New York State Nurses Association
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Hospitals Force Nearly 15,000 NYSNA Nurses Out on Largest Nurse Strike in New York City History | New York State Nurses Association
City Council Member and Health ... with the nearly 16,000 nurses who are going on strike to demand real protections from workplace violence, truly safe staffing levels, fair health benefits, and good wages....
NYTimes
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Nearly 15,000 Nurses Go on Strike at Major New York City Hospitals - The New York Times
Workers are demanding more robust staffing levels and higher pay. The strike comes three years after a smaller job action won significant gains. ... Nearly 15,000 nurses at major New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday, demanding more ...
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New York State Nurses Association
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Largest Nurse Strike in NYC History Continues into Second Day | New York State Nurses Association
Tuesday is the second day of the largest nurse strike in New York City history with 15,000 NYSNA nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, and NewYork-Presbyterian who are on strike demanding hospitals take action to protect patient and nurse safety, including agreeing ...
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ABC News
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Largest nursing strike in New York City history begins amid stalled contract negotiations - ABC News
5 days ago - Mamdani also said nurses are not asking for millions, but for "pensions to be safeguarded, to be protected in their own workplace, and to receive the pay and health benefits they deserve."
NPR
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Why nearly 15,000 nurses in New York City are going on strike : NPR
4 days ago - Nearly 15,000 nurses in New York City went on strike today. Included in their list of demands - higher wages, protections from understaffing and tighter security due to recent attacks on hospitals.
New York State Nurses Association
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NYC Nurses Strike: Montefiore Slanders Nurses Instead of Investing in Communities | New York State Nurses Association
Wednesday is the third day of the largest nurse strike in New York City history with nearly 15,000 NYSNA nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, and NewYork-Presbyterian who are on strike demanding hospitals take action to protect patient and nurse safety, including ...
New York City Central Labor Council
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Nurses Strike at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, NY Presbyterian | New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
On Monday, Jan. 12, nearly 15,000 NYC private sector nurses are set to go on strike to protect patient and nurse safety! For months, nurses have been bargaining for fair contracts, but management has refused to settle fair contracts that include ...
NYTimes
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Nurses Describe Fear on the Job as Bitter Strike Enters Fifth Day - The New York Times
2 hours ago - Kenneth E. Raske, the president of the Greater New York Hospital Association, said that the claims from the nurses’ union are “extraordinarily misleading.” He said that the hospital group had begun talks addressing workplace violence with unions representing health care workers. Last month, Gov.
Fox 5 NY
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NYC nurses strike enters day 5: What to know going into the weekend
18 hours ago - The union says nurses are striking over pay, staffing levels, fully funded health benefits and protections from workplace violence, as well as concerns about job security and the increasing use of artificial intelligence in health care.
CBS News
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No deal after NYC nurses on strike, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital resume negotiations - CBS New York
19 hours ago - "If the safety net hospitals, all eight of them, could come to the table and say let's put patients before profits ... why can't the three richest hospitals in New York City come to the same agreement?" another nurse said. "This hospital makes a good profit off of its patients," Mount Sinai West nurse Michel Ng said.
Al Jazeera
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Thousands of nurses go on strike in New York City | Health News | Al Jazeera
The strike comes amid heightened concerns about hospital safety following an active shooter incident at a Mount Sinai hospital in November and a fatal shooting at a NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Brooklyn last week.
Published 4 days ago
New York Daily News
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The real reason behind New York’s nurses strike
1 day ago - When nurses go on strike, it is easy to assume the conflict is about pay or contracts. In reality, strikes are almost always a last resort. They happen when nurses believe patient safety has been pushed to a breaking point.
AP News
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Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals
Others picketed at hospitals in the Mount Sinai and Montefiore systems, where a 2023 nursing strike fed off pandemic-era frustrations and led to a deal to boost staffing and pay. “And now, it’s how they’re treating us: They don’t want to give us a fair contract, and they don’t want to give us safe staffing, and now they’re trying to roll back on our benefits,” emergency department nurse Tristan Castillo said Monday outside Mount Sinai West. About 15,000 nurses are involved in the strike, according to their union, the New York State Nurses Association.
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ABC7 New York
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NYC nurse strike: Thousands of union hospital workers hit the picket line in New York City - ABC7 New York
3 days ago - Staffing levels are a top issue for striking nurses. The union says nurses are dealing with unmanageable workloads and they also want improved security in hospitals, better pay, and fully-funded benefits.
ABC7 New York
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NYC nurses strike: Negotiations between union and NewYork-Presbyterian end with no resolution on 4th day - ABC7 New York
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.
NewYork-Presbyterian
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Nursing Update | NewYork-Presbyterian
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 ...
ABC News
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NYC nurses on strike set to resume negotiations with hospitals on 4th day of walkout - ABC News
1 day ago - The union, which filed an unfair labor practice charge against Mount Sinai for terminating the three nurses on the eve of the strike, didn’t immediately respond.
CBS News
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Nurses strike begins in New York City as thousands walk off jobs at major hospitals - CBS New York
4 days ago - Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference as nurses from New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center strike outside the hospital on January 12, 2026. Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images · "They must bargain in good faith and they must arrive at a deal that is satisfactory to all, that allows the nurses who work in this city to live in this city," he said.
POLITICO
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Nurses describe escalating tension as NYC strike continues - POLITICO
5 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.
ABC7 New York
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NYC nurses strike: New York City nurses' strike enters 5th day with negotiations set between Mount Sinai, NYSNA - ABC7 New York
11 hours ago - "I think they are trying to see if we will break." While nurses remain away from their patients, operations continue with the help of traveling nurses secured by the hospital. But it's unclear how long this may go on as they bridge the gap for the thousands who walked off the job. All of the hospitals impacted by the strike have stressed that they will remain open.