New York City’s public sector hospitals bore the brunt of the COVID-19 surge this spring. Now nurses from Bellevue and other NYC Health+Hospitals and Mayoral agencies are speaking out against proposed budget and Medicaid cuts that could harm the communities they serve and hinder the City’s response to a second potential COVID-19 surge this fall.

 

Earlier this week, negotiations in Congress failed to deliver a pandemic and economic aid package to the states. Governor Cuomo indicated that New York may need to raise revenues to continue funding vital services. Bellevue and NYC H+H/Mayorals nurses gathered on Tuesday with supporters and allies including the NYC CLC across the street from NYC H+H/Bellevue to demand bold solutions and to reject budget cuts and Medicaid cuts could spell disaster just when hospitals need to prepare for a second COVID surge.