CSEA President Donohue, leadership re-elected

CSEA, the state's largest public employees union, announced its leadership team was reelected without opposition.

“These are some of the toughest times CSEA has faced in our 102 year history, but there is only one way to go and that is forward,” said the union's reelected president, Danny Donohue, in a statement.

The election comes after a testing year for Donohue, who led his union's negotiations with the Cuomo administration. CSEA and other unions accepted large concessions in a new contract, including no raises for two years and increases to benefit contributions. The deals were part of an austerity program initiated by Governor Cuomo  to help the state close a budget gap in the billions.