkers Local 402, 1001 W. 15th
St., West Palm Beach, FL 33404. Check-in
and information tables 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Meeting begins at 11 a.m. with lunch to follow. Pre-registration is required. RSVP by Jan. 20. For questions, contact CSEA Retiree Program Specialist Christine Meehan at christine. meehan@cseainc.org or (518) 257-1220.
Local 952 Florida State North Jan. 31
at the Volusia United Educators Building,
1381 Educators Rd., Daytona Beach, FL 32124. Registration and information tables 10:30
a.m. to 11 a.m. Meeting begins at 11 a.m. with lunch to follow. RSVP by Jan. 20. For questions, contact Local 952 President Kathryn Albowicz at kma952csea@gmail.com or (386) 299-6003.
Local 999 Capital District April 25
Breakfast meeting, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Zaloga Post, Everett Road, Albany. More information will be available by robocall scheduled in March.
BELLMORE — CSEA is mourning the loss of Nassau Area Retirees Local 919 2nd Vice President Jesse Hunt, who passed away in July 2022. He was 73.
Before retiring
in 2002, Hunt had
been a longtime employee of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and was based at Jones Beach State Park.
According to his obituary, Hunt
proudly served in the New York Army National Guard for 30 years, including service following the Sept. 11 attacks.
From 2004 until his passing, Hunt served as the Local 919 2nd Vice President.
Hunt was also active in his church and enjoyed swimming, chess and reading. He also loved to sing, and performed as the lead singer of a local band during high school. He is survived by siblings, cousins and nieces and nephews.
QUEENS — CSEA is mourning the loss of New York Metropolitan Retirees Local 910 3rd Vice President Lelia Hoskins, who passed away Oct. 7, 2022.
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Hoskins had been a longtime Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Local activist, including serving in local vice president and treasurer positions before retiring in 2017.
In 2021, she was elected as Local 910’s 3rd Vice President.
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New York Metropolitan Retirees Local 910 3rd Vice President Lelia Hoskins
Hoskins
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