New York, NY –  NYSNA nurses have launched their contract campaigns at 12 private-sector hospitals. 

Their contracts expire on December 31, 2025, and include some of the wealthiest hospital systems in the country, like New York-Presbyterian. Nurses—from all five boroughs, working in academic medical centers and safety-net hospitals—are demanding fair contracts that defend safe patient care and are united behind a five-point platform that ensures that there are always enough nurses to care for our city. The nurses were joined by supporters including NYC CLC Secretary-Treasurer Janella T. Hinds, Assemblymember and Democratic Mayoral Nominee Zohran Mamdani, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.

Amidst broader attacks on healthcare, NYSNA nurses’ campaign “Nurses Care for New York” defends New York’s healthcare system and ensures that all New Yorkers have access to safe patient care. NYSNA nurses are united around a five-point platform that consists of:  

  • Quality patient care through enforceable safe staffing.
  • Defend access to care when our patients’ healthcare services and staff are under attack.
  • Protect nurses, so we can continue to care for you.
  • Every patient deserves a real nurse.
  • Fair wages and benefits to recruit and retain nurses.

Nationwide, cuts to federal Medicaid and other healthcare services will result in more uninsured patients and less hospital funding. Nurses are fighting back to protect patient care and demanding that elected officials and hospitals do everything possible to maintain the services and staff our communities need.  

Nearly three years ago, this same group of New York City nurses secured historic union contracts that helped hospitals recruit and retain thousands more nurses to improve patient care. NYSNA nurses ensured that as hospitals continued to recover financially from the COVID-19 pandemic, they invested in patient care, not just executive pay. 

This contract campaign means that there are now more than 20,000 nurses in these hospitals, and New Yorkers have access to safer patient care. Nurses are fighting to protect that progress.