TODAY: NYSNA Nurses at St. Joseph's Medical Center Speak Out for Safe Staffing and a Fair Contract
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TODAY, MARCH 26 AT 12 PM**
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Anne Songcayauon | press@nysna.org | 917-226-8570
NYSNA NURSES AT ST. JOSEPH’S MEDICAL CENTER SPEAK OUT FOR SAFE STAFFING AND A FAIR CONTRACT
Nurses Sound the Alarm on Rampant Understaffing in the Hospital That Management is Failing to Address
Nurses Filed More Than 130 Official Patient Safety Complaints in First Three Months of 2026 Alone
New York, N.Y.– On Thursday, March 26, NYSNA nurses at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, NY, are speaking out for a fair contract that protects safe patient care. Understaffing is a widespread problem in the hospital and puts quality patient care at risk. In the first three months of 2026 alone, nurses filed more than 130 official complaints of unsafe staffing. These complaints to management document when the nurse believes that patient care and their licenses could be at risk because they’re asked to care for too many patients at one time.
At the bargaining table, nurses have proposed several solutions to address the hospital staffing crisis, but hospital management is not doing nearly enough to improve staffing and negotiate a fair contract that helps to recruit and retain enough nurses for safe patient care. Nurses and our allies are calling on St. Joseph’s Medical Center to be fair to those who care for this community.
WHO: NYSNA nurses and elected allies, including Westchester County Legislator David Tubiolo, Westchester County Legislator and Westchester Putnam County Labor Body Director Jenn Puja, Westchester Putnam County Labor Body Secretary Treasurer Florence McCue, Yonkers City Council Member Corazon Pineda-Isaac, and SEIU 32BJ.
WHAT: Speak-out for safe staffing and a fair contract
WHEN: Thursday, March 26 at 12:00 p.m. noon
WHERE: St. Joseph’s Medical Center, 127 S Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701
***Photos will be available at https://www.facebook.com/nynurses/ after the speak out***
NYSNA nurses are calling attention to the crisis of understaffing at St. Joseph’s Medical Center. Especially on the hospital floors and in the ICU and emergency department, there are too few nurses to care for patients. Nurses are often asked to care for more patients than deemed safe, and they often stay late to finish caregiving and charting; leading to overwork, exhaustion and poor nurse retention.
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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.