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New Report: NYC Public Hospital System Faces Heavy Burden With Public Funding At Risk And Private Hospitals Avoiding Unprofitable Patients

October 02, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 2, 2017 CONTACT: Carl Ginsburg, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org, 917.405.1060 Report Also Finds Cost-Effective, High Quality of Care in NYC Public Hospitals NYC Public Hospitals Served Almost Five Million Out-Patient Visits and Over 200 Thousand In- Patient Admissions in 2016

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

Statement by Pat Kane, RN, Treasurer, New York State Nurses Association, on the Passage of the American Health Care Act by the House of Representatives

May 06, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 19, 2017 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, NYS Nurses Association, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org, 917-405-1060 NEW YORK, NY — “The ‘Yes’ votes in the House of Representatives today, passing the American Health Care Act, constitute an appalling setback for the nation. This vote will go

Nurses and Healthcare Workers from Fresenius Medical Care hold Informational Picket

April 20, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 19, 2017 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, NYS Nurses Association, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org, 917-405-1060 Mark Riley, 1199SEIU, mark.riley@1199.org, 212-603-1167 Strike Authorization Vote To Be Held In Conjunction with Informational Picket NEW YORK, NY — Nurses and Healthcare

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

Nurses at Westchester Medical Center Overwhelmingly Ratify a New Contract

January 05, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 5, 2017 Contact: Michael Galotti, mgalotti@kivvit.com, 914.584.2256 Andrew LaGuardia, 914.493.6532 WESTCHESTER — Registered nurses from the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) and Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla announced today that the nurses