Organization of Staff Analysts (OSA)

Background

In December 1969, the Council of Personnel Examiners was founded to promote the interest of personnel examiners working for the municipal government of New York City. Later in 1977, when the city announced that it was consolidating many of its employees’ titles, including that of personnel examiners, quantitative analysts, budget examiners, and methods analysts, the organization voted to change its name to the “Organization of Staff Analysts.” ^{2 1}

In 1979, the organization became an affiliate of the Local 237 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters labor union, which provided the OSA with office staff. However, in 1983, the organization’s leadership made a determination that its affiliation with the Teamsters had not produced satisfactory results in collective bargaining for its members and therefore decided to disaffiliate from the union, becoming an independent organization. Two years later in 1985, the organization held a successful vote to change its status from that of a professional association to a labor union in its own right. ^{1 2}

In the years following this change of status, the organization began a campaign to increase the variety of personnel that it was allowed to represent, given that many of its former members were staff analysts involved in either managerial or confidential roles and therefore excluded from collective bargaining pursuant to the New York State Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act of 1967 (also known as the Taylor Law). In that vein, during the early days of this campaign, the organization created an affiliate professional association, the Organization of Staff Analysts and Related Titles, for workers who could not legally bargain collectively, but which the organization nonetheless intended to organize, with the goal of eventually recruiting them into the union. ^{1 3}

By 2010, the organization’s expansion campaign had resulted in the inclusion in its membership of municipal analysts in the New York City Board of Education, Housing Authority, Health and Hospitals Corporation, and Transit Authority. ¹

Memberships

As of 2025, the Organization of Staff Analysts was a member of the Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization of labor unions that represent a majority of New York City municipal employees, as well as the New York City Central Labor Council, a coalition of area unions in the public and private sectors of New York City under the AFL-CIO. ^{1 2}

Advocacy

In addition to engaging in collective bargaining, the Organization of Staff Analysts also engages in advocacy. For instance, the organization opposes the wearing of facial masks by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and in that vein, in January 2026 a contingent of its members participated in a rally and march to protest ICE operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ⁴

Leadership

As of 2026, Robert J. Croghan was chairperson of the Organization of Staff Analysts. Previously, he was the vice president of the Casework Chapter and a Bronx Organizer for the Service Employees International Union. ^{5 2}

As of 2026, Adam Orgel was as vice-chairperson of the Organization of Staff Analysts. Previously, he had held positions at the National Labor Relations Board and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. ^{6 2}

As of 2026, Wilfrid St. Surin was treasurer of the Organization of Staff Analysts and was an employee of the New York City Transit Authority. ^{2 7}

As of 2026, Christina Chan was grievance officer of the Organization of Staff Analysts. Previously, she was a staff analyst level II and associate staff analyst at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. ^{8 2}

As of 2026, Stephen Parker was recording secretary of the Organization of Staff Analysts and was a New York Police Department Auxiliary Police Officer. Previously, he was a staff analyst with the New York City Sanitation Department. ^{9 2}