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Alshami, longtime CUNY employee, challenges Local 237 head in election

Floyd seeking fourth full term

BY CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 10/4/24

Mohamed Alshami, a campus peace officer at CUNY, is challenging the longtime president of Teamsters Local 237, Gregory Floyd, in the union’s upcoming election.

Local 237 represents about 24,000 city workers, including school safety agents, police officers at NYC Health + Hospitals and the Department of Homeless Services, and maintenance workers at the Housing Authority. Alshami, who has worked at CUNY for nearly 13 years, said he decided to run because he senses that Local 237’s current leadership has “lost touch with the membership.”

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