Browsing: Metropolitan Region
Park serves as oasis during difficult times
BROOKLYN — While monuments to white supremacy are being toppled across the land, a living…
Shielding our heroes on the front lines
NEW YORK — Not all heroes wear capes, but they all deserve shields. In the…
‘This thing is not anything to play with:’ Green recounts experience with COVID-19
BROOKLYN — CSEA SUNY Downstate Local President Althea Green spent 15 days battling the deadly…
DMV activists lead fight for safety measures at agency
QUEENS — Dawn Destine is driven, if not determined, to protect our members. Even before…
‘We are all essential workers:’ Members provide vital services in hard-hit New York City
As the unprecedented COVID-19 worldwide pandemic hit New York, CSEA members across the Metropolitan Region…
‘Think outside the box’ Scholarship builds union, helps members
STATEN ISLAND — Workers at Staten Island Developmental Center turned the tragic loss of a…
Rustin is PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for September
MANHATTAN — Barbara Rustin, president of the New York Metropolitan Retirees Local in the Metropolitan…
CSEA mourns the loss of Frank Cosentino
‘He wanted to ensure that no worker got hurt, sick or killed on the job’…
New state park honors historic congresswoman
BROOKLYN — Not unlike its namesake, the newest and largest state park in New York…