sarah dowd is part of the new york state nurses association . welcome to democracy now!s we speak to you, you're jusut outside harlem hospital where the protest is about to begin. why did you helped organize this protest? becauseped start this we have some very concrete needs that are not being met right now as far as taking care of patients and ensuring that workers are not impacted. we have a lot of issues with getting the gear we need to protect ourselves. we also have issues with getting the equipment we need to properly take care of the patients. we're out here today, not just to draw awareness to that, but we have some very concrete demands that we would like to have met by the public health care system here. amy: saw a contingent of teachers with the movement of rank-and-file educators from the united federation of teachers is coming to show theirir support n cars? >> that is correct. we are very happy for the show support. there are a grassroots movement within the united federation of teachers. they reached out to us, how can we support you? they are also going