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Members of the New York State Nurses Association and Healthcare Workers with 1199SEIU call on Global Billion Dollar Healthcare Corporation to make Patient Care the priority - not profits

June 12, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 12, 2017 Contact For NYNSA: Shaniqua Henry-Davis, sdavis@kivvit.com, (212) 929-0669 For 1199SEIU: Amanda Torres-Price, Amanda.torresprice@1199.org, (917) 886-9311 NYSNA Nurses and 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers Took a One Day Action Against Fresenius Corporation in Dispute

Elected Leaders, Unions, Community-based Organizations, Patient Groups: Medicaid is Under Attack and We Must Fight Back

April 07, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 6, 2017Contact: Judy Wessler, The Coalition to Protect Medicaid, 917-208-0368 Carl Ginsburg, NYS Nurses Association, 917-405-1060 Anthony Feliciano, Commission on the Public’s Health System, 646-325-5317 NEW YORK , NY—While President Trump and the Republicans

Nurses and Healthcare Workers Urge Congress to Cancel Vote on Ruinous Health Bill Which Would Cause Suffering for Millions

March 24, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 24, 2017 Contact: NYSNA: Carl Ginsburg, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org, 917.405.1060 1199SEIU: Mark Riley, mark.riley@1199.org, 347.637.0621 ‘Anti-American’ Health Care Act would annihilate healthcare for kids, seniors, working families and people with disabilities

Coalition of Patients, Caregivers and Supporters declare City Hospitals ‘Safe Havens of Care for All’

November 19, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 2016 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org, 917.405.1060 Labor and health advocates, immigrant rights groups reassure New Yorkers: public hospitals are “protected zones” NEW YORK — As a result of growing fears of discrimination against women and

Nurses Speak Out About Fracking Oil Trains: ‘Don’t Let NY Be Next’

October 21, 2015

Contact: Kristi Barnes, kristi.barnes@nysna.org, (646) 853-4489 For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 21 Nurses, Elected Officials, Environmental and Community Advocates Declare Oil Trains a Threat to Public Health Activists Stage Die-In to Dramatize Threat of Oil Train Explosions Saratoga

NY's Largest Nurses Union Condemns Discriminatory Ad Against Haitian Nurses Placed in Rockland County Pennysaver

October 20, 2015

For Immediate Release: October 20, 2015 “Road Trip Against Racism” Rally Planned for Wednesday SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – During the annual convention of NY’s largest union of registered nurses and caregivers happening in Saratoga Springs, nurses spoke out in response to a recent incident involving

NURSES SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT THEIR PROFESSION

September 16, 2015

For Immediate Release: September 16, 2015 “The View” comments were callous and uninformed New York, NY—Responding to negative comments about their profession made on ABC Television’s “The View” program on Monday, nurses of the New York State Nurses Association said they were disappointed with