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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...

NYSNA Statement on the Leaked Supreme Court Draft Opinion on Roe V. Wade

May 04, 2022

NYSNA members have always been proud to defend women’s rights. The draft opinion leaked on May 2 from the Supreme Court would undermine Roe V. Wade and decades of reproductive rights for women in the...

NYSNA State FY2022-2023 Budget Summary

April 14, 2022

After weeks of advocacy and action, we have a final state budget for FY2022-2023 that adds $4 billion to the original Executive Proposal, raising total state spending from $216 billion to $220 billion...

What the RaDonda Vaught, RN, Verdict Reveals About Our Healthcare System

April 01, 2022

Nurses everywhere have been following the trial and verdict of RaDonda Vaught, RN, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse convicted on March 25 of gross neglect and criminally negligent...

Westchester Med nurses demand safe staffing and a fair contract

March 30, 2022

On Feb. 2, 2022, hundreds of NYSNA nurses at Westchester Medical Center lined the road in front of the hospital to speak out against deteriorating conditions. They highlighted unsafe staffing and...

Going on the Offense in the Fight to Save and Transform Mount Vernon Hospital

March 30, 2022

In February 2022, NYSNA nurses at Montefiore Mount Vernon celebrated winning a strong new contract. But this wasn't just any contract victory: this was the culmination of a years-long fight to keep...

Implementing the Hospital Staffing Committees Law

March 29, 2022

Safe, quality care depends on enough nurses and frontline caregivers to do the job. That’s why NYSNA fights for safe staffing on every unit, in every healthcare facility in the state. By uniting and...