Author Archives: JoshHCN-NYC

20 NYC hospitals have shut down over the last 10 years 10-12 more hospitals are under threat of closure and others are reducing services Each hospital closure leads to longer response times, wait times, and dangerous over-crowding  Currently, the State … Continue reading →

PNHP-NY Metro Monthly Forum Tuesday, May 20, 7:30 p.m. Beth Israel’s Phillips Ambulatory Care Center 10 Union Square East @ E.14th St., 2nd Floor Auditorium Free and open to all Can we pass Single Payer in Albany? Roundtable discussion on the New York … Continue reading →

Registration is now live for the annual statewide lobby day for universal, single-payer health care on Tuesday, May 6th in Albany! Register for lobby day There is growing support across the state for the New York Health bill (A5389A/S2078A). The bill only needs a … Continue reading →

Spot Lights Discussion Series – Healthcare Reform: What’s Next? Sat, May 10, 1-4 PM Flushing Meetinghouse 137-16 Northern Boulevard Flushing, NY 11354 What is the future of healthcare in NY? How will changes in health care affect your family? What … Continue reading →

Join Healthcare-NOW! NYC and allies on May 1st for the annual May Day rally and march. We’ll be tabling in Union Square from 12-5pm. Stop on by and say hello! You can pick up the latest materials on single-payer healthcare, … Continue reading →

We need to get as many calls to members of the New York State Assembly as possible on Tuesday, April 29th in support of bringing the New York Health bill to a vote before the session ends in June. With … Continue reading →

  Healthcare-NOW! NYC is joining a march and rally this Saturday, March 8th at 10am at the site of the soon-to-be Koch Pavilion, a new hospital in New York’s wealthiest neighborhood, the Upper East Side, named for New York City’s … Continue reading →

Press Release: Working Families Party, Leading Unions, and Health Care Providers Announce New Support for Single-Payer Health Care Legislative Gazette: Labor unions back Gottfried-Perkins plan for universal, publicly-funded health care Albany Times Union: Unions, medical providers support universal health care … Continue reading →

MERCY KILLERS – Off Broadway Get Your Tickets Now! Presented by Harold Clurman Lab Theater Written by Michael Milligan Directed by Tom Oppenheim Mercy Killers is a compelling, one-man play by Michael Milligan. Joe loves apple pie, Rush Limbaugh, the 4th of … Continue reading →

Human Rights Day: Celebrating the Growing Healthcare is a Human Right Movement: An Evening in Honor of Vermont Human Rights Leader Peg Franzen Tuesday, Dec 10th, 7pm 777 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 (44th Street and 1st Avenue) … Continue reading →