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Emergency declared as New York hospitals strike widens
New York declares a health emergency as a 90,000 member Local 1199 walkout cripples 48 hospitals and nursing homes. Volunteers aid patients while police back a Cimino backed order to ensure oxygen medicine food and waste removal. Several arrests occur as pickets block deliveries and some facilities report severe food shortages and many patient discharges.
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New York
Edward Kitsch
Bronx Lebanon Hospital
Joseph A. Cimino
Aaron Berkowitz
Jewish Home and Hospital For the
Long Island
Jewish Medical Center
Queens
Cost of Living Council
Washinington
Board of Health
Cimino