Overview
- About 15,000 nurses at Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian remain off the job seeking enforceable staffing ratios, preserved health benefits and stronger workplace-violence protections.
- NYSNA says talks will restart Thursday with mediators, and nurses will continue picketing until tentative agreements are reached.
- Hospital systems report facilities remain open with thousands of travel nurses, and a trade group estimated early temporary staffing costs at roughly $100 million.
- Hospitals characterize the union’s package as financially unrealistic, citing about 25% wage increases over three years and broader cost pressures, while the union rejects benefit rollbacks and centers safety.
- Political pressure has grown after Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied with nurses this week, urging hospital executives to reach a deal.