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Nurses call on state lawmakers to pass safe-staffing and patient-handling bills

Hundreds of nurses represented by New York State United Teachers will rally Tuesday at the state Capitol for the passage of legislation that would increase staffing levels at acute-care facilities, enhance the safety of patient handling and ensure New York's largest urban school districts have at least one nurse in every school building.

NYSUT estimate: Voters approve 96 percent of school budgets

Despite deep cuts to programs triggered by the first year of the state's property tax cap, voters gave students and their local schools their strong backing by adopting 96 percent of school budgets, New York State United Teachers reported early today.

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