Since 1910
Case 1:15-cr-00093-VEC Document 262-6 Filed 04/20/16 Page 9 of 14
Local 1000 AFSCME AFL -C/O
Danny Donohue
Denise Berkley
President
Secretary
Mary E. Sullivan
Bill Walsh
Executive Vice President
Treasurer
******** March 8, 20 16 The Honorable Valerie E. Caproni United States District Judge Southern District ofNew York 40 Foley Square New York, New York 10007 Re: Sheldon Silver Dear Judge Caproni: This letter is in regards to the sentencing of Sheldon Silver. I would like to take this opportunity to let you know about my relationship of twenty years and counting with Shelly. I am the President of the Civil Service Employee's Association, a union of public sector and state and local government workers in New York State. I first became President in 1994 and first met Shelly the following year when Governor Pataki took office. It was a year of proposed layoffs, closures of facilities, de funding of both state and local government jobs. It was a year of attacks on working people and tax cuts for the wealthy. I found a strong advocate in Shelly Silver that year and for many years to come. Not only did Shelly offer his full support to the CSEA, he staked out his position publically and fought for the workers. He was steadfast in his support of working families and he led the fight for fairness in his conference. Shelly never wavered and he didn' t give up. He stood shoulder to shoulder with the CSEA and other unions and he saved thousands of families grave hardship that would have resulted had they lost their jobs. This is just one instance of Shelly's support for workers. He saved countless layoffs over the years. At the same time he fought to improve the lives of our workers. He fought to save and enhance pension benefits for our members. He fought and maintained and improved workers compensation benefits as well as unemployment benefits. He fought every day for increased minimum wages for low income workers. Shelly was always at the forefront for working families and we came to rely on him. He didn't let us down. On many occasions, Shelly had the opportunity to speak to our members and he never failed to thank them for all they do for the state and the local governments. He respected the work of our members and his actions showed it.
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