TODAY: NYSNA Nurses at the Brooklyn Hospital Center Demand Hospital Pay Nurses' Healthcare and Pension Benefits
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TODAY, FEB. 2 AT 11:30 AM**
Contact: Eliza Bates | press@nysna.org | 646-285-8491
Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
NYSNA NURSES AT THE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER DEMAND HOSPITAL PAY NURSES’ HEALTHCARE AND PENSION BENEFITS
Despite agreeing to maintain NYSNA nurses’ health and pension benefits, The Brooklyn Hospital Center has refused to pay nurses’ benefits since the October contribution, resulting in nurses losing health coverage
Hospital executives rake in $8 million in salaries while kicking nurses and their families off healthcare
New York, NY—On Feb. 2, at 11:30 a.m. NYSNA nurses at The Brooklyn Health Center will hold a speak-out and demand that the hospital pay their healthcare and pension benefits so that their coverage can resume. NYSNA nurses averted a strike earlier this year when management agreed to a fair contract that protects healthcare and pension benefits, ensures safe staffing, and commits to implementing protections against workplace violence. Despite this commitment, The Brooklyn Hospital Center has failed to make payments to healthcare and pension funds for three consecutive months. NYSNA nurses who now lost their health coverage demand that the hospital begin paying so that they can keep themselves and their families healthy and safe.
WHAT: Speak-Out to Demand Healthcare and Pension Benefits
WHO: NYSNA nurses and community and elected officials, including Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest and City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse
WHEN: Feb. 2 at 11:30 am.
WHERE: The Brooklyn Hospital Center, 121 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201
NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, RN, BSN, CCRN, said, “While NYSNA nurses who care for our Brooklyn communities are losing their healthcare, executives are getting paid millions. The Brooklyn Hospital Center is breaking their commitment to their hard working nurses. A hospital that refuses to protect those who care for patients puts patients and the community at risk. These greedy hospital executives need to reinstate nurses' benefits now.”
NYSNA nurses are taking care of patients during one of the worst flu outbreaks in recorded history and deserve better. They also know that the hospital can afford to cover their nurses’ health and safety. Executives at the Brooklyn Hospital Center collectively raked in more than $8 million annually. CEO Gary Terrinoni brought in nearly $2 million in 2024.
NYSNA nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside West, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Montefiore Hospital continue to strike in the city’s largest nurse strike. Today, they return to the bargaining table ready to settle fair contracts that protect patient and nurse safety.
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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.