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The state legislature ended the 2016 session in the early morning hours of June 19, and we saw some significant victories for nurses and patients in the legislation that passed:

Safe Staffing Ratios

On Tuesday evening, June 14, 2016, the New York State Assembly passed the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act! This is the first time that safe staffing legislation has progressed so far in New York...

Where does your legislator stand on Safe Staffing?

There is a crisis in New York healthcare. Patients in need, not enough nurses. It's putting New Yorkers at risk. Tell Albany: Support Safe Staffing!

With 35 years of nursing experience, including public health administration, Diane Dwire, RN and retired NYNSA member, was an outstanding participant at the first of six public hearings being held by...

For our next lobby day, Tuesday, May 20, we’re joining with fellow healthcare unions from across the state, including PEF, CSEA, CWA and 1199SEIU, to lobby for safe staffing and against workplace...