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On some nights, Peng He, an RN at Terence Cardinal Cooke Hospital, says only one RN is left to care for patients on the subacute unit. "How can one person cover dozens of bedside calls at once? Every night I worry about my patients."

On Tuesday, July 29, midwives from Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx Hospital voted unanimously to ratify our first ever contract with PAGNY!

Let’s give a big welcome to our newest NYSNA sisters and brothers – the Certified RN Anesthetists at Mt. Sinai! On Friday the National Labor Relations Board certified the CRNAs' vote to join NYSNA.

Congratulations are in order for the hardworking caregivers of 1199SEIU, who just settled a contract with the League of Voluntary Hospitals with no benefit takeaways, a significant wage increase, and a fairer process for nonunion workers to organize in outpatient hospital clinics.

This spring, staffing at Presbyterian’s Children’s Hospital Emergency Department was getting just too low. We were struggling to make sure that our patients got the best possible care. We decided to do something about it – and we won staffing improvements!

More than 100 nurses from the Capital Region came together on July 10 – and we voted unanimously to adopt NYSNA's Capital Region platform for Safe Staffing and Quality Care!

The votes are in and it's unanimous: RNs at AO Fox said YES to a new contract that raises standards for us and our patients!