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Union leaders from NYSNA, 32 BJ, DC 37 gather for a photo promoted Carbon Free and Healthy Schools

NYSNA Builds Support for Public Solar Power Bill in City Council

April 12, 2024

NYSNA board member Flandersia Jones, RN, lobbied on behalf of NYSNA on Thursday, April 11, in coalition with Climate Jobs NY. They lobbied City Council members at offices across City Hall. The focus...

NYSNA Leader Flandersia Jones with City Council Member Sandy Nurse

NYSNA Joins Push for Climate Justice Legislation in New York City

September 15, 2023

On Thursday, Sept. 14, and in the lead up to Climate Week in New York City, NYSNA was proud to join with labor unions and advocacy groups in front of City Hall to introduce a bill to accelerate the...

NYSNA Leader Marion Parkins Sit testifies in New York City Hall

Nurses Speak Out Against Lead Poisoning, Call for Strengthened Laws

April 28, 2023

NYC Health+Hospitals/ Harlem NYSNA nurse leader Marion Parkins, RN, testified against lead poisoning in a New York City Council joint hearing from the Committee on Housing and Buildings and Committee...

New Report: A Climate Justice Roadmap for New York City

February 11, 2022

Climate change is a health emergency, particularly in New York City, where extreme inequality and geography susceptible to rising sea levels and extreme weather are a reality. NYSNA is part of Climate...

New Non Profit Helps Nurses Heal Around the World

November 30, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 30, 2021 For more information: Rony Curvelo | rony.curvelo@nysna.org | 347-244-9508 Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 NY Relief Network reaches milestone, providing free medical care to more than 11,000 underserved people worldwide NYRN announces

NY Relief Network 2022 Calendar

October 22, 2021

UPDATE: August 25, 2022 - Please note that ALL 2022 Medical Mission Trips are now closed. Visit the Disaster Relief page to find the 2023 NYRN Medical Mission calendar for new dates and online...

Victory: New York Passes Historic Climate Change Law

April 15, 2021

In July 2019, nurses and workers across New York State won a major victory with the passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. This ambitious legislation was born out of NY Renews...