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New York residents and patients deserve affordable, quality healthcare in our communities. We want WCA Hospital to be a strong community hospital, but the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) isn’t the answer. As nurses on the frontlines of care …

  New! NYSNA Tribute to Orlando - remarks and presentations presented on June 23 at NYSNA’s Public/Private Sector Patient Advocates Conference in New York City. Nurses, along with the rest of the country, are still reeling from the tragic mass shooting in …

On Tuesday evening, June 14, 2016, the New York State Assembly passed the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act! This is the first time that safe staffing legislation has progressed so far in New York State. With your help, a majority of Assembly Members …

All across the country, nurses face many of the same issues: unsafe staffing, administrators who care more about profits than patients, and a disrespect for our profession based on the view that nurses are a healthcare expense, not an asset.  Faced with …

NYSNA is pleased to share with its Members this Tribute to the victims of the tragedy in Orlando. If you weren't able to watch the presentation during our live feed, you can experience this look back at the Conference presentation. … NYSNA Tribute to …

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. The CDC has issued a travel …

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. The Governor signed the legislation at Citi Field …

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: Safe Staffing Ratios Legislation Passed the Assembly! The legislation, known …

On July 23, NYSNA joined the Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation , CSEA Local 1000 , CWA Local 1120 , 1199SEIU , Working Families , and many other local and regional sponsors, for Poughkeepsie’s 2nd Annual Stop the Violence Rally and March. The event is …

The City of New York is providing free government-issued photo identification cards, the IDNYC, for all NYC residents 14 years of age and older. IDNYC is good for patient care! Our patients at NYC Health + Hospitals can use their IDNYC card to streamline …