1 day ago - Nurses from the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center are among nearly 15,000 nurses on strike in New York City.Credit...Vincent Alban/The New York Times ... Jan. 14, 2026 · Two days into the largest nursing strike New York City has seen in decades, Mount Sinai Hospital made a startling accusation.

42 minutes 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.

1 day ago - Nurses continue to hold the picket line as the largest nurses' strike​ in New York City history is on its third day with no end in sight.

7 hours ago - Nearly 15,000 NYC nurses in total are on strike at three private hospital systems: Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian.

Instead of following the lead of New York City’s eight safety-net hospitals and Northwell Health’s three hospitals on Long Island that all reached tentative agreements with nurses to avert strikes, New York City’s wealthiest academic hospitals are forcing nurses out on strike and refusing to agree to NYSNA's proposal to continue nurses’ health benefits.

3 days ago - The largest nurses' strike in New York City history began on Monday morning.

11 hours ago - During past strikes, hospitals have taken measures such as: ... Nurses stress that they are striking for patient safety, not against it, and that seeking necessary medical care is never considered crossing a picket line. ... Nurse.org will continue to update this story as negotiations develop. ... Share Facebook Twitter ...

After a strike authorization vote ... at 7 am. A video reposted on Twitter showed the exact moment nurses walked out of the hospital, to what looks like cheers and applause in support of the strike beginning....

2 hours 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.

3 days ago - The largest nurses' strike in city history is now underway, with nearly 15,000 nurses striking after no agreement was reached ahead of deadline.

2 days ago - Nearly 15,000 nurses went on strike Monday at some of New York City’s top hospitals, with workers demanding more robust staffing and higher pay. ... Striking nurses rallied on Monday outside NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital in Upper Manhattan.Credit...Vincent Alban/The New York Times ... Jan. 13, 2026 · A nurses’ strike in New York City entered its second day on Tuesday with some of the city’s major hospitals targeted by the walkout, including NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center and the main campus of Mount Sinai Hospital, along with two other major hospitals within the Mount Sinai system.

These cuts would impact not just striking nurses at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Morningside and West and NewYork-Presbyterian, but nearly 27,000 nurses at over 50 hospitals around the state who are enrolled in NYSNA’s health benefit plan. Video and audio of our strike announcement is available for media to use.

1 day ago - NEW YORK - Thousands of nurses across New York City are back on the picket lines Wednesday as the largest nurses strike in city history enters its third day, with no deal in sight and tensions escalating between union leaders and hospital management.

3 days ago - Union leaders said in their strike announcement that management from the three health systems “barely met with mediators,” and some left negotiating tables “as early as 7:30, showing that they had zero interest in averting a strike.” · “It is deeply offensive that they would rather use their billions to fight against their own nurses than settle a fair contract,” union President Nancy Hagans said in a statement.

1 day ago - Government and health officials comment on the nurses' strike impacting major hospitals in New York City. A nursing strike across major NYC hospitals follows stalled contract talks between hospitals and the New York State Nurses Association.

11 hours ago - New York City nurses are striking for a fourth day Thursday, with both sides appearing to brace for a prolonged walkout. None of the three major hospital systems affected by the strike met with union negotiators Wednesday, though one said it ...

3 days ago - Montefiore said it was preparing for the strike to last multiple weeks. "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 while on the job.