The New York State Nurses Association released the following statement regarding the federal policy change on immigration enforcement in “sensitive locations” including hospitals and schools.
NYSNA board member Flandersia Jones, RN, lobbied on behalf of NYSNA on Thursday, April 11, in coalition with Climate Jobs NY. They lobbied City Council members at offices across City Hall.
The NYSNA Board endorses the following statement from our fellow affiliate union and has made a donation to Doctors Without Borders/ Medicines Sans Frontieres to support the humanitarian efforts.
On Thursday, Sept. 14, and in the lead up to Climate Week in New York City, NYSNA was proud to join with labor unions and advocacy groups in front of City Hall to introduce a bill to accelerate the building of solar power on public buildings and on public land.
NYC Health+Hospitals/ Harlem NYSNA nurse leader Marion Parkins, RN, testified against lead poisoning in a New York City Council joint hearing from the Committee on Housing and Buildings and Committee on Health.
NYSNA members throughout New York State were horrified by the racist mass shooting on Saturday, when ten people were killed at a Buffalo Tops supermarket, and three were hospitalized with injuries.