Overview
- Nearly 15,000 nurses from Mount Sinai, NewYork-Presbyterian and Montefiore remain on strike since Jan. 12, in the largest nurses walkout in city history.
- Weekend bargaining continued at the Javits Center with both sides exchanging streamlined proposals, though no settlement has been reached.
- Hospital systems say they offered a fair economic package with annual wage increases and continued healthcare and pension benefits while they review the union’s other demands.
- NYSNA maintains that enforceable safe staffing ratios, protections against workplace violence, and retention-focused wage increases are essential, with no takeaways on staffing accountability.
- Nurses plan to march from Grand Central to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Midtown office today; hospitals remain open using agency nurses as contingency costs are estimated near $100 million, and the union alleges Brooklyn Hospital Center missed months of benefit payments with a response pending.