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May 04, 2021 — The New York State Legislature approved measures that will require hospitals and nursing homes to meet minimum staffing levels of nurses and other health care staff. Measures mandating minimum staffing at health care facilities have been around for several years, but the spotlight on stressed and understaffed hospitals and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic finally prompted the bill’s passage. Senate sponsor and Health Committee chair Gustavo Rivera spoke before the vote. “This is an historic moment,” said Rivera, who added that in the decade he’s held office...

Created: April 08, 2021 11:55 PM The New York State Nurses Association says they need more staffing at Ellis Hospital. They say nurses have filed nearly 300 complaints to hospital management over the last two years. “We’re constantly asked to do more with less and it's getting increasingly harder,” said Denise D’Avella, a registered nurse at Ellis Hospital. Denise D’AVella works in the Cardiac Cath Lab at Ellis Medicine. She says staffing has been challenging. “Now it’s becoming the norm to have one nurse to three patients and these nurses are taking care of some of ...

( Albany, NY) Today, the Senate Majority will pass its one-house budget resolution that delivers emergency aid to help New York recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and invests in a brighter, more equitable future by fully funding essential services and putting more money in the pockets of working and middle-class families. The Senate resolution increases total school aid by $5.7 billion, provides billions in residential and commercial rental and foreclosure assistance, restores critical funding to our health care system, and jumpstarts our economy with investments in transportation and small b...

The state Legislature will hold a hearing Thursday.

Absent a much larger workforce, rigid, statewide, government-mandated nurse staffing...