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City Council Pledges $600K to Reopen Labor & Deliver at North Central Bronx Hospital

July 08, 2014

Last week, the city council allocated $600,000 in capital funds to support reopening HHC’s North Central Bronx Hospital Labor and Deliver Unit. The unit closed suddenly last year with little notice to...

HHC indefinitely postpones dialysis sale

June 02, 2014

In a victory for New York patients, HHC has announced that they are indefinitely postponing the sale of dialysis services at four NYC public hospitals.

NYSNA members, community leaders, and...

Win For HHC Dialysis Patients!

April 10, 2014

The state removed the application of Big Apple Dialysis Management, LLC from the agenda of the scheduled March 27 meeting of the NYS Department of Health’s Public Health and Health Planning Council...

Our Struggle to Save Interfaith in New York Daily News

March 11, 2014

Jill Furillo, Executive Director of NYSNA, wrote an article in the NY Daily News yesterday on our struggle to keep Interfaith Medical Center open for care.

Furillo highlights that Interfaith is the g...

LICH: Agreement Reached with SUNY

February 25, 2014

After more than a year of rallies, marches, court hearings, and even arrests, we have reached an agreement with SUNY on a new process that has the best chance of LICH remaining a hospital and which we...

Perez Hilton Tweets about 'The Death of Bessie Smith' at Interfaith

January 13, 2014

The famous blogger and gossip columnist Perez Hilton went to Interfaith Medical Center last week to watch the 'The Death of Bessie Smith' - and he tweeted about it to his 6 million followers!

Here's...

‘The Death of Bessie Smith’ to be performed at Interfaith

January 13, 2014

New Brooklyn Theater will perform “The Death of Bessie Smith” at Interfaith Medical Center. The play centers on a black woman who is refused care at an all-white hospital. This is an important...