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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
The staffing bills that were reintroduced in the state legislature are gaining momentum! Yesterday, the hospital staffing bill passed another hurdle on its way to becoming law. The bills could come to...
The recently concluded state legislative session resulted in some important victories for NYSNA members and our patients beyond the hospital and nursing home staffing victories, including: