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NEW YORK CITY – The largest nurses’ strike in New York City<\/a> is entering its second day as one of the city’s major hospitals is reportedly accusing the union of making demands that could affect patient safety.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “NYSNA leadership\u2019s demand that a nurse not be terminated if found to be compromised by drugs or alcohol while on the job is another example of putting their own self-interest before patient safety,” Senior Vice President of Strategic Communications Joe Solmonese for Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx told Fox News Digital in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n Montefiore also reportedly claimed that the New York State Nurses Association are pushing for a highly excessive increase in pay.<\/p>\n “As they double down on their $3.6 billion in reckless demands, including nearly 40% wage increases, we remain resolute in our commitment to providing safe and seamless care,”\u00a0Solmonese said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Parag Amin, Esq., a Los Angeles-based business and employment lawyer, spoke with FOX 5 NY\u2019s Teresa Priolo about the ongoing New York City nurses\u2019 strike, the largest in city history.<\/p>\n The other side:<\/p>\n The NYSNA has yet to respond to a request for comment, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n On Monday, an estimated 15,000 nurses walked off the job at hospitals within the Mount Sinai, Montefiore and New York-Presbyterian systems.<\/p>\n Union leaders say the city’s nurses are striking after hospital administrators failed to meet their demands for better pay, safe staffing levels, fully funded health benefits and stronger workplace protections.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Some nurses have returned to work on Tuesday, despite no deal being reached.\u00a0<\/p>\n About 20% of nurses at Mount Sinai crossed the picket line on Monday, according to a spokesperson, who says more are expected in the coming days.<\/p>\n Although only a small group of nurses were seen gathered on Tuesday morning, union leaders say they expect those numbers to continue to grow.<\/p>\n The Source: Information from this article was sourced from FOX News and previous reporting by FOX 5 New York.<\/p>\n New York City<\/a>News<\/a>Health<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY – The largest nurses’ strike in New York City is entering its second day as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2953,9,12,56,63,65,64,618],"class_list":{"0":"post-98673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-ny","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nyc-headlines","14":"tag-nyc-news","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98673","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=98673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Labor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0vocfww73kro2zfv.jpg\")
Labor attorney speaks on NYC nurses\u2019 strike<\/a> <\/p>\n