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For Immediate Release: Oct. 18, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917-405-1060 Nurses Push Back on Closing of Psychiatric Unit at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center; Say Promises Broken Lynchpin of Geriatric Psychiatric Care Threatened Brooklyn - The New York State Nurses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 14, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Eleven Nurses Affected Including a 30-Year Veteran of the Hospital Layoffs Come Despite Reports of Understaffing in Units Carmel — New York State Nurses Association announced today that Putnam

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2020 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646.853.4489 Michael Hertz | michael.hertz@nysna.org | 917.232.3803 Car Caravan and Speak Out to Highlight How to Stay Safe and Healthy this Holiday Season, and Need to Reopen Mental Health Services Kingston

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 30, 2020 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Montefiore turns patients away from New Rochelle Hospital and transfers high-risk patients out in preparation for nurses’ strike NEW ROCHELLE, NY - Hospital administration at Montefiore New

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2020 Contact: Kristi Barnes | Kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646.853.4489 Anne Songcayauon | Anne.Songcayauon@nysna.org | 917.226.8570 Patient Forced to Give Birth in Emergency Department Due to Shuttered Mother-Baby Unit Closed Unit Triggers Staffing Exodus from

Contact:  Marlena Fontes | marlena.fontes@nysna.org | 718-722-0929 Kristi Barnes | Kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 **MEDIA ADVISORY FOR SATURDAY SEPT 19** Mayor, community leaders, nurses to talk health, wellness, and keeping Mount Vernon Hospital open for care Mount Vernon, NY— The Save and

NYSNA calls for the reopening of Syosset Hospital inpatient psychiatric unit; patient needs are not being met; nurses call on Northwell to be there for the mental healthcare needs of the community; patient advocates and elected officials to speak Reports of psychiatric patients stuck in Syosset’s ER