NYSNA Nurses, Union Healthcare Workers, Advocates and Elected Officials Come Together to Raise Up Budget Priorities in the Face of National Threats to Healthcare

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MARCH 10 AT 12 P.M.**

Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169 
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 

NYSNA NURSES, UNION HEALTHCARE WORKERS, ADVOCATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS COME TOGETHER TO RAISE UP BUDGET PRIORITIES IN THE FACE OF NATIONAL THREATS TO HEALTHCARE

Hundreds of NYSNA members head to the state Capitol to demand that Albany pass a budget that invests in safe patient care with safe staffing enforcement, fair hospital funding, support for the nursing workforce, and quality healthcare for all. 

Albany, N.Y.– On Tuesday, March 10, hundreds of New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses and healthcare professionals will descend on the state Capitol for their annual lobby day. In the face of major national threats from the Trump administration to healthcare, nurses will call on state legislators to invest in and protect quality care for all New Yorkers. 

WHO: New York State Nurses Association nurses, NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, allies, and elected leaders, including New York State Senators Gustavo Rivera and April Baskin; and Assembly Members Amy Paulin, Harry Bronson, and Phara Souffrant Forrest. 

WHAT: NYSNA Lobby Day press conference calling on Albany to invest in safe patient care 

WHEN: Tuesday, March 10, 2024, noon-1pm 

WHERE: Capitol building, outside Senate Chambers on 4th floor 

New York’s healthcare system and workers are facing major threats from the federal Trump administration, whose One Big Beautiful Bill Act will tear healthcare coverage from more than a million New Yorkers and drastically cut billions in healthcare and hospital funding. They are demanding an equitable budget to support the communities and healthcare workers who need it most. NYSNA nurses are asking state legislators to protect New Yorkers and: 

• Ensure that all New Yorkers have high-quality healthcare through fair funding for public and safety net hospitals, protecting care for immigrant New Yorkers, saving essential but “unprofitable” healthcare services, and enacting the New York Health Act to guarantee universal, single payer healthcare for all New Yorkers.
• Raise revenues to fund healthcare and keep hospitals open for care by taxing corporations and the ultra-wealthy.
• Improve safe staffing levels and enforcement of our state’s staffing laws to protect quality patient care.
• Protect nursing practice standards and patient safety by strictly regulating the use of artificial intelligence, telehealth, hospital-at-home, and other emerging healthcare technology or modes of delivering care to ensure they are safe and equitable.
• Fix Tier 6 to recruit and retain enough nurses and healthcare workers in the public sector. 

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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.