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Statement on Immigration Enforcement Actions in Hospitals and Schools

January 28, 2025

The New York State Nurses Association released the following statement regarding the federal policy change on immigration enforcement in “sensitive locations” including hospitals and schools.

Union leaders from NYSNA, 32 BJ, DC 37 gather for a photo promoted Carbon Free and Healthy Schools

NYSNA Builds Support for Public Solar Power Bill in City Council

April 12, 2024

NYSNA board member Flandersia Jones, RN, lobbied on behalf of NYSNA on Thursday, April 11, in coalition with Climate Jobs NY. They lobbied City Council members at offices across City Hall. The focus...

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

November 22, 2023

The NYSNA Board endorses the following statement from our fellow affiliate union and has made a donation to Doctors Without Borders/ Medicines Sans Frontieres to support the humanitarian efforts.

NYSNA Leader Flandersia Jones with City Council Member Sandy Nurse

NYSNA Joins Push for Climate Justice Legislation in New York City

September 15, 2023

On Thursday, Sept. 14, and in the lead up to Climate Week in New York City, NYSNA was proud to join with labor unions and advocacy groups in front of City Hall to introduce a bill to accelerate the...

NYSNA Leader Marion Parkins Sit testifies in New York City Hall

Nurses Speak Out Against Lead Poisoning, Call for Strengthened Laws

April 28, 2023

NYC Health+Hospitals/ Harlem NYSNA nurse leader Marion Parkins, RN, testified against lead poisoning in a New York City Council joint hearing from the Committee on Housing and Buildings and Committee...

NYSNA Statement on Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade

June 24, 2022

On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of reproductive health protections when it overturned Roe v. Wade. With no legal right to abortion guaranteed nationwide, it will now be...

NYSNA Statement on the Racist Mass Shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. on May 14

May 16, 2022

NYSNA members throughout New York State were horrified by the racist mass shooting on Saturday, when ten people were killed at a Buffalo Tops supermarket, and three were hospitalized with injuries. We...