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New York State Nurses Association calls on Albany Medical Center to take immediate action to protect patients, the community and nurses during this uptick in COVID cases

November 24, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 23, 2020 Contact: Halimah Elmariah | helmariah@kivvit.com | 201.290.9753 CDC Guidelines on PPEs must be followed Patients must NOT be moved without COVID test results Crisis staffing ratio on the COVID floor that was created by the hospital must be followed Albany, NY

Nurses are ready to strike on December 1 at Albany Medical Center

November 20, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 20, 2020 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 Demand preparation for COVID-19 Wave; “Atrocious Staffing” and “Substandard PPE” are recipe for disaster, say Nurses One-Day Walk-Out Planned Albany, NY — Facing a disastrous lack of preparation

NURSES ARE READY TO STRIKE AT ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER; DEMAND PREPARATION FOR NEXT WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS

November 20, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carl Ginsburg | Carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917-405-1060 **MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TODAY** One-day walk-out set for December 1 ALBANY, NY— In a hospital “coming apart at the seams,” nurses of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) will strike at Albany Medical Center

March to Save Lives!

November 18, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 18, 2020 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646.853.4489 **MEDIA ADVISORY FOR NOVEMBER 19**: NURSES AT MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER CHARGE HOSPITAL SYSTEM UNPREPARED FOR RESURGING CORONAVIRUS RNs

“Strike!” Notice By Nurses at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital; Grossly Inadequate Resources to Fight Coronavirus and No Contract to Guarantee Safe Conditions Lead to Strike Vote

November 18, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 18, 2020 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | Carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917-405-1060 Kristi Barnes | Kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 **MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW** “Strike!” Notice By Nurses at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital; Grossly Inadequate Resources to Fight

NURSES AT ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER IN YONKERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST UNDERSTAFFING AND GROWING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

October 28, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28, 2020 Contact: Kristi Barnes | Kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Two Nurses Have Been Attacked and Injured at Work Yonkers, NY— Nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center are holding a speak out on Wednesday October 28 to demand action from hospital CEO Mike Spicer

Strike Authorization: Members of the NYS Nurses Association at Montefiore-New Rochelle Hospital overwhelmingly vote to authorize a strike

October 22, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2020 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 NYSNA calls on Montefiore Management to come to the table With a Fair Contract for the Nurses and for the Patients they serve New Rochelle, NY — The New York State Nurses Association announced