{"id":350532,"date":"2026-09-18T20:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/350532\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T20:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:54:08","slug":"new-york-state-nurses-association-and-national-nurses-united-co-endorse-three-new-york-congressional-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/350532\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Nurses Association and National Nurses United co-endorse three New York congressional candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) and National Nurses United (NNU) today announced a co-endorsement of Claire Valdez for New York\u2019s 7th, Brad Lander for New York\u2019s 10th, and Darializa Avila Chevalier for New York\u2019s 13th congressional districts. Together, these three candidates represent nurses\u2019 values of caring and compassion. They have solid track records of defending workers\u2019 rights and advocating for their communities here in New York. We are confident that if elected, they will fight to restore health care funding, protect New York\u2019s workers and most vulnerable patients, get ICE out of our hospitals and communities, and win Medicare for All and strong workplace organizing protections through the\u00a0PRO Act<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen New Yorkers work together, anything is possible. And that is why we are excited to endorse Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress,\u201d said\u00a0NYSNA and\u00a0NNU President Nancy Hagans, RN. \u201cThese three have shown that a politics that centers dignity, respect, and human rights for everyone can defeat corporate power and win for working people everywhere. These three candidates are exactly why New York is leading the way in the renewed progressive movement that we\u2019re seeing across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a nurse at a crucial public hospital in New York\u2019s Congressional District 7, I see daily how Washington, D.C. fails to address the needs of working people,” said\u00a0NYSNA First Vice President Judith Cutchin, DNP, RN, and NNU vice president. \u201cWe need Congressmembers who will put working people first, like Claire Valdez did in Albany by leading the fight to pay off New York\u2019s unemployment insurance debt and increase the state\u2019s maximum unemployment benefit. Union member Darializa Avila Chevalier knows firsthand what it means to harness worker power to win, and we know she will fight for an agenda that puts people over profits. When New York City\u2019s public hospital nurses fought for pay parity with private hospitals, Brad Lander was there with us every step of the way. We were proud to endorse him in the primary and know he will be an unwavering advocate for nurses and our patients in D.C.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNurses across this country work hard every day to keep us healthy and safe. And as they have faced everything from RFK Jr.\u2019s assault on public health to hospital executives\u2019 bad faith negotiations, they have continued organizing for what they deserve,\u201d said\u00a0State Representative Claire Valdez. \u201cI\u2019m proud to receive the New York State Nurses Association and National Nurses United\u2019s endorsement, and I look forward to fighting alongside them in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m proud to have NNU and NYSNA\u2019s endorsement in this race,\u201d said\u00a0Brad Lander. \u201cNurses showed up and saved lives during the pandemic, like they do every single day. I’ll fight to support nurses from their picket lines to the halls of Congress for safe staffing and Medicare for All.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNurses are the ones holding our health care system together, often without the pay and resources they need,\u201d said\u00a0Darializa Avila Chevalier. \u201cI\u2019m honored to have the endorsement of National Nurses United and the New York State Nurses Association, because when nurses fight for safe staffing ratios and fair contracts, they\u2019re fighting for every patient in this district. I was proud to picket alongside NYSNA members earlier this year, and in Congress, I\u2019ll continue standing with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

NNU, the largest union of registered nurses in the nation, supports candidates who are committed to nurses\u2019 values, including safe patient staffing in all hospitals across the country, protecting the rights of workers to organize, guaranteeing comprehensive health care to everyone through Medicare for All, and the abolishment of ICE. In a recent Gallup poll, nurses were voted the most trusted profession<\/a> in the United States for the 24th consecutive year. NNU looks forward to helping elect Valdez, Lander, and Avila Chevalier and working closely with them in Congress on the important issues that affect registered nurses, our patients, and our communities.<\/p>\n

NYSNA believes our ability to strengthen our public health infrastructure and our social safety net, and to take action to support frontline workers depends on electing candidates who support nurses, health care professionals, and our communities. We endorse candidates who share our values of community and compassion and will fight for us, our patients, and working people everywhere.<\/p>\n

The New York State Nurses Association represents approximately 45,000 members in New York State. We are New York\u2019s largest union and professional association for registered nurses. NYSNA is an affiliate of National Nurses United, AFL-CIO, the country’s largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses, with more than 225,000 members nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) and National Nurses United (NNU) today announced a co-endorsement of Claire Valdez…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-350532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}