US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Department of Homeland Security agency that administers the US immigration system, recently updated its policy on applications filed by individuals from the 39 countries subject to certain Presidential executive orders (EOs) for full and partial travel bans.* The update relates to USCIS “benefit” applications, including applications for nonimmigrant...

GNYHA provided an update earlier this week to notify members that a labor action could affect Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) operations as soon as midnight tonight. As of the publication of this bulletin, no agreement has been reached by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and a bargaining coalition comprising five different labor unions representing...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday released his proposed Executive budget for City fiscal year (FY) 2026-27. This followed an agreement by the City Council to issue a rare delay of the deadline due to the late State budget. The Mayor’s Executive budget proposal stands at $124.7 billion and closes a $12 billion, two-year budget gap...

The Legislature yesterday passed a 12th budget extender, which expires on May 18. Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) said that lawmakers are at “the beginning of the end” of negotiations. Later in the week, Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris (D-Queens) said the chances of passing a budget before Memorial Day...

GNYHA has released the fiscal year (FY) 2026 update of our Medicare Pay-For-Performance (P4P) calculator. This tool helps hospitals better understand their performance in the three major Medicare P4P programs established under the Affordable Care Act—the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program—and identify opportunities for...

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GNYHA has contacted the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), New York City Emergency Management, the New York State Department of Health, and the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services about a potential labor action that will affect Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) operations as soon as 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, May 16....