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

New York State Nurses Association Announces The Election Of Nancy Hagans As President

The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) announces today the election of Nancy Hagans, RN, CCRN, as the new president.Continue reading

Nurses Of The New York State Nurses Association Wins For Patients In NY State Budget

The New York State Nurses Association, representing 42,000 nurses across the state, working with allies, won major victories in the final state budget that was enacted this week. Continue reading

NYC Health + Hospitals Partners With Labor Leaders To Promote COVID -19 Vaccination Among Employees

NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Mitchell Katz, MD today supported labor union partners.Continue reading

Statement From NYSNA Regarding NY DOH Nurse Staffing Study

The New York State Nurses Association, representing over 42,000 nurses in New York State, responded to the highly-anticipated study on nurse staffing enhancements just released by the New York State Department of Health. Continue reading

Nurses Speak Out About Institutional Racism

On May 30, 2020, the Board of Directors of the New York State Nurses Association met to discuss the horrific killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Continue reading

The COVID Crisis: NYS Nurses Association Files Three Lawsuits To Protect Nurses Health And Safety

On April 20, the New York State Nurses Association (“NYSNA”) filed three lawsuits challenging the failure of the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) and two hospitals, Continue reading

The COVID Crisis: U.S. Nurses Unions Says, “Our Members Are Dying. We Demand Protection Now!”

As COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket in the United States, unions representing 230,000 nurses across the country have joined forces to demand hospitals and the government act now to give nurses optimal personal protective equipment (PPE).Continue reading

The COVID Crisis: As Nurses Care For Us, Who Cares For Them? Harlem Hospital Nurses Speak Out

On Monday, April 6, 2020, socially distanced Nurses at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Hospital at 506 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY held an urgent community action in front of the hospital.Continue reading