**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 3 AT 11 AM**  

Contact:    Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169  
Eliza Bates | press@nysna.org| 646-285-8491  

NURSES CALL ON ALBANY MED TO STOP HIDING STAFFING CRISIS THAT THREATENS PATIENT CARE  

Albany Medical Center has been cited for at least 50 violations of New York’s safe staffing laws, but hospital administrators are still trying to keep the staffing crisis a secret 

Nurses demand Albany Med executives stop hiding the truth about unsafe staffing and put quality patient care first 

Albany, N.Y. - On Thursday, Oct. 3 at 11a.m., NYSNA nurses will hold a press conference to sound the alarm on Albany Medical Center’s repeated violations of New York state’s safestaffing law.Albany Med has been cited for at least 50 violations that could put patient care at risk. Hospital administrators are hiding a report issued by the Department of Health (DOH) on unsafe staffing at Albany Med, refusing to share the findings with nurses or the public. NYSNA nurses had to take legal action to obtain the report, but the hospital is still keeping the report secret.  

Today, hospital administrators canceled the staffing committee meeting they had reluctantly scheduled to discuss the report just days before the deadline. With the clock ticking on Albany Med’s 45-day deadline to share the report and create a plan to fix the staffing crisis with input from frontline nurses and caregivers, NYSNA nurses are speaking out and demanding that Albany Med keep their agreement to meet with the staffing committee and protect quality care for capital region patients.  

WHO: NYSNA nurses and allies 

WHAT: Press conference demanding that Albany Med stop hiding staffing crisis  

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 at 11 AM 

WHERE: Across the street from Albany Medical Center (43 New Scotland Ave) 

**Photo and video available upon request**  

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