(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at 12 Private Sector Hospitals have delivered Strike notices to management.
The Strike notices were delivered two days after contract expiration on December 31st (2025 and give hospital management 10 days to reach a fair contract that protects safe patient care and health care benefits for the Nurses who care for New York.
If agreements are not reached, as many as 20,000 Nurses could go on strike on January 12th (2026) in what could be the biggest Nurse Strike in New York City History.
Amidst the worst flu surge in recent history, hospital executives aren’t doing enough to settle fair contracts that protect vulnerable New York City patients, NYSNA Representatives said.
Nurses at the following 12 Hospitals voted overwhelmingly to authorize Strikes on December 22nd: The BronxCare Health System; The Brooklyn Hospital Center; The Flushing Hospital Medical Center; The Interfaith Medical Center/One Brooklyn Health; The Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center/One Brooklyn Health; The Maimonides Medical Center; The Montefiore Medical Center; Mount Sinai Hospital; Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West; The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center; the Richmond University Medical Center; and the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.
Key sticking points in negotiations include: Management’s failure to guarantee health care benefits for the Front-Line Nurses who care for New York City; Management’s attempt to roll back safe staffing standards that Nurses won when they went on Strike at two major Hospitals three years ago; and Management’s refusal to agree to protections from workplace violence, despite a recent active shooter incident at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Management has continued to try to silence and threaten Nurses who’ve spoken out on workplace safety, questioned and threatened Nurses regarding their Union activities, interfered with Nurses’ rights to speak to Co-Workers, and hired travelers to threaten and replace Nurses.
NYSNA has filed Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) in response.
NYSNA President Nancy Hagans said: “Nurses are ready to settle fair contracts that protect New York City patients. But management seems determined to fight against Front-Line Caregivers instead of working with us to protect our patients. Management is refusing to guarantee our health care benefits and trying to roll back the safe staffing standards we fought for and won. We have been bargaining for months, but Hospitals have not done nearly enough to settle fair contracts that protect patient care. Striking is always a last resort. However, Nurses will not stop until we win contracts that deliver patient and Nurse safety. The future of care in this City is far too important to compromise on our values as Nurses.”
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