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Public Hospital Dialysis Patients Win an Important Vote Against For-Profits and Privatization

February 01, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2015 (NEW YORK, NY) — The Committee on Establishment and Project Review failed today to win enough votes to recommend the application of Big Apple Dialysis Management, LLC to proceed in its takeover of four chronic dialysis clinics in the public hospital system run

NYSNA Statement on NYU Abandoning Brooklyn Patients

September 19, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 NYSNA nurses at LICH, alongside 1199SEIU caregivers, doctors, patients and elected leaders, have fought tirelessly for two years to protect care for their patients -- even getting arrested to keep our beloved hospital open for care. Instead of welcoming

Full-Service Hospital Bidder Begins Negotiations with SUNY to Take Over LICH

April 03, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 03, 2014 Contact: NYSNA - Eliza Bates, 917-565-2976, eliza.bates@nysna.org 1199SEIU - Amanda Torres Price, 917-886-9311, amandatorresprice@1199.org (New York, NY) SUNY announced today that they will enter into negotiations on transferring ownership of LICH to

Public Hospital Dialysis Patients Win On Quality Care; For-Profit Chain Set Back

March 20, 2014

For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 20, 2014 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, 917-405-1060 (New York, NY) The state has removed the application of Big Apple Dialysis Management, LLC from the agenda of the scheduled March 27 th meeting of the NYS Department of Health’s Public Health and Health Planning

International Women's Day to turn out Nurses, Caregivers, Elected Officials, Health Activists, NAACP, Working Families Party for East Side Rally & March

March 08, 2014

Media Advisory: For Saturday, March 8 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, 917 405 1060,carl.ginsburg@nysna.org There's no place in NYC for Koch money or influence! International Women's Day to turn out Nurses, Caregivers, Elected Officials, Health Activists, NAACP, Working Families Party for East Side Rally &

Nurses To Testify At City Council Health Hearing

February 24, 2014

Media Advisory: For Monday, Feb. 24 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, 917 405 1060; carl.ginsburg@nysna.org NURSES TO TESTIFY AT CITY COUNCIL HEALTH HEARING "Selling patients into for-profit dialysis market is wrong," say RNs. Will present new information on failures of DOH and record of for-profit dialysis

Joint Statement by Community, Patients, Nurses, Doctors, Caregivers on Tentative LICH Agreement

February 21, 2014

Contact: Eliza Bates, NYSNA, 917-565-2976 Amanda Torres Price, 1199SEIU, 917-886-9311 Jeff Strabone, Cobble Hill Association, 347-407-1012 Dr. Toomas Sorra, Concerned Physicians, 917-435-2672 Brooklyn, NY- The New York State Nurses Association, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Concerned