New York State Nurses Association Archives

It’s Thumbs Up As NYSNA Nurses Celebrate Nurse Practitioner Week, Let’s Make The Nurse Modernization Act Permanent

During Nurse Practitioner Week, NYSNA healthcare workers urged policymakers to make the Nurse Modernization Act permanent (NPMA). Continue reading

NYSNA From Harlem To The Hudson Decries Treatment Of Haitian Asylum Seekers

For years, the media has reported on U.N. peacekeepers exploiting women and girls in Haiti, ultimately fathering and abandoning scores of children. Continue reading

New York State Nurses Association Applauds Efforts To Reimburse Public Hospitals Fnurses clappingor COVID-19

The public nurses of the New York City Health+Hospital system (NYC H+H) played a critical role in saving the lives of tens of thousands of New Yorkers infected with COVID-19.Continue reading

Statement Of The New York State Nurses Association On The 20th Anniversary Of The 9/11 Tragedy

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, the New York State Nurses Association is honoring the 2,983 lives lost during the attacks on the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. Continue reading

NYSNA Applauds Designation Of COVID-19 As An Airborne Infectious Disease Under NY State’s HERO Act

The New York State Nurses Association today applauded Gov. Kathy Hochul and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker for designating COVID-19 a highly contagious communicable disease under the State's HERO Act.Continue reading

New York State Nurses Association Responds To Governor Cuomo’s Announcement

In response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement mandating all healthcare workers in New York receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by September 27, 2021.Continue reading

NYSNA Statement On The Passing Of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

The statement reads as follows: New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) joins our union sisters and brothers in mourning the sudden death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Continue reading