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NYSNA Statement on Mount Sinai New Patient Policy

August 19, 2026

NYSNA released this statement in response to news that Mount Sinai stopped accepting some new patients on public insurance: NYSNA is appalled by Mount Sinai’s refusal to accept certain new patients with public insurance plans. Federal healthcare cuts already threaten our most vulnerable patients

NYSNA Holds Maimonides Vigil to Protest Healthcare Shortages Caused By End of TPS for Haitian Immigrants

August 05, 2026

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Contact: Joseph Celestin | press@nysna.org | 518-776-8337 Cara Noel | press@nysna.org | 718-678-9207 NYSNA HOLDS MAIMONIDES VIGIL TO PROTEST HEALTHCARE SHORTAGES CAUSED BY END OF TPS FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS New York, NY – New York State Nurses

TOMORROW: NYSNA Nurses to Hold Vigil to Protest the Termination of TPS for Haitian Immigrants

August 04, 2026

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 at 11 AM** Contact: Joseph Celestin |  press@nysna.org | 518-776-8337 Cara Noel | press@nysna.org | 718-678-9207 NYSNA NURSES TO HOLD VIGIL TO PROTEST HEALTHCARE SHORTAGES CAUSED BY TERMINATION OF TPS FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS Nurses say the decision to terminate

NYSNA Condemns Supreme Court Ruling that Will Strip Temporary Protected Status from Immigrants

June 25, 2026

For immediate release: June 25, 2026 Contact: Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 NYSNA CONDEMNS SUPREME COURT RULING THAT WILL STRIP TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FROM IMMIGRANTS New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court allowed the Department of Homeland Security’s discriminatory targeting

New Report Analyzes Decline in Access to Quality Patient Care in New York’s North Country

March 03, 2026

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2026 Contact: Joseph Celestin | press@nysna.org | 518-776-8337 Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169 New Report Analyzes Decline in Access to Quality Patient Care in New York’s North Country Decades of Hospital Consolidation, Service Reductions

New York City’s Labor Movement is United in Opposition to Attacks on Our Communities

August 05, 2025

For immediate release: August 5, 2025 Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169 Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 New York City’s Labor Movement is United in Opposition to Attacks on Our Communities New York, NY – 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (1199SEIU)

NYSNA STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF FEDERAL BUDGET BILL

July 03, 2025

For Immediate Release: July 3, 2025 Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169 Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 NYSNA STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF FEDERAL BUDGET BILL New York, NY -- NYSNA nurses strongly condemn the passage of Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill,’ which is