NYSNA Nurses at the Brooklyn Hospital Center Bring Their Message to Restore Health Benefits to the CEO
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 17 AT 12:30 PM**
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
NYSNA NURSES AT THE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER BRING THEIR MESSAGE TO RESTORE HEALTH BENEFITS TO THE CEO
Nurses Demand Hospital Keep Commitment to Fully Pay and Restore Nurses’ Health Benefits After Hospital Receives Funding from State
New York, N.Y.– On Tuesday, March 17, NYSNA nurses at The Brooklyn Health Center, who have been without health insurance for more than 40 days, take their demands for reinstated coverage to CEO Gary Terrinoni’s luxury condo. Nurses have been working without health insurance for more than 40 days, after hospital executives failed to pay into their benefit fund. The Brooklyn Hospital Center has cited financial constraints and requested emergency funds from New York State. The hospital received millions in funding, more than enough to pay for nurses’ health coverage, but refuses to use it to reinstate nurses’ health benefits. NYSNA nurses who have been working day and night without health coverage demand that the hospital fully pay and restore their health benefits so that they can keep themselves and their families healthy and safe.
WHO: NYSNA nurses and elected allies, including
WHAT: March to CEO Gary Terrinoni’s Luxury Condo to Demand Health Benefits
WHEN: Tuesday, March 17 at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Start at The Brooklyn Hospital Center at 121 Dekalb Ave., March to 138 Willoughby St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
On Tuesday, March 10, TBHC nurses traveled to Albany as part of NYSNA’s yearly Lobby Day and demanded accountability and action from state lawmakers. They learned that the hospital had received millions from New York state yet has refused to pay the full amount owed to the nurses’ health fund. While nurses work without health coverage, the CEO and other top executives continue to take home millions of dollars in pay. Together, executives at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, a safety net hospital, made more than $8 million a year in 2024. In 2024, CEO Gary Terrinoni brought in nearly $2 million in executive pay. Terrinoni owns a luxury condo in Brooklyn, a mansion in Pennsylvania and a house in a golf and beach resort community in Delaware. There is no reason why the CEO of a safety-net hospital should be living large while the frontline nurses who care for this community are forced to sacrifice our own health in order to care for our patients.
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The New York State Nurses Association represents more than 42,000 members in New York State. We are New York’s largest union and professional association for registered nurses. NYSNA is an affiliate of National Nurses United, AFL-CIO, the country's largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses, with more than 225,000 members nationwide.