Teamsters Public Services Conference

Teamsters heard from Public Services Division Assistant Director Floyd, International Vice President At-Large Joan Corey, Local 911 Secretary-Treasurer Ray Whitmer, and Local 238 Secretary-Treasurer Jesse Case about ongoing public sectors fights and recent organizing victories.


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The City: Eviction Filings Highest Among Private Managers of NYCHA Buildings

Firms that are operating public housing units via the RAD partnerships have been “very aggressive” with efforts to kick people out for non-payment of rent.

South Williamsburg NYCHA residents protest work being done on the building through new private management, Jan. 11, 2021. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY

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Walking the Walk for Autism

4th annual Queens South Autism walk sponsored by Local 237. Pictured: Local 237's Senior Council Martha Bodharain and Frank Rella, Business Agent for the Law Enforcement Division (center) along with other School Safety Agents and the executive staff that organized the event.

March 2024 Steward Training

Local 237 Shop Stewards attended an intensive training on their duties, grievance handling and Union History.



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"Reaching Out with Gregory Floyd"

President Floyd hosts a weekly half-hour public affairs radio program. Tune in Saturdays on AM970 The Answer at 2:30 and 9:00pm and on AM570 The Mission at 4:30pm. The show can also be seen on Local 237's website, YOUTUBE and FACEBOOK social media platforms.

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New Union Benefit! Identity Fraud Services

With our partner ID Resolution, we provide you with a comprehensive program should your identity be compromised. If you believe your identity has been stolen or you are at risk, contact ID Resolution.


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Union Reps

Union Reps

Long Island Division Reps

The Long Island Division of Local 237 is located in Babylon, New York. The Division is responsible for over 3000 members who work in the towns of Babylon and Islip, Suffolk County, as well as various other school districts, villages and libraries. The Division handles at least 19 different contracts, and can be reached at (631) 851-9800.
100 West Main Street
Suite A
Babylon, New York 11702

Long Island Titles

Long Island Division Staff

Ben Carenza

bcarenza@local237.org

Ben Carenza

Local 237 Trustee
Long Island Area Director

Trisha Wade

twade@local237.org

Secretary

 

Long Island Business Agents
If your title is not listed, please call 631-851-9800 for assistance

Andrew Viegas

aviegas@local237.org

 

viegasBabylon Township employees 

Scott Dimpero

sdimperio@local237.org

Brentwood School District

Catherine Rice

crice@local237.org

Local 237 Trustee
Suffolk County OTB titles
Jake's 58 Casino

Ben Carenza

bcarenza@local237.org

Brightwaters Village
Center Moriches School District
Commack School District B & G
Elwood School District Food Service
Elwood School District B & G
Half Hollow Hills B & G
Half Hollow Hills Food Service
Harbor Fields School District
Islip Housing Authority
Islip Resource Recovery
Lawrence School District
North Babylon B&G / Bus
North Babylon Nurses
Plainview Aides
Plainview B&G
Port Jefferson School District
South Huntington School District Food Service
Syosset Library
West Islip Secretarial
West Islip B&G


John Gallagher

jgallagher@local237.org

John GallagherLong Island Business Agent

 

Union Liaisons
John Gallagher
Half Hollow Hills
Marilyn Capone Lawrence Schools
John Hammer
Plainview Schools Building & Grounds

 

Civil Service Bar Association

The Civil Service Bar Association affiliated with Local 237 in 1973. It represents almost 1000 Local 237 attorney and law student members in both competitive and non-competitive class legal titles. Members work in almost all Mayoral agencies, the Housing Authority, and the Transit Authority. The members defend, enforce and adjudicate many of the laws that are essential to the well-being of the citizens of this city.

216 West 14th St.
7th Floor

(212) 675-0519
website

Association Staff

Saul Fishman, Esq.

sfishman@local237.org

President

Aldona Vaiciunas

avaiciunas@local237.org

Office Administrator/Grievance Coordinator

Lee Gordon, Esq.

lgordon@local237.org

Business Agent/Grievance Advocate

Kathleen Duffy

kduffy@local237.org

CSBA Secretary and Receptionist

 

Housing Division

The Housing Division represents 8,000 titles working for the New York City Housing Authority and the Skilled Trades titles.

Housing Titles

Housing Division Staff

Carl Giles

cgiles@local237.org

CarlGilesDirector, Housing Division

Susan McQuade

smcquade@local237.org

 Susan McQuade

Health & Safety Coordinator




Housing Division Business Agents & Areas of Representation

Jaleesa Moye

jmoye@local237.org

Jaleesa MoyeBusiness Agent, Housing Division

Area 2
Bronx South

  • 1 Fordham Plaza
  • Adams
  • Bronx River
  • Butler
  • Claremont
  • Forest/McKinley
  • MAR/Jackson
  • Melrose
  • Millbrook
  • Monroe
  • Mitchell
  • Monterey/Murphy/Consolidation
  • Morris
  • Mott Haven
  • Patterson
  • Sotomayor
  • St. Mary’s
  • Webster

Queens/LIC

  • Queensbridge North
  • Queensbridge South
  • Woodside

Ken Roper

kroper@local237.org

ken roper Business Agent, Housing Division

Area 3                    
Manhattan North/Javits

  • Clinton
  • Douglas
  • Drew Hamilton
  • Dyckman
  • East River
  • Frederick Samuels
  • Grant
  • Jackie Robinson
  • Jefferson
  • Johnson
  • Kings Tower/Grampion
  • Lincoln
  • Manhattanville
  • Polo Grounds
  • Rangel
  • St. Nicholas
  • Taft
    Wagner/White/Wilson

Bronx 

  • 1200 Waters Place

Queens/LIC

  • South Jamaica
  • Baisley/International Towers
  • Pomonok

Javits Center

  • Part and Full-Time Cleaners, Set-Up

Shavelle Knox

sknox@local237.org

Shavelle KnoxAssistant Director, Housing Division

Area 4
Manhattan South

  • 250 Broadway
  • 90 Church
  • Amsterdam
  • Amsterdam Addition
  • Baruch
  • Campos/Elliott
  • Carver
  • Fulton
  • Gompers
  • Isaac/Holmes
  • LaGuardia
  • Lehman Village
  • Riis
  • Riis – TSD
  • Rutgers
  • Smith
  • Strauss
  • Vladeck
  • Wald
  • Wash/Lex
  • Wise Towers/De Hostos

Queens/LIC

  • Astoria
  • Ravenswood

Kenneth Franco

kfranco@local237.org

Business Agent, Housing Division

Area 5                            
Brooklyn South/Staten Island

  • Albany
  • Brevoort
  • Breukelen
  • Brownsville
  • Cypress
  • Glenwood
  • Howard
  • Kingsborough
  • Langston Hughes
  • Marcus Garvey
  • Ocean Hill/ Saratoga
  • Pink
  • Sethlow
  • Sheepshead -Nostrand
  • Stuyvesant Gardens
  • Unity
  • Van Dyke
  • Woodson

Area 8
Coney Island/Staten Island

  • Coney Island/Surfside
  • Carey/Haber
  • Marlboro
  • O’Dwyer/Gravesend
Queens/LIC
  • Hammel/Carlton
  • Beach 41st / Ocean Bay
  • Redfern

Vincent Lattimore

vlattimore@local237.org

Vincent LattimoreBusiness Agent, Housing Division

Area 6                            
Brooklyn West

  • 787 Atlantic
  • Bayview
  • Borinquen
  • Bushwick
  • Cooper Park
  • Farragut
  • Gowanus
  • Ingersoll
  • Lafayette Gardens
  • Marcy
  • Red hook East
  • Red Hook West
  • Roosevelt
  • Sumner
  • Taylor Wythe
  • Tompkins
  • Tram Warehouse
  • Whitman
  • Wyckoff

Queens/LIC

  • Latimer/Bland

Norberto Luna

nluna@local237.org

Norberto Luna

Assistant Director, Housing Division

Area 7
Queens/LIC

  • QS-LHD
  • ESD
  • LIC

Area 8
Coney Island/Staten Island

  • Berry
  • Mariners Harbor
  • Richmond Terr./Cassidy
  • South Beach/New Lane
  • Stapleton
  • Todt Hill
  • West Brighton

Area 1
North Bronx

  • Pelham Pkwy
  • Throggs Neck
  • Sedgewick
  • Ft. Independence
  • Marble Hill
  • Highbridge
  • Castle Hill
  • Sackwern
  • Soundview
  • Eastchester
  • Gun Hill
  • Parkside
  • Boston Secor
 

Grievances, Disciplinary, Investigations, Trials and Arbitrations

Housing and Citywide. This department handles a variety of issues such as Step III hearings, disciplinary charges, trials, investigations, arbitrations, etc. on behalf of Local 237 members in good standing. In order to begin the process of filing a grievance, you must contact your business agent first.

Housing and Citywide:  Grievances and Disciplinary Issues
 

Contact your Business Agent or Division Director for information and updates on grievances.

Aldona Vaiciunas

avaiciunas@local237.org

Grievance Coordinator for all titles in Citywide, NYCHA and CSBA

Martha Bodhnarain, Esq.

mbodhnarain@local237.org

 
Senior Counsel

Represents Citywide titles at the following agencies:
NYC Dept. of Education, Taxi & Limousine Comm., Dept. of Social Services (including Dept. of Homeless Services).

Lawrence Bosley, Esq.

lbosley@local237.org

Lawrence_BosleySenior Counsel

Represents Citywide titles at the following agencies:
NYC Admin. For Children’s Services (including NYC Dept. of Juvenile Justice), the City University of New York (CUNY), the District Attorney’s Offices in all 5 boroughs, and Dept. of Social Services (including Dept. of Homeless Services).

Diana Doss, Esq.

ddoss@local237.org

Senior Counsel

Represents Citywide titles at the following agencies:
New York City Police Department, NYC Health + Hospitals and NYC Department of Corrections.

Debbie Coleman, Esq.

dcoleman@local237.org

Director of Special Projects
Senior Counsel

Represents NYCHA titles at disciplinary trials and arbitrations

Shakera Ebanks, Esq.

sebanks@local237.org

Senior Counsel

Represents NYCHA titles at disciplinary trials and arbitration.

Any agency not listed will be assigned an attorney by the Director or the Grievance Coordinator.

Law Enforcement Division

Law Enforcement Titles

Law Enforcement Division Staff and Areas of Representation

Derek Jackson

djackson@local237.org

Director, Law Enforcement Division

  • Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) - Officers;
  • City University of New York (CUNY) - Campus Peace Officers and Campus Security Assistants;
  • Dept. of Education (DOE) Educational Facilities Officers;
  • Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH);
  • Dept. of Homeless Services (DHS) - Special Officers;
  • Division of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS POLICE) - Special Officer;
  • Human Resources Admin. (HRA) Special Officers;
  • Dept. of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) - Special Officers;
  • Health and Hospitals Corp. (HHC) - Hospital Police;HHC Special Officers: Coney Island Hospital, Kings County Hospital, Woodhull Hospital, Queens Hospital and Elmhurst Hospital;
  • Human Resources Admin. (HRA) - Officers;
  • NYPD School Safety Division - School Safety Agents (SSA);
  • Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) - Inspectors;
  • Javits Center Public Safety Officers;
  • Office of Administrative Trails and Hearings (OATH) Special Officers.

Charlie Cotto

ccotto@local237.org

 

Director of Operations, Law Enforcement and Citywide Divisions

  • District Attorney Offices - Special Officers (Bronx and Manhattan);
  • DHS, DCAS and Dept. of Finance - Special Officers;
  • NYPD School Safety Agents (SSA): Bronx East and Bronx West;
  • HHC Special Officers: Jacobi Hospital, Lincoln Hospital, North Central Hospital;
  • Division of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) - Special Officer;
  • Office of Administrative Trails and Hearings (OATH) - Special Officers.

Susan McQuade

smcquade@local237.org

 Susan McQuadeHealth & Safety Coordinator

Jeanette Taveras

jtaveras@local237.org

Business Agent, Local 237 Recording Secretary

  • NYC Dept. of Traffic - Parking Control Specialists (PCS) all boroughs;
  • DOE - Educational Facilities Officers (EFO), District Guards all boroughs;
  • NYPD School Safety Agents (SSA) - Manhattan South, Manhattan North and Staten Island.
  • CUNY - Campus Peace Officers and Campus Security Assistants (BMCC, John Jay College, Hunter College, City College, Stella & Charles Guttman Community College, Central Office, School of Professional Studies, School of Labor & Urban Studies,  Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism).

Derek Short

dshort@local237.org

Derek Shor

Business Agent, Law Enforcement Division

  • NYPD School Safety Agents - Disciplinary Hearings
  • NYPD School Safety Agents - Brooklyn North, Brooklyn South, Special and Support Services;
  • DCAS  Special Officers;
  • District Attorney Offices - Special Officers (Brooklyn);
  • TLC - Taxi and Limousine Commission Inspectors;

Frank Rella

frella@local237.org

Business Agent, Law Enforcement Division

  • ACS, HRA, DJJ - Special Officers;
  • NYPD School Safety Agents (SSA) - Queens South and Queens North;
  • Taxi and Limousine Commission - Supervisors only;
  • DCAS Special Officers;
  • Department of Health & Mental Hygiene - Special Officers;
  • Office of Administrative Trails and Hearings (OATH) - Special Officers.

Kangela Moore

kmoore@local237.org

Kangela Moore

Business Agent, Law Enforcement Division

  • DCAS Special Officers;
  • CUNY - Campus Peace Officers and Campus Security Assistants (LaGuardia College, Queens College, York College, Bronx Community College, Hostos, Lehman College, Medgar Evers College, Kingsborough, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn City Tech);
  • HHC Special Officers: Gouverneur Hospital, Coler Hospital, Cater Hospital.

Jean Arias

jarias@local237.org

Law Enforcement Division Secretary

 

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