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Proclamation: Honoring 9/11 First Responders

September 08, 2016

September 7, 2016

PROCLAMATION HONORING 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS

“9/11” is emblazoned in human history as a day of terror and tragedy, of mass killing, of unspeakable horror.

For Americans, 9/11 was an...

We Stand with the Standing Rock Sioux

September 01, 2016

New! UPDATE: Standing Rock Pipeline Struggle

The 42,000 nurses of the New York State Nurses Association are honored to express our solidarity with the historic and courageous action of the Standing...

Water Contamination in Hoosick Falls

September 01, 2016

Owing to a local factory that makes Teflon, the municipal water in Onondaga County’s Hoosick Falls is polluted with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) – more than 50 times the acceptable level. When local...

NYSNA 2016 State Assembly and Senate Endorsements

August 22, 2016

The candidates endorsed by NYSNA in the 2016 State Assembly and Senate elections have taken stands on a wide range of issues and key priorities that affect NYSNA nurses and New Yorkers’ access to high...

IDNYC: 8 Million New Yorkers. 1 Card for All of Us!

August 03, 2016

The City of New York is providing free government-issued photo identification cards, the IDNYC, for all NYC residents 14 years of age and older.

IDNYC is good for patient care!

Our patients at NYC...

Video: ‘Stop the Violence Rally and March’: July 23, Poughkeepsie

July 27, 2016

On July 23, NYSNA joined the Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation, CSEA Local 1000, CWA Local 1120, 1199SEIU, Working Families, and many other local and regional sponsors, for Poughkeepsie’s 2nd...

End of Legislative Session Highlights: NYSNA Scores Important Victories

July 08, 2016

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: