Nurses at the Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospital systems voted to ratify new contracts by an “overwhelming majority,” but NewYork-Presbyterian nurses voted against a proposed deal, the nurses union said in a statement Wednesday.

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Nurses at the Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospital systems voted to ratify new contracts by an “overwhelming majority,” but NewYork-Presbyterian nurses voted against a proposed deal, the New York State Nurses Association said in a statement Wednesday

NewYork-Presbyterian nurses, meanwhile, rejected a tentative agreement and mediator’s proposal, meaning more than 4,200 NewYork-Presbyterian nurses will remain on strike, according to NYSNA

Nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian began striking nearly a month ago, on Jan. 12, after the hospital networks and the union were unable to reach a deal after months of bargaining

Nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai will begin returning to work, with the last nurses to return through Saturday, Feb. 14, the union said

“NYSNA members at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside and West voted to ratify new 3-year contracts by an overwhelming majority. Voting took place Feb. 9-11. These three contracts will cover approximately 10,500 nurses at two hospital systems,” the New York State Nurses Association wrote in a statement.

In a statement, Mount Sinai wrote it will begin the process of “bringing our nurses back to work.”

“The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai West, and Mount Sinai Morningside have voted overwhelmingly to ratify new three-year contracts, ending the nearly five-week strike by NYSNA and beginning the process of bringing our nurses back to work,” a Mount Sinai spokesperson said.

“It felt good a 4 o’clock to hear those numbers where 3,000 nurses at Mount Sinai said ‘yes,'” Darla Joiner, a registered nurse from Mount Sinai, said.

Joiner has worked at Mount Sinai’s main campus for eight years. She, along with 87% of her fellow nurses, voted to ratify a new contract.

“We had to fight hard. We fought for practically a month, just to hold onto things and not get them taken away too. It felt like being at the end of a very long battle,” she said. 

Nurses at Mount Sinai Morningside and West ratified their three-year contracts by 96% while 86% ratified their contracts at Montefiore. 

NewYork-Presbyterian nurses, meanwhile, rejected a tentative agreement and mediator’s proposal, meaning more than 4,200 NewYork-Presbyterian nurses will remain on strike, according to NYSNA.

“Beginning late yesterday (2/10), NYSNA brought the mediators’ comprehensive proposal to a vote with the NewYork-Presbyterian nurses represented by NYSNA. The voting has concluded, and we are disappointed that our nurses did not ratify the mediators’ proposal,” a spokesperson for NewYork-Presbyterian wrote in a statement.

The union had said the agreements reached with the hospital systems included a salary boost of more than 12% over three years and increases in nurse staffing over the next three years.

Nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian began striking nearly a month ago, on Jan. 12, after the hospital networks and the union were unable to reach a deal after months of bargaining.

Hospitals have remained open during the strike, relying on the help of thousands of temporary travel nurses.

Nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai will begin returning to work, with the last nurses to return through Saturday, Feb. 14, the union said.