114th Annual Delegates Meeting keeps members moving forward together

Editor’s Note: Hundreds of CSEA delegates and officers from across the state participated in our union’s 114th Annual Delegates Meeting (ADM), at which they conducted union business, heard from union officers and speakers, attended workshops on numerous labor topics and honored outstanding members. On these pages are some photos from the meeting. (Photos by Wendi Bowie, David Galarza and Jessica Ladlee.)

: Our union’s standing Veterans Committee kicks off the General Business Session.

: Executive Vice President Ron Briggs

: Statewide Secretary Richard Bebo

: Statewide Treasurer Nicole Meeks

: Long Island Region President Jarvis Brown

: Metropolitan Region President Lester Crockett

: Southern Region President Anthony Adamo

: Capital Region President Shana Davis

: Central Region President Kenny Greenleaf

: Western Region President Steve Healy

: Former CSEA President Danny Donohue is introduced.

: State Insurance Fund Local 1st Vice President Darcel Johnson delivers the invocation.

: Delegates watch a tribute to AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus William “Bill” Lucy, who passed away in September.

: From left, CSEA Administrator of Central Files Tim Hodge helps register the 114th Annual Delegates Meeting’s first registrant, Palisades Park Commission Local President Robin Hammond.

: CSEA Standing Convention Committee Chair and Orange County Local Secretary Kathy Rodriguez shows off convention bingo.

: From left, Town of Oyster Bay Local 3rd Vice President Sheri Porter, Long Island Region 2nd Vice President Guadalupe Johnson, Nassau University Medical Center Unit President Shakira Settles and SCO Family of Services Local Sirlentor Berry welcome State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

: Tax & OCM Local 4th Vice President Siyathemba Mapakane speaks during a session.

: State Education Department (Albany) Local Treasurer Tracy Snow makes a point.

: From left, Central New York DDSO Local delegates Tyesia Richardson and Leon Spaights learn about the Electoral College.

: From left, Westchester County Local and Unit President Hattie Adams and Westchester County Local 1st Vice President Dulani Turner get excited during the General Business Session.

: From left, nationally known speaker Christopher B. Williams, CSEA Capital Region President Shana Davis and New York State AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer the Rev. Terrence Melvin pose during the general session that Williams led.

: Metropolitan Region Treasurer Delphine Moultrie shows off her caricature.

: Long Island Developmental Center and Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Center Local President Peter Marriott addresses the delegation on the floor.

: From left, CSEA LGBTQ+ Committee members Central Region Treasurer Val Massulik and Tax & OCM Local 3rd Vice President Livia Agosto discuss issues that concern the LGBTQ+ community during the caucus.

: CSEA Director of Legislative and Political Action Fran Turner, standing right, discusses issues facing union members.

: Local Government School District Committee Chair John Brown leads a discussion

: Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Local Executive Vice President Omar Hunter speaks during the OMH/OPWDD & Advisory Committee meeting.

: Metropolitan Region 2nd Vice President and Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Local President Ajani Williams discusses challenges facing members working at the Office of Mental Health.

: Rensselaer County Local President Marnie Rounds gets her caricature drawn.

: Nassau County Clerk Unit President Audrey Hadden attends a session.

: Westchester County Local 4th Vice President and Statewide LGBTQ+ Committee member Robert Schweit discusses issues during the LGBTQ+ Caucus.

: Albany County Local President Bill Alund makes a point.

: CSEA State Office of General Services Local Executive Vice President Shaneeka Traynham speaks during a session.

: Western Region Executive Vice President Tim Finnigan speaks during the Electoral College workshop.

: R.J. Hutchings Psychiatric Center Local Treasurer Felisha Vassar, front, and other delegates welcome Gov. Kathy Hochul.

: CSEA officers and delegates, including CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan (front row, sixth from right) attend the LGBTQ+ Caucus.

: Brooklyn Developmental Center Local President Faye Wilkie-Fields and Buffalo Psychiatric Center Local President Lovette Mootry lead the OMH/OPWDD & Advisory Committee meeting.