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...
Contact: Eliza Bates, NYSNA, 917-565-2976 Amanda Torres Price, 1199SEIU, 917-886-9311 Jeff Strabone, Cobble Hill Association, 347-407-1012 Dr. Toomas Sorra, Concerned Physicians, 917-435-2672 Brooklyn, NY- The New York State Nurses Association, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Concerned
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 15, 2014 CONTACT: Eliza Bates, eliza.bates@nysna.org, 917-565-2976 or Carl Ginsburg, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org, 917-405-1060 (Albany, NY) NYSNA nurses from across New York State gathered on Saturday, Feb. 15, for a rally to end healthcare inequalities and the ‘Tale of Two
MEDIA ADVISORY: For Thursday, February 13, 2014 Contacts: Carl Ginsburg 917-405-1060 or Eliza Bates 917-565-2976 Against the backdrop of a grisly record of death rates in the for-profit sector, HHC patients, supported by nurses, other caregivers and community members, are set to demand the New York
Contact: Eliza Bates, eliza.bates@nysna.org , 917-565-2976 (Brooklyn, NY)--The contempt hearing against SUNY scheduled fortomorrow has been postponed until Thursday at 11 a.m. The hearing is for contempt of the Temporary Restraining Order issued by a New York Supreme Court Judge, which prohibits the
MEDIA ADVISORY: For January 29, 2014 (Brooklyn, NY) January 29, 2014-Patients, nurses, caregivers, and community allies will join Public Advocate Letitia James for a rally and press conference at Long Island College Hospital today to speak out about SUNY's decision to move forward with a new a
MEDIA ADVISORY For January 14, 2013 Contact: Jesse Myerson, 347.688.0241, jesse.myerson@nysna.org LICH Caregivers to Hold Speakout: Before Getting on Bus to Albany to deliver 18,000 #SaveLICH petition signatures to SUNY Trustees (Brooklyn, NY) LICH nurses, caregivers, and patients are holding a