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HANDS OFF Our Healthcare, Unions and Democracy! NYSNA Joins April 5 Day of Action

NYSNA Update: April 4, 2025

April 04, 2025

A Weekly Update for NYSNA Members.

NYSNA Statement on Layoffs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

April 03, 2025

The New York State Nurses Association released this statement in response to the mass layoffs at NIOSH:

The planned mass layoffs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)...

NYSNA Statement on Cuts to HHS Funding

March 27, 2025

The New York State Nurses Association released this statement:

“NYSNA nurses are deeply concerned about the Department of Health and Human Services’ abrupt termination of the billions of previously...

NYSNA Board of Directors Statement on the Crisis in the Middle East

February 11, 2025

The NYSNA Board of Directors released the following statement on the crisis in the Middle East:

NYSNA reiterates our call for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the West...

Healthcare Unions Denounce ICE Raids in Healthcare Facilities

February 10, 2025

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (“1199SEIU”) President George Gresham & the New York State Nurses Association(“NYSNA”) Executive Director Pat Kane, RN, issued the following statement regarding ICE raids in sensitive locations

Statewide Healthcare and Advocacy Organizations Call on Congressional Members to Protect Medicaid

January 31, 2025

The undersigned statewide organizations are deeply concerned about looming threats to New Yorkers’ access to healthcare. We represent consumers, frontline caregivers, providers, insurers, business...

The Fight for Healthcare and Services for Our Communities

January 31, 2025

This week, we heard from many alarmed members, hospitals, and allied unions and elected officials about the chaos and uncertainty that the federal government’s “pause” in funding created.