{"id":515729,"date":"2026-01-14T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/515729\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:59:11","slug":"nurses-strike-enters-third-day-at-several-nyc-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/515729\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurses strike enters third day at several NYC hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A strike at several major New York City hospitals entered its third day Wednesday, with nurses demanding increased staffing levels, better wages and stronger workplace protections.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 15,000 nurses <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/health\/2026\/01\/12\/thousands-of-nurses-to-strike-monday-at-nyc-hospitals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walked out Monday<\/a> at hospitals within the Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian systems.<\/p>\n<p>The hospitals, in response, have hired droves of temporary nurses as both nurses and administrators have urged patients not to avoid getting care during the strike.<\/p>\n<p><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly 15,000 nurses are on strike at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Nurses are demanding better patient care, higher wages and stronger workplace protections<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Hospitals say patient care continues and have brought in temporary staff to maintain services<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The strike includes disputes over firings, wage increases and equity for predominantly Black and Latino patients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nurses said they are hoping to secure better care for patients and improved working conditions. Hospital leaders, however, have slammed the union\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n<p>At Montefiore, nurses claim there have been long-standing inequities in care for predominantly Black and Latino patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are Black and brown patients in our community. We are their voice. They cannot speak for themselves,\u201d said Ana Davis, a 20-year Montefiore nurse, <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/health\/2026\/01\/14\/nurses-strike-enters-second-day-at-major-hospital-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at a protest Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Montefiore and other hospital systems have criticized the union\u2019s proposals as financially unrealistic.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Montefiore said the New York State Nurses Association continues \u201cto double down on their $3.6 billion in reckless demands, including nearly 40% wage increases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NewYork-Presbyterian also called the union\u2019s wage proposals \u201cunrealistic,\u201d while stressing administrators are not seeking to cut health benefits for nurses, as the union claims.<\/p>\n<p>The strike has been marked by tension over firings and alleged misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>The union on Tuesday accused Mount Sinai of illegally firing three nurses, though the medical center claimed the individuals had sabotaged emergency preparedness drills.<\/p>\n<p>The New York State Nurses Association said it filed an unfair labor practice charge against Mount Sinai on Tuesday for terminating the three nurses on the eve of the strike.<\/p>\n<p>The hospitals have sought to downplay the strike&#8217;s impact, with Montefiore claiming it has \u201cnot canceled even one patient\u2019s access to care\u201d during the work stoppage. Mount Sinai said around 20% of its regular nurses have so far opted to remain on duty rather than join the strike line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis strike is designed to create disruption, but our patients are continuing to receive the care they trust us to provide,\u201d NewYork-Presbyterian said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The strike comes amid a severe flu season in New York, adding pressure to hospital staffing and emergency preparedness. However, the city Emergency Management Department said it hasn\u2019t seen <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/health\/2026\/01\/13\/nyc-hospitals-say-patient-care-continues-amid-nurse-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major impacts to patient care<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n<p>The union and hospital officials remain at a stalemate, with no additional bargaining sessions scheduled since Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A strike at several major New York City hospitals entered its third day Wednesday, with nurses demanding increased&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":515730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,31018,7448,1578,210,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,230292,52,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-515729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app-health","10":"tag-app-top-stories","11":"tag-associated-press","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-spectrum-news-ny1","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-vod"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115894050099186420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}