Hospital jobs eliminated at HealthAlliance in Kingston

The parent company of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley said it laid off hospital employees in Kingston on Monday to eliminate "redundancies" as it begins to consolidate inpatient services at its two city locations into the Mary's Avenue Campus. Westchester Medical Center Health Network would not say how many people were let go, only that there was no reduction of bedside nursing positions and that services will continue at current levels. WMC Health also wouldn't say which departments lost employees, whether any nurse managers were laid off or if more cuts were anticipated.