{"id":7629,"date":"2025-08-08T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=7629"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:17:01","slug":"wcbs-tv-interviews-president-spence-pef-workplace-violence-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-7\/wcbs-tv-interviews-president-spence-pef-workplace-violence-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"WCBS-TV interviews President Spence, PEF workplace violence victims\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7632\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-psychiatric-hospitals-staff-attacks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7632\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/WCBS-Web.jpg\" alt=\"WCBS Interview Image to link\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/WCBS-Web.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/WCBS-Web-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-psychiatric-hospitals-staff-attacks\/\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-psychiatric-hospitals-staff-attacks\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>August 8, 2025 &#8212;<\/em> WCBS-TV in New York City featured PEF members Peter Shiffman and Carl Ankrah, who were attacked by patients in 2024 and 2019 while working at state psychiatric centers, and interviewed President Spence about violence at Office of Mental Health facilities across the state. 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