Orange County and CSEA Reach Agreement on New 5-Year Contract

Social services department employee Elenita Dalton spoke for better wages and benefits during a county legislature meeting in Goshen, N.Y., on Feb. 1, 2024. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) on Feb. 7 reached an agreement on a new five-year contract running until the end of 2028.

As the county’s largest union, the CSEA local chapter has about 1,350 rank-and-file county employee members, who account for more than half of the county’s workforce.