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This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Jan. 12, 202<\/a>6. It is shared here under a\u00a0Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)\u00a0license.<\/p>\n Thousands of nurses are hitting the picket lines in what will be the largest nurses strike in the history of\u00a0New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) on Monday\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that nearly 15,000 nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, Montefiore, and NewYork-Presbyterian are going on strike after \u201cgreedy hospital management at these wealthy private hospitals have given frontline nurses no other choice.\u201d<\/p>\n The NYSNA posted a long list of sticking points on contract negotiations, including \u201csafe staffing for our patients, protections from workplace violence, and\u00a0healthcare<\/a>\u00a0for frontline nurses.\u201d<\/p>\n NYSNA president Nancy Hagans said that any patients in need of care at these hospitals should enter them, emphasizing that \u201cgoing into the hospital to get the care you need is not crossing our strike line.\u201d She also encouraged patients to join the picket line with the nurses after receiving care.<\/p>\n New York City Mayor\u00a0Zohran Mamdani<\/a>\u00a0spoke out in\u00a0solidarity<\/a>\u00a0with the striking nurses, while also emphasizing the importance of \u201censuring New Yorkers have the care they need… especially during flu season.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo New Yorker should have to fear losing access to healthcare,\u201d Mamdani\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0in a\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0post. \u201cAnd no nurse should be asked to accept less pay, fewer benefits, or less dignity for doing lifesaving work. Our nurses have kept this city alive through its hardest moments. Their value is not negotiable.\u201d<\/p>\n Sen.\u00a0Bernie Sanders<\/a>\u00a0(I-Vt.) also\u00a0expressed<\/a>\u00a0support for the striking nurses, while denouncing \u201cNewYork-Presbyterian, Montefiore, and Mount Sinai hospitals for being willing to spend millions on replacement nurses rather than bargain for a fair contract.\u201d<\/p>\n The NYSNA also got a boost from 1199SEIU, which is the largest union of healthcare\u00a0workers<\/a>\u00a0in New York.<\/p>\n