GNYHA/1199SEIU Healthcare Education Project Video: The Impact of HR 1 on New Yorkers, Hospitals

Albany lawmakers are unlikely to pass a final budget by April 1, the constitutional deadline and the start of the next State fiscal year. Negotiations are still in the early stages, and major religious holidays starting on Wednesday will make the passing of an on-time budget extremely difficult. New issues also have emerged in recent...

Today’s GNYHA/1199SEIU Healthcare Education Project (HEP) rally in Albany for a State budget that delivers stability for New York’s hospitals and nursing homes was a major success. The huge tour de force featured thousands of spirited 1199SEIU workers who marched around the Capitol and filled the MVP Arena. In my remarks at MVP Arena, I...

Last week the Senate and Assembly released their respective “one-house” budget resolutions outlining their State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2026–27 priorities ahead of the April 1 budget deadline (New York Governor Kathy Hochul released her proposed budget in January). This GNYHA table summarizes 1) the health care provisions in the Governor’s proposed budget, 2) the health...