{"id":107486,"date":"2026-01-21T18:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107486\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:20:09","slug":"talks-to-resume-as-cold-grips-nyc-path-to-agreement-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107486\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks to resume as cold grips NYC, path to agreement possible"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nurses join the picket line outside Mount Sinai on Jan. 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

The union representing some 15,000 striking nurses said Wednesday it is going back to the bargaining table Thursday at the urging of Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a> and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)<\/a> said it would resume talks with hospital bosses in the hope of finally putting the long nurses strike to an end just before a major cold snap hits the Big Apple.<\/p>\n

\u201cNYSNA nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, and NewYork-Presbyterian will resume bargaining on Thursday after being urged back to the negotiating table by Governor Hochul and Mayor Mamdani,\u201d the union said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Wednesday marked Day 10 of the NYC nurses strike<\/a>, keeping nearly 15,000 caretakers on the picket line and out of major hospitals as contract negotiations between their union and management remain stalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But NYSNA\u2019s announcement offers a glimmer of hope to end the strike.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cNurses stand ready to bargain to reach fair contracts and end the strike,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWith continued support of mediators, nurses plan on bargaining daily to settle fair contracts that protect patient and nurse safety. Nurses will continue to picket and strike until tentative agreements are reached with the hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the unionized nurses stayed strong this week, braving the bitter cold of the picket lines outside the affected hospitals.<\/p>\n

It has been over a week since the largest nurses strike in NYC history began on Jan. 12. The nurses have been asking for better pay, more staff and improved workplace conditions. Some members of hospital leadership have called the union\u2019s salary demands unrealistic. A spokesperson for NewYork-Presbyterian said nurses at the hospital are \u201camong the highest paid\u201d in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIts latest proposals include an approximately 25% wage increase over three years,\u201d a hospital spokesperson said on Tuesday. \u201cNYSNA\u2019s demands ignore the economic realities of healthcare in New York City and the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brendan Carr, MD, CEO of Mount Sinai, said in a statement to staff that \u201cdespite our best efforts to negotiate, a near-term path to an agreement is very unlikely.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nurses, meanwhile, have doubled down on their demands.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cMontefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian need to get serious about meeting our demands for safety,\u201d Nancy Hagans, president of NYSNA, said. \u201cIf struggling safety-net hospitals can figure out how to fund our health benefits, safely staff our hospitals and protect nurses from workplace violence, then the richest hospitals can figure it out, too. Instead of investing millions in fighting their own nurses, hospital executives need to do the right thing and work with us to improve safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each hospital is working independently with the nurses. Talks that have taken place since the nurses\u2019 contract expired on Dec. 31 have not been successful, but Thursday\u2019s talk might prove differently.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, nurses have received strong support from area politicians and unions. On Tuesday, picket-line nurses at Mount Sinai received a special visit from Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> and one of his political heroes, Vermont Sen. and Brooklyn native Bernie Sanders. This was the mayor\u2019s second visit to the nurses after greeting them in support on Jan. 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Nurses on day 9 of the Nurses strike.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

At the picket line, he echoed what the nurses have been saying: That the prolonged strike is \u201cnot about compensation.\u201d He zeroed in on fairness and safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is about a fair contract. This is about dignity,\u201d he said. \u201cWherever I go in New York City, I hear about the plight of our nurses. Now is your time of need, where we can ensure that this is a city you don\u2019t just work in, but a city you can also live in.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the strike continues, the affected hospitals are continuing to maintain support to provide patient care. All three hospitals are open and providing care with support from agency nurses and the NYS Department of Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the staffing disruption, we have done numerous organ transplantations, nearly one dozen cardiac surgeries, and more than 100 cardiac catheterizations,\u201d Carr said, adding that Mount Sinai\u2019s outpatient practices and labor and delivery are \u201crunning at full capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both hospital management and the nurses urge New Yorkers to go to the hospital if they need care. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nurses join the picket line outside Mount Sinai on Jan. 12, 2026. Photo by Dean Moses The union…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,38978,56,63,65,45748,64],"class_list":["post-107486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-nurses-strike","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-hospitals","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}