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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 14, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Eleven Nurses Affected Including a 30-Year Veteran of the Hospital Layoffs Come Despite Reports of Understaffing in Units Carmel — New York State Nurses Association announced today that Putnam

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917-405-1060 New York, New York – The New York State Nurses Association, representing 42,000 nurses across the state, working with allies, won major victories in the final state budget that was enacted this week

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