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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917-405-1060 Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 NOT ENOUGH NURSES TO DO THE JOB AT ELLIS HOSPITAL UNDERSTAFFING IN CRITICAL CARE UNITS POSES RISK TO PATIENT AND NURSE SAFETY Nearly 300

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 Safe Staffing with enough nurses must be Top 2021 NYS Priority Nurses say: ‘We Could Have Saved More’ - More than 40,000 COVID-19 Deaths and Counting Hospitals and State must take action now by

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 28, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 Freda Died of COVID - Her Work Spoke to the Urgent Need for Healthcare Justice Bronx, NY - Freda Ocran, RN, mother of three and spouse of Joseph Ocran, also a nurse, was one of the first members of

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646.853.4489 New York - “The killings of six Asian women yesterday in the Atlanta area added to the grief—and terror—Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders are suffering nationwide. In the last year, since the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646.853.4489 Thousands Could Have Been Saved with Safe Staffing Nurses: ‘No More Excuses’ for Being Understaffed and Underprepared New York - Nurses at NY Presbyterian and Mount Sinai in Manhattan are demanding

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646.853.4489 Labor, Community, Elected Officials Release New Report, Demand Transparency and Accountability for Public Funds, Essential Healthcare Service Closures, and COVID Data Mount Vernon — Patient