New York State NYC WELL is a free, confidential, mental health support line. Access mental health and substance use services in more than 200 languages, 24 hours a day, 7 days [...]
Ronieka Burns-Sharpe, Healthcare Advocate for Western New York (Rochester), appeared on News 10’s Rochester in Focus to discuss the impacts of federal cuts to Medicaid. The coming changes could be [...]
New Yorkers count on strong hospitals, skilled healthcare workers, and a healthcare system that puts patients first. With the passage of this year’s state budget, New York’s leaders made clear [...]
The Healthcare Education Project mourns the passing of George Gresham, the former president of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, who died on Friday morning after a long illness. [...]
The Healthcare Education Project deeply mourns the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, an icon of the civil rights movement and champion of social justice. Rev. Jackson fought his whole life [...]
January is Blood Donor Awareness Month—a good time to remind ourselves of the importance of the life-saving act of donating blood. The average adult has approximately 10 pints of blood [...]
For more than 25 years, GNYHA and 1199SEIU have developed and maintained a unique labor-management relationship called the Healthcare Education Project (HEP). Since its inception, HEP has been at the [...]
Today, Congress approved a budget bill that is heading to the President's desk to be signed into law. Although we had hoped that Senators would moderate the devastating cuts to [...]
This morning, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, a budget reconciliation bill that calls for one of the largest cuts to healthcare in [...]
1199SEIU/GNYHA Commend Governor Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie & Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins for Protecting Healthcare in Budget The Greater New York Hospital Association (“GNYHA”) and 1199SEIU [...]
