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NEW YORK (AP) — Nurses at a big New York hospital system approved a new contract Saturday, voting to end a major nursing strike after more than a month. More than 4,000 nurses in the privately run NewYork-Presbyterian system went on strike Jan. 12. They are now due to start returning to work in the coming week. The union, called the New York State Nurses Association, said 93% of its members at NewYork-Presbyterian voted to ratify the three-year contract. Two other big private hospital systems, Montefiore and Mount Sinai, ended their nurses’ walkout earlier this month by inking contract agreements with the same union. “We are so happy with the wins we achieved, and now the fight to enforce these contracts and hold our employers accountable begins,” union President Nancy Hagans said in a statement Saturday. NewYork-Presbyterian said that it looked forward to its nurses’ return and that the contract “reflects our respect for our nurses and the critical role they play as part of our exceptional care teams.” Both sides had said Friday that they had reached a tentative deal . Union members voted on it Friday and Saturday. Provisions included staffing improvements, raises topping 12% over three years
NEW YORK MILLS, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced her office has secured more than $2.5 million from EmblemHealth after an investigation found the insurer repeatedly failed to provide accurate information about mental health coverage. The state says the company overstated the number of in-network...
(WRGB) — An air quality health advisory has been expanded to include the upper Hudson Valley, state officials announced. Amanda Lefton and Dr. James McDonald said the advisory for fine particulate matter is now in effect for the Upper Hudson Valley on Wednesday, Feb. 18, joining an existing alert for the New York City metro area. The advisory remains in effect until 11:59 p.m.
An investigation into a former nurse practitioner who forged Covid-19 vaccination records is expanding, FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg reports. The New York State Department of Health is expanding its investigation into former nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono, who practiced at Wild Child Pediatrics on Long Island. Golderg confirmed that state...
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 56.7, extending a state disaster emergency for Bronx and New York counties through tomorrow amid severe staffing shortages. The move comes as a citywide nurses’ strike that began Jan. 12 has forced hospitals to lean on temporary and travel nurses to keep emergency departments and critical care units running.
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. The Examiner News is publishing this piece as part of our ongoing coverage of the issue, in cooperation with New York Focus. New York environmental regulators have...
NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Two-thirds of nurses who walked out of major hospitals in New York City a month ago have reached preliminary agreements with their employers and may end the strike this week, the union representing 15,000 striking nurses said on Monday. The...
A Superfund cleanup on the western side of the Amawalk Reservoir was completed in 2024, but the state has yet to recoup the cost. | David McKay Wilson. Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. The Amawalk Reservoir, which provides drinking...
Patient Advocates of America Inc. founder and CEO Jangir Sultan, an East Patchogue resident with an office in Bellport Village, was honored by City & State New York as a 2026 Trailblazer in Health Care. Sultan was among notable policymakers and providers in New York State. The event was held...
Healthgrades just released its list of top hospitals for 2026, and several facilities across Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster counties were recognized as being among the best in some important categories.
CORNWALL – A dozen Orange County senior centers will get a financial boost thanks to a New York State grant. State Senator James Skoufis (D-Orange County) gathered with local lawmakers, administrators, and seniors on Friday at the Munger Cottage Community Center in Cornwall to make the announcement. Skoufis said...
Many in our district are at risk of losing their health coverage because Congress failed to act in time. Thousands of people in Rockland County will lose their health insurance this year unless Congressional Republicans vote to preserve vitally needed federal support for working and middle class families. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In 2009, I was working for former Congressman Eliot Engel while Congress and the country were in the midst of a major national debate about healthcare and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that President Obama was championing to reduce costs and improve access to health insurance. I still remember the many conversations I had with local residents who were desperate to see the ACA pass so that they could finally afford to get health insurance. These were hard working people who were trying to do everything right but whether because they had a pre-existing condition, or worked at a job that didn’t provide insurance, or simply didn’t earn quite enough to afford the exorbitant cost of premiums, they were left uninsured, one medical emergency or unexpected illness away from financial ruin.
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Mount Sinai terminated three nurses accused of “deliberately sabotaging” emergency preparedness drills leading up to the New York State Nurses Association nurses’ strike, according to hospital officials. Mount Sinai accused the nurses of hiding supplies from agency nurses in training, including “locking critical supplies designed to care for vulnerable newborns,” according […]
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Negotiations between the New York State Nurses Association and NewYork-Presbyterian are expected to resume as soon as Thursday, a source told PIX11 News. The meeting is planned for the afternoon. The source said Montefiore and Mount Sinai, with a mediator present, will meet with the union on Friday. Nearly 15,000 nurses […]
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Nassau County Executive and Republican candidate for Governor Bruce Blakeman today called for a full and independent investigation into Governor Kathy Hochul’s handling of New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), warning that rampant fraud, abuse, and mismanagement have turned this program into a taxpayer-funded cash machine for scammers and middlemen.
Nearly 15,000 nurses in New York City went out on strike on Monday, causing the state’s governor to declare a disaster emergency in certain counties due to the resulting staffing shortages. The strike has affected five major hospitals in the city: Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai...
Details of the agreement were not immediately released. News 12 has reached out to the NYSNA for comment.
Thousands of nurses could go on strike at hospitals across NYC, Long Island
