June 18, 2025 — Recognizing the importance of quality health care in the Brooklyn community, and after nearly 18 months of advocacy by unions, clergy, and stakeholders, Gov. Kathy Hochul...
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June 20, 2025 — The Executive Board tabled its proposed no-confidence vote in Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan at the June meeting in Albany after the commissioner and...
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June 20, 2025 — Two vacant seats on the PEF Executive Board have been filled, one seat resulted in a tie, and Region 1 has a new coordinator following the...
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To the editor: I would like to commend all the nurses and staff at Upstate SUNY Hospital in Syracuse. My husband had major back surgery at this hospital, and being...
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Nurse says he was nearly killed by patient on Staten Island: ‘I don’t remember the day that changed my life’ Staten Island Live interviewed PEF nurse administrator Peter Shiffman,...
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June 19, 2025 — The PEF Executive Board meets quarterly and is the highest-ranking deliberative body of the union other than the annual Convention. A full Executive Board ensures that...
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A projected 762 delegates are certified for the 47th annual PEF Convention from October 19 to 22, 2025, in Lake Placid, a marked increase in participation in the highest...
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July 18, 2025 — Despite our legislative advocacy efforts, we didn’t have the votes to defeat President Donald Trump’s massive spending bill, which he dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill”,...
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The first day of summer is only a few weeks away and with the warm weather, we hope you’ll take advantage of all the outdoors has to offer – and...
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