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Officials, union leaders denounce Westchester Medical Center layoffs

Originally published: October 1, 2012 4:18 PM
Updated: October 1, 2012 4:21 PM
By NEWS12

CSEA Southern Region president Billy Riccaldo, left, and

Photo credit: John Meore | CSEA Southern Region president Billy Riccaldo, left, and CSEA WMC Unit president Peter Piazza, right, speak to the press as CSEA union workers and officials gather to demand CEO Michael Israel and the board stop slashing jobs and essential programs at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. (Oct. 1, 2012)

Hospital union leaders and local elected officials staged a news conference Monday morning to criticize cuts and other changes at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.

The hospital previously said that layoffs and program cuts would to help it close a $60 million budget gap. Leaders at Monday's conference said all those cuts are affecting patients and critical care at the hospital.

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