Thousands of nurses from five privately-run NYC hospitals walk the picket line as the strike begins on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.
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Nurses on strike picket outside NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Washington Heights, Manhattan, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News)
Mayor Zohran Mamdani shows his support by speaking to nurses on strike as they picket outside NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Washington Heights, Manhattan, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. New York Attorney General Letitia James is pictured at left. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News)
Nurses strike outside Mount Sinai West Hospital, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura
Nurses strike outside Mount Sinai West Hospital, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A driver shows his support as nurses from New York Presbyterian walk the picket line outside the Washington Heights medical center on Monday, January 12, 2026 in New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Nurses from New York Presbyterian walk the picket line outside the Washington Heights medical center on Monday, January 12, 2026, in New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Nurses from New York Presbyterian walk the picket line outside the Washington Heights medical center on Monday, January 12, 2026 in New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Nurses from New York Presbyterian walk the picket line outside the Washington Heights medical center on Monday, January 12, 2026 in New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Nurses from New York Presbyterian walk the picket line outside the Washington Heights medical center on Monday, January 12, 2026 in New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Nurses from New York Presbyterian walk the picket line outside the Washington Heights medical center on Monday, January 12, 2026 in New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
Nurses from New York Presbyterian walk the picket line outside the Washington Heights medical center on Monday, January 12, 2026 in New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)