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Media Advisory for Thursday, July 16 - NYSNA calls for the reopening of Syosset Hospital inpatient psychiatric unit

July 16, 2020

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

STATEMENT FROM THE NEW YORK STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION ON NYS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORT ON NURSING HOME COVID-19 DEATHS

July 09, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2020 New York – On July 6, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) released a report entitled Factors Associated with Nursing Home Infections and Fatalities in New York State During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis. This report’s primary conclusion is that “

Nurses Rally Against MVHS Staffing Cuts during COVID Crisis

May 05, 2020

For Immediate Release: May 6, 2020 Contact: Corey Ellis | corey.ellis@nysna.org | 518.526.4844 Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646.853.4489 Nurses Demand CEO Darlene Stromstad Bring Back the Nurses, Recommit to Caring for Utica Community Utica, NY — As a surge of COVID-19 patients is

First Upstate COVID-19 Nurse Corps Volunteers Deploying in NYC

May 04, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2020 Contact: Kristi Barnes I kristi.barnes@nysna.org I 646.853.4489 Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 As Upstate hospitals announce staffing cuts, CVPH works with NYSNA to redeploy nurses to epicenter of COVID-19 crisis New York State – Hospitals

Statement: Regarding decision in NYSNA v. Montefiore Medical Center

May 03, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2, 2020 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 Statement of the New York State Nurses Association regarding a lawsuit brought against Montefiore Medical Center to protect the health and safety of nurses treating COVID-19 patients. The suit charged

Statement: Regarding decision in the case of NYSNA v. Montefiore Medical Center

May 02, 2020

On Workers Memorial Day and in honor of nurses fallen by the Coronavirus, an Online Memorial Service hosted by the NYS Nurses Association to be held this evening

April 28, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2020 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 New York, NY – On this year’s Workers’ Memorial Day, the nurses of the New York State Nurses Association will honor their fallen colleagues, victims of the coronavirus, in an Online Memorial Service