For the second consecutive year, CSEA designated May 20 as CSEA Appreciation Day to publicly recognize CSEA members for the work they do every day that keeps our communities and state running.
The value of the essential services that CSEA members deliver was never more evident than throughout the pandemic. Even as COVID-19 hit our communities hard, tens of thousands of CSEA members remained on the job providing many critical services to people throughout the state.
Union officers and activists recognized members by placing lawn signs outside workplaces around the state to appreciate their co-workers working tirelessly providing essential public services.
CSEA President Mary E.
Sullivan
“We’re posting these signs across the state to appreciate the public service workers who keep our communities running, because all public service workers are essential,” CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan said. “If you live or work in New York, CSEA members touch your life in so many ways. We deliver services that enhance your quality of life, every day, around the clock.”
Sullivan also hopes the public will recognize CSEA members for their service.
“It’s important we recognize CSEA members for the valuable contributions they make in our communities, but we want the public to recognize their dedication as well,” Sullivan said. “CSEA members touch lives in so many different ways, every day, making your lives better.”
Here are images from across the state of CSEA members being recognized.
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- CSEA Executive Vice President Denise Berkley
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- CSEA Central Region President Kenny Greenleaf and Statewide Treasurer Nicole Meeks
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- CSEA Statewide Secretary Richard Bebo
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- Nassau County Public Safety Officer Sandra Cooper.
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- CSEA Long Island Region President Jerry Laricchiuta.
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- Village of New Paltz Unit President Joey Granieri and CSEA Southern Region President Anthony Adamo.
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- State Department of Taxation and Finance Local (Capital Region) member Kathleen O’Neil
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- Roosevelt Public Library Unit President Stephanie Bridgers
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- Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Local member Kenneth Malone
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- Southern Region Judiciary Local member Crystal Gadson.
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- Guild for Exceptional Children Local member Victor Feliciano and Local President Bonnie Diaz.
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- From left, Black River Valley State Employees Local members Cindy Gaumes, a state Department of Health employee; Derrick St. Pier and Robert Shunk, both Office of General Services employees.
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- CSEA Metropolitan Region President Lester Crockett, New York City DMV Unit President Dawn Destine and DMV Unit Vice President Benjamin Greene.
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- CSEA Capital Region President Ron Briggs
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- From left, New York Department of State (NYC) workers Pamela Jack, Deborah Jackson, Leslie Thorpe, Loriette Powell and Glenda González.
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- Town of Riverhead Unit members Dave Arteaga, Ricky Bates Jr., William Renton, Margaret McKay, Robert Tedesco, Neil D’Amara and Joe Moreno.
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- Monroe County Unit member Angela Green, Unit President Jim D’Amico, Unit member Angela Rouse Jackson and Western Region President Steve Healy.
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- SUNY Downstate Local members Joyce Sass, Kehinde Agbaje-Akitoya and Bessy Webster.
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- SUNY Downstate Local members Ravishchand Hardowar, Elizabeth Rolston and Derrick Cato.
