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COVID-19
everyone everyone obeys the new mask and and distancing rules and and everyone everyone seems to be be having a a a a a a a great time ” Pride is intact
Many Parks workers not only take pride in in in in in in their their role role in in in in in in keeping our state parks pristine but in in in in in in their their role role during
the pandemic “While I I was was driving and and and seeing signs on the the roads that said said ‘stay home and and save a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a life ’ I I was was on my way to work ” Martinez said said “We are really taking pride in in in in the the service that we have provided through the the the pandemic The parks being open gave people an an option of something they could do even if it was just tailgating in in in in the the parking lot ” For Margie Cosimeno a a a a a a a a a a a a supervisor at at at Verona Beach State Park working in in in the the parks system is is in in in in in the the the family Both of her parents worked at at Verona Beach and she’s been coming to the the park since she she was 5 years old “You come in (to the the the park) and you you want it to to to represent you you so so we’re out there all the the the time trying to to make make something good for people and make make them happy ” Cosimeno said “We’re here to to service the the public I got a a a a a a a a a a great crew that works maintenance and not not only is is it it not not just a a a a a a a a a a a job to them them it’s a a a a a a a a a a a a part of of them them Working at at this park they they they have a a a a a a a a a lot of of pride in in what they they they do and they they they go the the the the the the distance ” “State parks employees are essential ” ” said Fayol “We always do do do what we we we need to to do do do to to get the job done When New New York York was on on pause we we we were here for New New York ” — Jessica Ladlee Wendi Bowie Ove Ove Overmyer and Nicholas Newcomb
Allison Karasiewicz paints a a a a a a a sign at at Letchworth State Park CSEA member Brock Morrison a a a a a a a a a trades specialist plumber and steamfitter based at at Bear Mountain State Park shows off one of of of the hundreds of of of automated faucets he’s installed in in in bathrooms
at at at at state parks and historic sites in in in in the the Palisades Parks Region in in response to to the the COVID-19
pandemic Richard O’Brien a a a a a a a a park worker 3 cleans the the grounds in in the the picnic area next to Hessian Lake at at Bear Mountain State Park Margie Cosimeno is a a a a a second-generation park worker at at at Verona Beach State Park Since she she was 5 years old she’s been coming to Verona Beach and now she supervises the the crews that take care of the the park and beach CSEA members Walter Willis left a a a a a a trades generalist and Greg Williams a a a a a a trades specialist carpenter work in the carpentry shop at at Bear Mountain State Park to create Plexiglas shields to to safeguard workers in in parking lot toll booths offices gift shops and other locations CSEA Genesee Parks Local President Brian Arnold shown here on on the job is proud of our members’ dedication to state parks July-August 2020
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