Overview
- Roughly 15,000 NYSNA nurses at Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian remain off the job into Week 2 with no bargaining sessions currently scheduled.
- Mediated talks late last week yielded little progress, and Mount Sinai’s CEO told staff a near-term agreement is unlikely.
- Hospitals say services remain open with large numbers of travel nurses, and Mount Sinai is onboarding additional specialty agency staff.
- Union assertions linking the strike to recent patient deaths are being challenged, with Mount Sinai rejecting the claims and NYC’s health department reporting no corroboration.
- Political support continues to grow, with Rev. Al Sharpton joining picket lines and Senator Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani expected at a rally today.