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NYSNA State FY2022-2023 Budget Priorities: Update

March 25, 2022

Negotiations for the final state FY23 budget are now in full swing. The state senate and the state assembly have released their own “one house” budget proposals and the governor and legislature are in...

Fix Tier 6!

March 23, 2022

Public sector healthcare professionals are the backbone of New York’s healthcare system. We care for ALL New Yorkers. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic we were the safety net for New York – testing...

NYSNA Testimony offered at Hearing on Medicaid Program Efficacy

November 05, 2021

NYSNA’s Director of Public Policy Leon Bell recently testified before the New York State Assembly’s Standing Committee on Health. He spoke on behalf of NYSNA’s 40,000 registered nurses and the...

2021 General Election Endorsements

October 21, 2021

New York City

Citywide

Eric Adams – Mayor
Brad Lander – Comptroller
Jumaane Williams – Public Advocate

Manhattan

Alvin Bragg – Manhattan District Attorney
Mark Levine – Manhattan Borough President
Carli...

NYSNA Statewide 2021 Election Endorsements

October 11, 2021

New York City

Citywide

Eric Adams – Mayor
Brad Lander – Comptroller
Jumaane Williams – Public Advocate

Manhattan

Alvin Bragg – Manhattan District Attorney
Mark Levine – Manhattan Borough President
Carlina...

NYSNA Member Alicia Butler Delivers Impassioned Plea for Safe and Effective Staffing at Rikers Island

September 22, 2021

Days after a group of legislators toured Rikers Island and called conditions there inhumane, and after NYSNA member Alicia Butler testified before New York City Council, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the L...

Safe staffing bills signed into law!

June 21, 2021

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.

On June 18, the...