When Prison Nurses Must Choose Between Loyalty to Abusive Guards and Devotion to Patients

When Prison Nurses Must Choose Between Loyalty to Abusive Guards and Devotion to Patients

by Joseph Neff, The Marshall Project and Alysia Santo, The Marshall Project | thecity.nyc This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project,  a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on  Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook.  When New York corrections officers attack prisoners in infirmaries — as has happened dozens of times in the past 15 […]

Attorney General James Condemns Trump Administration Cuts to World Trade Center Health Program

Attorney General James Condemns Trump Administration Cuts to World Trade Center Health Program

Editorial credit: Ben Von Klemperer / shutterstock.com NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after reports that the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce are impacting the World Trade Center Health Program: “Recklessly cutting the staffing, funding, and resources that ensure 9/11 first responders and survivors get […]

Federal Judge Throws out NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Meritless Lawsuit

Federal Judge Throws out NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Meritless Lawsuit

Editorial Credit: Photomika-com/shutterstock.com  Largest NYC hospital tries to stop safe staffing arbitration hearing and fails New York, N.Y.—On Thursday, Aug. 22, lawyers for NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (NYPBMH) and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) went to federal court in Brooklyn. NYPBMH attempted to obtain an injunction to block an arbitrator from hearing evidence […]