NYSNA Update: July 18, 2025
Mount Sinai South Nassau Nurses March on the Boss
On Tuesday, July 15, NYSNA nurses at Mount Sinai South Nassau (MSSN) marched on the boss to Chief Nursing Officer Stacey Conklin’s office to demand that negotiations be made accessible to members by changing the location on-site at the hospital or adding a Zoom/Microsoft Teams option. Conkin failed to meet with members. Instead, management sent the vice president of human resources to speak with the nurses and deny their request. Mount Sinai management has continued to drag its feet on negotiations and refuses to open negotiations to more members by making the location accessible. Still, MSSN nurses are showing they are not backing down! They will continue to demand that management listen to the nurses, negotiate on-site or online, and settle the fair contract that nurses and patients deserve!
NYSNA Nurses Join Congressman Kennedy to Denounce Medicaid Cuts
NYSNA Nurses joined Congressman Tim Kennedy, union siblings from 1199/SEIU, and community leaders at the Schofield Residence Nursing Facility to denounce the devastating impact that Medicaid cuts will have on nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in Western New York. These extreme cuts, authorized in Trump and Congressional Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill, are estimated to put 25% of nursing homes at risk of closure.
Healthcare workers across New York, including NYSNA members, fought to stop these cuts from becoming law because we knew our patients would suffer the consequences of these cuts firsthand. NYSNA members will continue to organize to hold elected officials who voted for this disastrous bill accountable at the ballot box and at public events.
NYSNA Nurses Come Out in Support of CWA 1180 and the LGBTQ+ Community
On Saturday, July 12, NYSNA nurses joined Communication Workers of America (CWA) 1180 members and the LGBTQIA+ community to say, “Hands off 998!” The protest was organized in response to the Trump administration’s announcement that it would be getting rid of the 988 “Option 3” crisis hotline, a free, confidential crisis counseling, mental health and substance use support line that provides information about and referrals to services to the LGBTQIA+ community nationwide. The hotline receives more than 400,000 calls each year and employs 220-plus CWA 1180 members. This unconscionable and cruel cut will end a literal lifeline for the LGBTQIA+ community and will have disastrous consequences for an already vulnerable population whose rights and access to healthcare is already under attack. Nurses protested alongside hundreds of New Yorkers in front of the Trump Tower in Manhattan to say, “enough is enough,” show union solidarity, and remind our LGBTQIA+ patients and colleagues that nurses are committed to caring for all New Yorkers.