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Statement on Interfaith Medical Center from the New York State Nurses Association and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

November 04, 2013

Contacts:Robert Hadley, 646-627-0382, robert.hadley@1199seiu.orgCarl Ginsburg, 917-405-1060, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org Bankruptcy proceedings for Interfaith Medical Center have been postponed to next Wednesday, November 13, at the earliest. This postponement gives patient advocates, community leaders

Lower Staffing Ratios, Fewer Readmissions

November 01, 2013

Reducing hospital re-admissions is one of the chief cost-cutting tactics of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Hospitals that have excessive 30-day readmissions for Medicare patients admitted for heart...

NYSNA rallies for safe staffing at Montefiore

October 31, 2013

Hundreds of NYSNA RNs and supporters rallied yesterday for safe staffing and respect at Montefiore – including Monte's newly-acquired facilities in Westchester.

At Monte Moses, NYSNA Executive...

Video: Westchester Patient Care in Danger

October 28, 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...

Schenectady RNs: "We want to join NYSNA!"

October 04, 2013

Nurses at Niskayuna's Bellevue Women's Center presented a petition to Ellis Hospital management requesting recognition of our union. Almost every single nurse at Bellevue signed the petition.

Many...

Brooklyn Justice Issues Order to Hold Contempt Hearing and Enters Modified Temporary Restraining Order, Suny Diverts Ambulances From Lich

June 20, 2013

For Immediate Release: June 20, 2013 Contact: Eliza Bates, NYSNA, eliza.bates@nysna.org, 917.565.2976 Dave Bates, 1199SEIU, dave.bates@1199.org, 347.865.8038 Dr. Toomas Sorra, Concerned Physicians, toomasmd@aol.com, 718.834.0100, 917.435.2672 BROOKLYN, NY — Yesterday, Justice Johnny Lee Baynes

NYSNA and 1199SEIU stand together and say: ‘We care for New York!’

January 01, 2012

Chanting “We Care for New York,” hundreds of NYSNA nurses and 1199SEIU caregivers picketed for respect at Brooklyn’s Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center and East Harlem’s Terence Cardinal Cooke long-term...