CSEA Local 1000 • American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees • AFL-CIO

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Therese Assalian

OCTOBER 22, 2009 Communications Associate
518-785-4400, ext. 4419
therese.assalian@cseainc.org

CSEA ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENTS

IN ALBANY AND COLONIE RACES

Albany -- CSEA today announces the union’s endorsement of the following candidates in City of
Albany and Town of Colonie races:

ALBANY –
Gerald Jennings – Mayor
Leif Engstrom – City Auditor
Dominick Calsolaro – 1st Ward Common Council
Ronald Bailey – 3rd Ward Common Council
Barbara Smith - 4th Ward Common Council
Richard Conti – 6th Ward Common Council
John Rosenzweig – 8th Ward Common Council
James Sano – 9th Ward Common Council
Michael O’Brien – 12th Ward Common Council
Dan Herring – 13th Ward Common Council
Joe Igoe – 14th Ward Common Council.

TOWN OF COLONIE-
Paula Mahan – Colonie Town Supervisor
Paul Rosano – Colonie Town Board
Daniel Hornick – Colonie Town Board
Peter Crouse – Colonie Town Board
Elizabeth Del Torto – Colonie Town Board
C. Michele Zilgme – Colonie Town Board

CSEA represents approximately 5000 active and retiree members living in Albany County.

CSEA is informing its members of the endorsement and encouraging their vote in the general election
on November 3.

CSEA is New York State’s leading union, representing employees of New York State and its counties,
towns, villages, school districts, library systems, authorities and public corporations. Together with a
growing population of private sector members and 50,000 retirees, CSEA forms a union 265,000
strong. It is also the largest affiliate (and Local 1000) of the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees (AFSCME) which, in turn, is one of the largest affiliates of the AFL-CIO.

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