CIVIL SERVICE BAR ASSOCIATION

Welcome and congratulations on your new job as an Agency Attorney or Agency Attorney Interne with the City of New York.  We are pleased to provide you with this orientation letter, which highlights some of the benefits provided by the Civil Service Bar Association, as well as information as to who to contact and where to find specific information pertaining to these benefits.

Who We Are
The Civil Service Bar Association (“CSBA”) is your union and is also an independent affiliate of City Employees Union Local 237, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Together we fight to obtain the best possible collective bargaining agreement as well as to protect the rights of our members and to improve both individual and collective working conditions. FYI, CSBA has our own democratically elected Board of Directors and Welfare Fund Trustees, with nominations every May.

We recently succeeded in eliminating the residency requirement and obtaining one to two telework days per week for most members. The push for compressed time options continues, as do the Tier 6 pension equalization and Student Loan reduction efforts (with many other organizations).

Our Membership
We represent approximately 900 attorneys in several different attorney titles.  CSBA members perform important legal functions in virtually every Mayoral agency as well as in the Housing Authority and the Transit Authority.

Benefits
CSBA provides significant additional benefits, not covered by the City’s health insurance plans, through our Welfare Fund, including Prescription Drugs, Dental, Optical, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance and a newborn baby benefit.  Please visit the Welfare Fund and Welfare Fund Forms tab on this website for further benefit and enrollment information.

If after reviewing these pages you have any questions as to your benefits enrollment status or the benefits themselves including prescription drugs, dental, optical, and the annuity (see separate tab), contact Amalgamated Employee Benefits Administrators at (866) 647-4617. Once you connect to that number, please press option 1.

 CSBA Security Benefits Fund Enrollment Form together with the “Acknowledgement” form (and then call to confirm receipt).

CSBA-Amalgamated Benefits Enrollment Form

Acknowledgment Letter

Also on our website is a Membership Application. Under NYS law, the union is only required to represent members in good standing at disciplinary hearings and investigations. Please join us! In addition, discounts for union members are available via teamster.org/benefits/teamster-privilege and Union Plus.

Contact Information
Saul Fishman, Esq., President
Lee Gordon, Business Agent & Grievance Advocate
Aldona Vaiciunas, CSBA Office Manager & Grievance Coordinator                                                      Devin Rohena, Receptionist & Secretary

Civil Service Bar Association                                Main Number: 212-675-0519
216 West 14th Street, 6th Floor                            Facsimile:  212-675-0417
New York, New York 10011                                    Website:  www.csbanyc.org
Inquiries: csbainfo@local237.org                       Facebook:  CSBA Attorneys

CSBA: Proudly Representing NYC Government Attorneys since 1967

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