For Immediate Release: Friday, Dec. 24 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org, 917-405-1060 New York - NYSNA condemns the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)'s recent emergency guidance as potentially dangerous for healthcare workers and the communities we serve. This guidance is inconsistent
Across the country, nurses have spoken out about the challenges of providing care in the COVID-19 pandemic. They’ve urged health systems to provide more resources to care for patients, including...
For Immediate Release: Sept. 20, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | press@nysna.org NYSNA Applauds Gov. Kathy Hochul for Taking Steps to Improve Conditions at Rikers Island New York – Days after a group of legislators toured Rikers Island and called conditions there inhumane, and after NYSNA member
We did it! After a long, hard-fought struggle, members and healthcare workers succeeded in getting landmark hospital and nursing home staffing legislation passed into state law.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 18, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 New York State Nurses Association applauds signing by Governor Cuomo of two landmark staffing laws Nurses and healthcare workers forge a path to safety and quality care for all New Yorkers New York
After more than a decade of advocacy by NYSNA nurses and healthcare professionals, landmark staffing legislation for our hospitals and nursing homes has finally landed on the Governor’s desk ready to...