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Although New York's safe staffing law is currently on pause due to a labor shortage, nursing home workers and resident advocates are concerned with how the state plans to enforce it once it does go into effect.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has suspended the state’s new nursing homes laws regarding staffing levels and profits, citing a shortage of health care workers.
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The safe staffing bill was championed for years by the New York State Nurses Association and 1199SEIU, and passed with fanfare last week by the state Senate and Assembly. But some of the more subdued reactions are coming from oft-opposed nursing home operators and resident advocates.
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The New York State Legislature passed a “safe staffing” bill for nursing homes on Tuesday, requiring that the often understaffed facilities provide at…
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New York lawmakers are looking to pass sweeping nursing home reforms this legislative session in light of COVID-19. One piece of legislation that predates…
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Healthcare workers of the CWA Union Local 1168 are picketing this afternoon at Kaleida Health facilities to call for 'safe staffing' levels.The COVID-19…
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New York state nursing homes have long been plagued by understaffing, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made matters worse. Despite this, the state…
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Nurses, leaders of the unions representing them, and elected officials gathered in Niagara Square late Thursday morning to rally in support of the Safe…
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After going nearly a year without a contract, some local nurses and their union continue to work on bargaining for a new agreement. But while…
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A bill sitting in a New York State Assembly committee calls for limits to the number of patients a hospital nurse should assist on a shift. A newly-formed…