NYSNA Nurses Hold Week of Action to Demand Private Hospitals Protect Healthcare for New Yorkers
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TODAY, NOV. 12 AT NOON**
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
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NYSNA NURSES HOLD WEEK OF ACTION TO DEMAND PRIVATE HOSPITALS PROTECT HEALTHCARE FOR NEW YORKERS
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New York, N.Y. - On Wednesday, Nov. 12, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses will kick off a second week of action to demand that NYC private hospitals invest in safe, patient care rather than executive pay and risky speculations on artificial intelligence. CEOs at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian now make, on average, nearly 12,000 percent more than the registered nurses on the frontlines caring for patients. And Mount Sinai recently shelled out a whopping $100 million on just one AI facility. The bottom line: NYC’s private hospitals can afford to put patients first.
Amidst looming federal healthcare cuts, nurses and allies call on our city’s private sector hospitals to do their part to protect New York patients.
WHAT: Mount Sinai West Nurses Care for New York Speak-Out
WHO: Hundreds of NYSNA nurses and allies, including City Council Member Erik Bottcher, Assembly Member Tony Simone, and Make the Road New York
WHEN: Nov. 12 at 12 p.m
WHERE: Mount Sinai West, 1000 10th Ave., New York
NYSNA nurses and healthcare professionals have mobilized to protect healthcare across our state ahead of the Trump administration’s impending healthcare cuts. If Trump’s cuts proceed, the number of uninsured New Yorkers will likely increase by over a million, health insurance premiums could go up for all, and New York could lose billions in federal healthcare funding. Nurses demand that private hospitals do their part to protect healthcare for New Yorkers.
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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.