Long Island Region 1

Thank you for visiting the CSEA Long Island Region 1 web page. The Long Island Region has more than 45,000 active and retired members across Nassau and Suffolk counties, which makes Region 1 CSEA’s most heavily populated region. Keep visiting our page to learn more about what is happening around our region.

Whether it’s negotiating a new contract, enforcing the terms and conditions of your current contract, fighting unfair disciplinary actions or violations of your contract rights, your CSEA officers turn to CSEA’s professional Labor Relations staff for assistance.

Headed up by Region Director Liam Russertt, the CSEA Long Island Region has a full staff of Labor Relations Specialists (LRS), working out of our region, who work one-on-one with your officers to help mentor, guide and assist them in any and all labor relations needs. They can also act as your point person to accessing all the rest of CSEA’s available benefits and services.

If you have a problem and need the union’s help, call your nearest CSEA officer. Chances are they’ll soon be in touch with your LRS. If you need to speak with your LRS directly, call the Region Office at (631) 462-0030.

CSEA Labor Relations Specialists

Les Eason, Patrick Naglieri, Leila Kim, Adriana Lara, Jim DellaRocca, Jay Diaz, Gretchen Penn, Andre Sigmone, Tim Boerum, Leah Donnelly, Dwight Phillip, Richard Adams, Carlos Speight, Brittany Greene, John Mansfield, and Bob Brooks.

When CSEA needs to better communicate with the media, the public, or even our own members, expert assistance is available from Communications Specialist Wendi Bowie.

Whether it’s speaking to the media, utilizing social media and web sites to get out our messages, photographing union events, putting together Letters to the Editor, fliers, demonstrations, information days, newsletters, contract campaigns, press releases, or articles for CSEA’s statewide newspaper The Work Force, Wendi is the staff professional to help with all our union communications needs.

If you have a communications need, contact Wendi at the region office at (631) 462-0030.

As a group of workers organized and working together to better ourselves, we wield some of our greatest power at the ballot box.

Because we are mainly workers who serve the public, our ultimate bosses are almost always elected officials. By participating as fully in the political process as we can, we strengthen the voice we have at work. It only makes sense.

That’s why CSEA has a Legislative and Political Action Department.

In our region, all political activities are conducted under the advisement and with the assistance of Political Action Coordinator Sue Castle.

As Coordinator, Sue can help CSEA leaders and activists get involved in the political process in many different ways. From endorsing politicians who will give CSEA a friendly ear, running voter registration drives, advising the Region Political Action Committee, or getting involved in political fights to save jobs or services, or to fight against contracting out our jobs, Sue is the person to get things done.

If you have questions about CSEA Political Action, you can call Sue at the region office at (631) 462-0030.

If you have a safety and health issue at your workplace, or want help deciphering the numerous safety laws and regulations that are designed to protect you against harm, then you needn’t look any further than Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Justin Gallo. Justin is available to assist safety & health committees, local/unit officers and activists across the region in making sure your work sites are safe.

Whether it’s conducting a work site walk-through to assess existing or potential hazards, filing a safety and health complaint with the state Department of Labor, advising the region Safety & Health Committee, or conducting training for workers on safety issues, Justin is available to help.

If you have a safety and health issue, question or concern, contact Justin at (631) 600-4847 or justin.gallo@cseainc.org.

If you have an urgent safety hazard or workplace injury to report, you can also contact CSEA’s Occupational Safety & Health Department at (800) 342-4146.

Our dedicated clerical support staff work hard to run our region office.

Headed up by Region One Office Manager Jennifer Nagy, we have a staff of  unionized support staff professionals who keep things running smoothly. From answering the phones to typing forms, making copies, faxing, mailing and filing legal papers, our clerical support staff are the backbone of the whole operation providing service to our members.

If you have a question about our union support staff services, call Region Office Manager Jennifer Nagy at (631)462-0030.

Support staff:

Deborah Ross – Secretarial Office Assistant

Stacey McCarthy – Senior Secretarial Office Assistant

Erica Scanlon – Secretarial Office Assistant

Brittney Stokes – Secretary/Receptionist