At NYC’s Richest Hospital, 4,200 Nurses Are Still on Strike
New York City nurses reached deals and ended their strikes at two hospitals last week. But at NewYork-Presbyterian, New York’s richest hospital, 4,200 nurses are still striking after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed agreement.
At NewYork-Presbyterian, nurses expressed anger at the leadership of the New York State Nurses Association for pushing the contract vote over the objections of the negotiating team there. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
The largest and longest nurses’ strike in the city’s history is continuing at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) after nurses there decisively rejected the hospital chain’s contract offer 3,099 to 867.
About 10,500 other nurses are starting to return to work today, ending the strike at three Manhattan hospitals run by Mt Sinai and at Montefiore Medical Center facilities in the Bronx. Those nurses overwhelmingly voted to approve contracts that maintained staffing ratio language, beat back additional health care costs, and added some protection from workplace violence and misuse of artificial intelligence.
At NYP, nurses expressed anger at the leadership of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) for pushing the contract vote over the objections of the negotiating team there.
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