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Judge Orders Interfaith to Remain Open

November 14, 2013

On November 13^th, a judge ordered that the hospital must stay open while further mediation occurs between owners that want to close the facility and the advocates of keeping Interfaith Medical Center...

Wall Street's Plan to Take Over Our Healthcare

November 12, 2013

Wall Street and private equity firms plan to take over healthcare through a series of tactics including changing the regulatory structure, promoting a private insurance model and lobbying for the introduction of for-profit healthcare facilities to enter the New York market.

What You Can Do To Help Victims of Typhoon Haiyan

November 12, 2013

On November 8, Typhoon Haiyan (called Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines), one of the most powerful typhoons on record, ripped through the Philippines, leaving a path of destruction in its wake...

Healthcare Workers and Advocates Announce Support for Victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

November 12, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2013 Contact: Eliza Bates, NYSNA, eliza.bates@nysna.org, (917) 565-2976 Amanda Torres-Price, 1199SEIU,amanda.torresprice@1199.org, (917) 886-9311 Healthcare Workers and Advocates Announce Support for Victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines Who: 1199SEIU

Video: Westchester Patient Care in Danger

November 08, 2013

Execs at Westchester Medical Center have laid off and privatized more than 140 skilled registered nurses and hundreds of other caregivers.

NYSNA nurses talk about what we are doing to save patient care...

Video: Building a movement

November 08, 2013

What an incredible year for NYSNA: we built a movement of nurses and patients to keep hospitals open for care, defend our public hospital system, organize new nurses, and fight for healthcare for all.

Nurses to Picket for Safe Patient Care at St. Joseph's Medical Center

November 07, 2013

Contact: Jesse Myerson, Jesse.Myerson@nysna.org, 347.688.0241 Yonkers – Nurses at St. Joseph's Medial Center are being forced to take on 9, 10, or more patients at a time. At Noon on Thursday, November 7, NYSNA RNs will picket the hospital for guaranteed minimum staffing levels for all patients at