The New York State Nurses for Political Action (NYS-NPA)    NYS-NPA ceased to exist after the NYSNA Voting Body established a political action committee in 1991. NYSNA PAC bylaws provided for initial Board representation from NYS-NPA. Board of Trustees and committee minutes, annual reports, correspondence, speeches, clippings, flyers, and testimonies document the function of New York State Nurses for Political Action as a political action committee. Also included are copies of the organization’s newsletter, Newsbeat, and photographs. Subject files address endorsement of political candidates, lobbying and legislation, liaison activities, and NYS-NPA’s initiatives in educating nurses in the political process. Topics addressed include NYSNA’s 1985 proposal for entry into professional practice, national health insurance and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Records on N-CAP, ANA’S political action committee, include information on its formation, flyers, memoranda to state PACs and correspondence.