Local 375 - CSTG - DC37, AFSCME

Formerly the Department of General Services, tasks performed by members in this agency include; review of consultants' plans, oversee maintenance and alteration work of city-owned buildings, develop City space standards, monitor QA program coverage of all engineering projects to ensure compliance with contract specifications, monitor testing contractors' performance, monitor citywide energy conservation compliance.

Chapter #2

Location: Transit Authority

President: Behrouz Fathi
646-252-2353

Our largest chapter, has members who plan, design and supervise construction of all projects required to maintain and improve the New York City Transit System, one of the most extensive in the world. Because of their unique expertise, Chapter 2 members also serve on request as consultants to transit systems around the world, helping them solve their problems.

Chapter #3

Location: Health and Hospitals

President: Khursheed Siddiqi
718-579-5836

has over 260 members, most of whom are involved in design and alteration of existing hospital facilities and proposed new capital projects.Chemists and other scientific workers staff lab and support services in hospitals and family care centers operated by HHC and in private sector throughout the New York metropolitan area.

Chapter #4

Location: Department of Design & Construction Structures

President: Muhammad Sheth
718 391-1083

Has over 300 members, whose responsibilities include in-house design and review of consultants' such as police precinct houses, firehouses, jails, cultural institutions and many others.

Chapter #5

Location: School Construction Authority

President: Zygmunt (Ziggy) Jagiello
718-472-8651

has about 300 members whose responsibilities include 40% in-house design and construction review work, as well as review of consultants' architectural/ engineering plans for construction and capital repair and renovation of NYC public schools.

Chapter #7

Location: Parks Department

President: Ricardo Hinkle
718-760-6629

Members work in the capital Projects Division of the Parks Department which signs and reviews park improvements. The Chapter also includes the largest group of municipal Landscape Architects in the country. Some members have received New York City Art Commission awards for the outstanding design and have published articles and had their work publicized in professional journals.

Chapter #8

Location: Water Resources

President: Harry Donas
718-595-5334

members, as employees of the Department of the Environmental Protection, perform varied duties in most areas of the water supply system including
the upstate watershed, the trunk and main distribution system, the sewers and sewage treatment plants and in laboratories that test the condition of the water at all stages of its journey from the reservoir system through New York City.

Chapter #9

Location: Police Department

President: Josephine Bishara
718-558-8767/8797

has approx. 140 members, primarily Chemists in the Police Department Laboratory. They conduct analysis of crime evidence, which sometimes include field visits of crime scenes, and appearing as expert witnesses in the court. Other members perform architectural and engineering maintenance work on all Police facilities.

Chapter #10

Location: Health Department

President: Michael Myers
212-676-1552

members perform varied jobs including marinating, upgrading and designing new facilities in the department's buildings, conducting pure research and devising methods of testing patients for various communicable diseases and ailments, testing specimens delivered to the Health Department's laboratory and testing the purity of food and water samples.

Chapter #11

Location: Department of Design & Construction -- Infrastructure

President: Veerappan Chockalingam
718-391-2488

has consolidated over 400 Guild members from the City's capital construction programs of the departments of Environmental Protection and Transportation, so that road, sewer and water projects can be coordinated more smoothly.

Chapter #13

Location: Board of Water Supply -- DEP

President: Mel Cummings
718-595-5937

has approx. 200 members involved in all aspects of the construction of City Water Tunnel No. 3. Begun in 1970, this 24-foot-diameter tunnel snakes more than 13 miles from Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers through the Bronx and Manhattan to Astoria, Queens and will become a major conduit of city water beginning in 2000. Members are involved in the design and construction of major upgrading of New York City and NYC Watershed facilities, waster treatment plants and drinking water filtration plants. They prepare contract drawings, review contracts and consultants' work and related tasks.

Chapter #14

Location: Board of Education

President: Kolade Olukanni
718-472-8544

members have the responsibility of planning,designing, and supervising construction of additions and modernizations to existing buildings, and maintaining over 1,000 existing structures under the jurisdiction of the Board of Education.

Chapter #15

Location: Bronx Borough President

President:

The Borough President chapters include members who perform a variety of tasks, including maintaining an accurate map of their respective borough, maintaining a list of house numbers, keeping track of drainage and giving out grading information for new house construction. They assist architects, engineers, community Boards, civic groups and the general public with a variety of engineering and planning matters, and act asliaison between the Borough Presidents and Community Boards.

Chapter #16

Location: Staten Island Borough President

President: Thadeus Wydrinski
718-816-2103/2105

Chapter #17

Location: Buildings

President: Henry Tisor
212-566-0308

Members perform technical work related to the department's enforcement of city and state laws regulating construction, alteration, maintenance, demolition, and occupancy of buildings. Their jobs include reviewing plans for new building construction and alteration to existing structures, conducting field inspections of construction sites, investigating building and zoning complaints and related tasks.

Chapter #18

Location: Comptroller's Office

President: Frank Thomas
212 669-2236

Members investigate engineering activities of all City agencies, making findings and recommendations which improve efficiency and effectiveness. In the Claims Division, our members investigate tort claims and construction contract claims against the City, preparing and detailing engineering cost estimates and testifying in court.

Chapter #19

Location: Manhattan Borough President's Office

President: Reginald Caphart
718-802-3880

Works for the Manhattan Borough President

Chapter #20

Location: Queens Borough President

President:

Workers at the Office of the Queens Borough President

Chapter #21

Location: Fire Department

President: John Yacovone
718-999-1503

has over 200 members who inspect and test fire suppression systems, installations and plans for such systems; inspect buildings and gas stations to see that they meet fire safety regulations, test and draw fire alarm systems; and oversee fire code enforcement.

Chapter #23

Location: Correction

President: Wayne V. Hammond

members are responsible for engineering and architectural design, reviewing consultant work on new construction, alteration of existing correctional facilities and structures operated by the department, and
assess management and maintenance.

Chapter #25

Location: Housing Authority

President: Mitchell Feder
212-306-6778

has over 400 members, who are responsible for all phases of design, construction and contract administration related to NYCHA property,. Because of Federal budget cuts and the advanced age of many housing projects, a new emphasis has been placed on their repair and maintenance, calling on all the skills and experience of our members to upgrade and renovate the existing housing stock. in-house landscape design is also done by our members.

Chapter #27

Location: Department of Finance

President: Cheryl Couch
718-802-3580

members functioning in the distinct areas of the Department of Finance. Architects drew up plans for changes in the offices within the department., Engineering Assessors assess properties such as railroads, utilities, and other requiring special expertise beyond the scope of general assessor, and Surveyor draw up and maintain tax maps of the city listing block and lot numbers.

Chapter #28

Location: City Planning

President: Dana Driskell
718-220-8509

members are involved in an advisory capacity to the government. They perform professional work in units corresponding to all City departments in order to evaluate and recommend actions concerning need and location of all capital projects. They engage in multidisciplinary, comprehensive research resulting in the development of alternative solutions indicating potential positive and negative impacts of proposals they evaluate.. These evaluations are utilized as part of the decision-making process by City officials. members study and evaluate housing and urban renewal, land use proposals, economic development proposals, site selection, sale and lease of property and other related tasks. Chapter members funnel information to the department director and provide technical assistance to 59 community boards and five borough boards. Members' unique expertise is also required for constant revisions to and maintenance of the Zoning Resolution and the City Map.

Chapter #30

Location: Traffic --DOT

President: David Grant
212-815-1375

members perform technical work related to traffic flow, street lighting and parking in the City. They operate the Department of Transportation's radio system, monitoring information related to traffic emergencies and conditions throughout the city. Members undertake studies of traffic signals, intersection design, traffic flow and other areas related to traffic patterns, and design signal layouts, study signal timings and monitor outside contractors. They also plan for all municipal off-street facilities and on-street meters making continues evaluations of both and maintain and inspect over 300,000 street lights.

Chapter #31

Location: Social Services -- HRA

President: Michael Troman and Anthony Geremia (Acting)
212-630-9366 (Michael), 212-341-4847 (Anthony)

members undertake technical surveys of shelters and other facilities operated by the Human Resources Administration, inspect construction plans, design new structures and renovations to existing HRA buildings and perform other technical work on facilities operated by the agency.

Chapter #32

Location: Air Resources

President: Richard Stadnycki
718-595-3805

members enforce New York City air, noise, water and asbestos codes, lead abatement and hazardous material codes. They ct as advisors at incidents involving hazardous materials, conduct inspections and
maintenance programs on New York City Medallion taxis, conduct environmental impact studies to determine the the effect of proposed new sources of emissions, conduct investigations relative to proposed new or revised air and noise code legislation, implement the state plan for meeting air quality standards and evaluate the air and noise aspect of traffic flow. Members also inspect and enforce City environmental codes for commercial, residential and industrial buildings and sites.

Chapter #33

Location: Sanitation

President: Paul Kopelman

Members design and supervise construction of storage garages and repair shops, incinerators, landfills and marine transfer stations. Members are also involved in the design specification and testing of automotive vehicles such as collection trucks and sweepers.

Chapter #36

Location: CUNY

President: Uma Kutwal
212-541-0451

members are responsible for design, new construction and rehabilitation of 21 City University of New York community college and senior college locations throughout the city.

Chapter #37

Location: Transportation -- DOT

President: Ahmed Shakir
212-815-1375

members in the engineering project manager and surveyor titles perform planning, engineering, design, construction and maintenance work on the city's streets and bridges.

Chapter #38

Location: Housing Preservation and Development

President: George Lawrence
212-815-1375

Has over 600 who are involved in design of new housing projects, renovations on urban renewal projects, helping tenant associations learn how to manage their buildings in preparation for purchasing them, renovation and maintenance of In Rem City-owned multiple dwellings and other related jobs.

Chapter #39

Location: Chief Medical Examiner

President: Evan Holzberg
212-447-2647

members work as chemists carrying out toxicological examination of forensic samples, now including DNA analysis.

Chapter #40

Location: DEP Upstate

President: Todd Echelman
914-773-4434

Chapter 40, the newest of the Guild's chapters, was formed in 2003 to better represent members working in upstate areas, north of New York City. Our roughly 250 members perform such tasks as project management, treatment plant operation, reservoir operation, forestry, hydrology, water quality monitoring, and laboratory analysis, in an effort to protect and maintain one of our City's most valuable resources, the City's drinking water.

Chapter #41

Location: Landmark Preservation Commission

President: Gale Harris
212-669-7805

Members, mainly Landmark Preservationists, participate in surveying and researching potential landmarks and regulating changes to designated landmarks and historic districts in the city. The chapter also has one Urban Archeologist who reviews archeology requirements for City-sponsored projects and private developments and one Planner who is the agency's Environmental Review Coordinator.

Chapter #43

Location: WNYC Foundation

President: Carlos Paulino
718-250-5825

Members make up 70 percent of the workforce at the WNYC Radio station. They are engineers, technicians, secretaries, publicists, receptionists, maintenance workers, programmers, librarians and hosts and announcers who, along with the City employees who are members of Chapter 1, carry out the wide range of work that enables AM/83 and FM/94 to bring quality programming to their audiences