4 days ago - Some hospital representatives argue that the union’s full slate of demands would be prohibitively costly. On Friday, dozens of nurses gathered in Manhattan to protest, saying their focus is on patient care and accusing hospital systems, whose top executives earn millions annually, of prioritizing profit and refusing to compromise.

3 hours ago - Montefiore and Mount Sinai nurses won contractual language after the nurses’ 2023 strike that set nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in each unit and mandated binding arbitration of understaffing allegations. That language has resulted in the two health systems paying millions of dollars for violations. Sheridan-Gonzalez said the hospitals are intent on rolling those protections back. “They want to eviscerate our staffing language — it’s about that, not money,” she told POLITICO. “We have to leverage our wage demands to get them to talk about these other issues.”

4 days ago - "NYSNA's leaders continue to double down on their $3.6 billion in reckless demands, including nearly 40% wage increases, and their troubling proposals like demanding that a nurse not be terminated if found to be compromised by drugs or alcohol ...

4 days ago - ... "NYSNA leadership's reckless and irresponsible demands totaling $3.6 billion, including a nearly 40% wage increase, and taking issue with our reasonable measures like rolling out panic buttons for frontline staff in the Emergency Department, ...

1 day ago - The 15,000 nurses on strike are asking for pay hikes, improved staffing levels, full health care coverage and pensions, and workplace protections against violence.

5 days ago - New York State Nurses Association members working for Montefiore Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian and the Mount Sinai Health System are demanding salary increases to account for inflation while fighting to maintain protections against ...

4 days ago - Nearly 15,000 New York City nurses are on strike demanding things like higher wages and more security in hospitals. The head of the of the New York State Nurses Association talks about the next steps.

3 days ago - Hospital negotiators have invoked Trump’s megalaw as they rebuff the union’s demands, arguing they can only afford increases of about $4,500 annually to nurses’ total compensation, which includes health benefits. But the union’s populist arguments have gained momentum since some of the same nurses went on strike in 2023.

2 days ago - Updated on: January 14, 2026 / ... nurses across three major hospitals are demanding better staffing levels, health care benefits and improvements to workplace safety....

Get Breaking Nurse News and Exclusive Discounts Straight to Your Inbox! ... Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised he will not "abandon" the 15,000 New York City nurses demanding better pay ...

5 days ago - Kathy Hochul expressed concern that a strike could affect patient care, urging both sides on Friday "to stay at the table and get a deal done." Mount Sinai has hired over 1,000 temporary nurses and held preparatory drills for a strike that could affect its 1,100-bed main hospital and two affiliates — Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West — with about 500 beds each.

At this time, the members of our nursing team who support these hospitals and practices are participating in a union-organized strike while contract negotiations continue. Our goal is to reach a fair and reasonable agreement with union leadership that reflects our respect for the important role our nurses play.

3 days ago - Hospital leaders say they are prepared to continue operating during the strike. Mount Sinai said it has staffing plans in place but blamed the strike on what it called “extreme economic demands” from the union.

16 hours ago - Protection from workplace violence is one of the nurses' key demands, along with safe staffing.

2 days ago - She was thinking back to the strike three years ago, which involved 7,000 nurses at Mount Sinai in Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. That strike, the first by hospital nurses in New York City in a quarter century, was resolved in just three days, with nurses winning most of their demands.

1 day ago - New York City nurses on strike are set to resume negotiations with hospital administrators to try to bring an end to a walkout that’s in its fourth day ... Striking nurses demonstrate outside Mt. Sinai Morningside Hospital, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.

5 days ago - "NYSNA's leaders continue to double down on their $3.6 billion in reckless demands, including nearly 40% wage increases, and their troubling proposals like demanding that a nurse not be terminated if found to be compromised by drugs or alcohol ...

The nurses are demanding safe‑staffing language, protection of healthcare benefits, and stronger recruitment and retention measures, and the vote gives their bargaining committees the power to issue a 10‑day strike notice, but no walkout ...