Press Center and Media Advisories

May 9, 2022
ALBANY, NY (May 9, 2022) -- 1199SEIU healthcare workers – joined by State Senator Tim Kennedy, and Assemblyman Erik Dilan and a host of…

Apr 28, 2022
“The explosion of cryptocurrency mining projects in communities across New York threatens the air we breathe, the water we drink, our…

Apr 28, 2022
Corning, NY - More than 400 healthcare workers at Guthrie Corning Hospital are celebrating a victory this week! Unionized healthcare workers…

Apr 25, 2022
“The members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East stand with lawmakers who protested the brazen manipulation of Florida’s…

Apr 12, 2022
Rochester, NY - Due to unforeseen circumstances, the informational picket scheduled for Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Anthony Jordan Health…

Apr 11, 2022
More than 50 healthcare workers at Anthony L. Jordan Health Center will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, April 13 to demand better…
WEEKLY CLIPS

Nov 28, 2018
QUEENSBURY — Low pay and expensive health insurance is leaving the Centers nursing homes understaffed, workers said as they picketed outside…

Nov 27, 2018
A timeline for the shutdown of Emerald South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has been set, with closure expected by late January.

Nov 13, 2018
The New York State Department of Health appointed The Grand Healthcare System to operate Emerald North and Emerald South Nursing and…

Oct 17, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Jonathan Smith, head of the New York Metro Area Postal Union, entered the Hunts Point Station post office in the Bronx on the…

Oct 16, 2018
Health care employment in the state increased by more than 18% in the past 10 years, more than double the growth rate of overall employment,…

Oct 15, 2018
The CMS is looking to increase its oversight of post-acute care settings through new civil money penalties on nursing home staff and a new…