{"id":97660,"date":"2026-01-12T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/97660\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:46:09","slug":"zohran-mamdani-joins-new-york-city-nurses-on-strike-over-labour-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/97660\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani joins New York City nurses on strike over labour dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Thousands of nurses at three major hospitals in New York City began to strike on Monday, amid a severe flu season and broader pressures on the US healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>The walkout impacts roughly 15,000 nurses at hospitals including Mount Sinai Medical Centre and NewYork-Presbyterian in Manhattan as well as Montefiore Medical Centre in the Bronx. New York City Mayor <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/zohran-mamdani?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> joined striking nurses on the picket line in Washington Heights.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cAll parties must return immediately to the negotiating table,\u201d Mamdani said in brief remarks. \u201cThey must bargain in good faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A labour dispute is at the centre of the conflict, with workers represented by the New York State Nurses Association arguing that hospital management is threatening to cull benefits, the union said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hospital management at all three systems said the decision to walk out is \u201creckless\u201d, in a statement before the strike.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nurses from New York-Presbyterian\/Columbia University Irving Medical Centre strike outside the hospital on Monday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/13\/bd7ce97c-82ce-4547-a0cf-86a094bef4e7_095d03e2.jpg\" title=\"Nurses from New York-Presbyterian\/Columbia University Irving Medical Centre strike outside the hospital on Monday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP\"\/>Nurses from New York-Presbyterian\/Columbia University Irving Medical Centre strike outside the hospital on Monday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On Monday, Mount Sinai Health System said it has readied 1,400 qualified and specialised nurses and is \u201cprepared to continue to provide safe patient care for as long as this strike lasts\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of nurses at three major hospitals in New York City began to strike on Monday, amid a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6822,44229,153,426,7050,26613,45022,45021,44502,9,24,55,54,37502,44240,56,38979,45150,82],"class_list":["post-97660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-affordable-care-act","tag-brooklyn-methodist-hospital","tag-donald-trump","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-medicaid","tag-montefiore-medical-center","tag-mount-sinai-health-system","tag-mount-sinai-medical-center","tag-nancy-hagans","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-new-york-state-nurses-association","tag-newyork-presbyterian","tag-ny","tag-nysna","tag-us-healthcare-system","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97660","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=97660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}