New York’s Richmond University Medical Center Will Lay Off 60, Including 20 Nurses

Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island, N.Y., will lay off 60 employees, which could include 15-20 registered nursing per-diem employees, according to a Staten Island Advance news report.

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Hospital CEO Richard J. Murphy stressed full-time and part-time registered nurses will not be laid off. The other 40 or so layoffs will affect registration and business clerks, business office employees and other staff, according to the news report. The hospital will also furlough other employees in order to balance a $6 million budget deficit, according to the news report. The changes will go into effect in August.

Read the news report about Richmond University Medical Center’s layoffs.

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