Donna Coffey (seated, second from right), the Hospital Nurse of the Year, celebrates with colleagues from NYU Lutheran Medical Center during the Nurse Recognition Day Celebration at UFT headquarters.

Angela Maloney (standing, fifth from left), honored as Homecare Nurse of the Year, with family.

NYU Lutheran Medical Center nurses (from left) Mona Trafalgar, Jennifer Ambrozevicius, Katherine Kalinowski and Olga Rios at the conference.

Teaming up to honor Olfat Ibrahim (right), a nurse in the surgical unit at NYU Lutheran Medical Center who received the Union Service Award, are (from left) UFT President Michael Mulgrew, Vice President for Non-DOE Members Anne Goldman and retiree Jihad Hamad.

Anne Goldman, the UFT vice president for non-DOE members, told the nurses, “Ultimately, each of you have made a difference in someone’s life, with respect and integrity.”

Union Service Award recipient Olfat Ibrahim (center) is joined by NYU Lutheran Medical Center colleagues (from left) Moncef Righi, Aleris Lorenzo, Ashley Rios and David Shun.

Bevin Sullivan of Staten Island University Hospital South accepts her Trailblazer Award.

Supporters angle for pictures of their honorees.