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Nurses at Montefiore's Weiler hospital have won a victory for Safe Staffing – and now 15 new RNs positions are on the fast track.

On July 4, nurses and our families hit the streets of Staten Island with our first ever float in the annual Travis Parade. Amid rain, shine, cheers, and chants, we came out in NYSNA red to show support for our patients and neighbors in Staten Island and to celebrate our independence.

I am excited to announce that nurses from New York City’s public hospitals and Mayoral agencies have voted 97.4% to ratify our contract with HHC.

More than 8,000 NYSNA nurses at New York City’s public hospitals and Mayoral agencies have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with HHC.

Upstate NYSNA RNs packed the house with more than 83 RNs for our Capital District Inter-regional Meeting on Thursday, June 12.

Chanting “We Care for New York,” hundreds of NYSNA nurses and 1199SEIU caregivers picketed for respect at Brooklyn’s Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center and East Harlem’s Terence Cardinal Cooke long-term care facility on Wednesday.

A little rain didn’t stop NYSNA RNs from turning out to talk to our Oneonta community about Safe Staffing. Our message: we're spread too thin at A.O. Fox Hospital. We're calling on hospital management to commit in writing to a plan to improve staffing and reduce nurse turnover and burnout.