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MEDIA ADVISORY December 17, 2013 Contact: Eliza Bates, NYSNA, eliza.bates@nysna.org, 917-565-2976 TODAY: SUNY Trustees May Vote to Turn Long Island College Hospital into Condos (New York, NY) Today at 2pm, SUNY Trustees are convening a meeting where they will discuss the fate of Long Island College

CONTACT: Eliza Bates, NYSNA, 917.565.2976, eliza.bates@nysna.orgRobert Hadley, 1199SEIU, 646.627.0382, robert.hadley@1199.org Brooklyn, Friday, Dec. 12 – This holiday season, patients and caregivers are thankful to have LICH as a full-service community hospital that we can depend on for care. At

CONTACT:Eliza Bates, NYSNA, (917) 565-2976, eliza.bates@nysna.org Brooklyn, November 27, 2013 - LICH patients are celebrating Thanksgiving by going to the hospital – this time to share their thanks in the form of sweets and merriment with LICH staff working on the holiday. Patients have also been

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Jesse Myerson, 347.688.0241, jesse.myerson@nysna.org Eliza Bates, 917.565.2976, eliza.bates@nysna.org Brooklyn RNs Stand Up for Behavioral Health Patients: Patients Shouldn’t Have to Suffer From this Game of “Musical Chairs” BROOKLYN—NYSNA nurses at Kings County

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2013 CONTACT: Jesse Myerson, Jesse.Myerson@nysna.org, 347.688.0241 NURSES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO “JAM FOR JUSTICE,” DEMANDING HHC RESTORE PERINATAL SERVICES UNITS IMMEDIATELY The Bronx – Bowing to public pressure HHC has agreed to restore closed perinatal units to

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Eliza Bates, NYSNA, eliza.bates@nysna.org, 917-565-2976 Amanda Torres Price, 1199SEIU amanda.torresprice@1199.org,917-886-9311 SUNY enters standstill agreement - Contempt Proceedings Against SUNY Adjourned Until December 16th Brooklyn, November 17, 2013 – SUNY entered