{"id":7490,"date":"2025-06-15T08:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T12:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2025-07-15T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:28:44","slug":"pef-in-the-news-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-6\/pef-in-the-news-11\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7493 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/silive.jpg\" alt=\"silive.com logo \" width=\"354\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/silive.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/silive-300x65.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nurse says he was nearly killed by patient on Staten Island: \u2018I don\u2019t remember the day that changed my life\u2019<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SiLive-Shiffman-071325.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Staten Island Live interviewed PEF nurse administrator Peter Shiffman<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, who was attacked by a patient at South Beach Psychiatric Center on Sept. 17, 2024, and will never fully recover. Peter\u2019s case, and others around the State, were the reason PEF launched its anti- Workplace Violence campaign. The Shiffman family has set up a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/peter-get-the-care-he-needs-after-being-violently-assaulted\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> page to help offset the cost of Peter\u2019s care.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7492 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/anny.jpg\" alt=\"amny logo \" width=\"281\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/anny.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/anny-300x65.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Governor\u2019s SUNY Downstate announcement<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/lifestyle\/health\/new-york-state-investing-downstate-hospital\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">amNY quoted President Wayne Spence in its article<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on the $1.1 billion investment in SUNY Downstate Hospital, recognizing the efforts of labor leaders, the clergy, community members, and legislators to keep this vital public health institution in Brooklyn.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cDownstate has endured decades of disinvestment and neglect. That ends today,\u201d Spence said at the press conference inside the hospital with Governor Hochul. \u201cWe started with the slogan \u2018Brooklyn needs Downstate.\u2019 Now&#8230; Brooklyn HAS Downstate!\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7491 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AFT.jpg\" alt=\"AFT\" width=\"400\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AFT.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AFT-300x65.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bringing PEF&#8217;s anti-Workplace Bullying &amp; Violence message nationwide<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">VP Randi DiAntonio joined fellow public employee leaders for a panel discussion on mobilizing and building power at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/news\/public-employees-fight-back-democracy\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">AFT Public Employees Professional Issues Conference May 29 to 31 in Denver, Colorado<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DiAntonio shared how the union stepped up to support members at Buffalo Psychiatric Center after three workers there were stabbed on the job in April 2024. The attacks launched a statewide public awareness campaign, with PEF leaders and staff informing members of their rights and what to do in the event of workplace violence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nurse says he was nearly killed by patient on Staten Island: \u2018I don\u2019t remember the day that changed my life\u2019\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SiLive-Shiffman-071325.pdf\">Staten Island Live interviewed PEF nurse administrator Peter Shiffman<\/a>,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-7490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-43-no-6"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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