The state legislature ended the 2016 session in the early morning hours of June 19, and we saw some significant victories for nurses and patients in the legislation that passed:
In 2015, NYSNA signed onto the Climate Works for All platform, which details ten bold proposals to make our city more resilient, create good jobs, and cut New York City's annual greenhouse gas emissions.
On June 27, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to increase access to breast cancer screenings, and build on the series of breast cancer initiatives outlined in the 2016 State of the State address.
On July 29, 2016, Florida officials confirmed the first case of locally-transmitted Zika virus in the continental United States. There are now several hundred cases of locally-aquired Zika virus infection in the Miami area.