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On Tuesday, March 16, join nurses and healthcare professionals around the state for a virtual Day of Action to demand safe staffing standards in New York State!

Community, labor, and elected allies can...

Understaffing in New York's hospitals and nursing homes puts patient safety at risk—that's why NYSNA nurses speak out for safe staffing. Whether advocating for the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act in the New York State Legislature, or fighting and winning staffing improvements in our contracts, or enforcing safe nurse-to-patient ratios on our units, nurses will not stop until we win safe staffing on every unit, in every hospital in the state. Below are just a few of our most recent local safe staffing victories:

After substantial pressure from NYSNA and our union allies, the New York State Department of Health finally released their highly anticipated study on nurse staffing enhancements Friday August 14^th.

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“Safe staffing cannot wait!”

That was the sum of our testimony at today’s hearing with the New York State Department of Health on the study for safe staffing. Read this New York Daily News article whic...

Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther and Senator Robert Jackson introduced the bill A3706/S5424 to their legislative chambers.

This is legislation that creates a civil penalty/fine for violation of the...

Earlier this week, NYSNA members turned out in mass to let our legislators know that we need #safestaffingnow and that they need to #passthebill.

First, we got things kicked off with a raucous rally in...