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7mo ago

New York City Nurses’ Strike Reaches Day Five as All Three Hospital Systems Return to Bargaining

Mediated talks have restarted, with sessions set across all three systems as positions remain far apart.

Striking nurses demonstrate outside Mt. Sinai Hospital, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Striking nurses demonstrate outside Mt. Sinai Hospital, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Striking nurses demonstrate outside Mt. Sinai Hospital, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Striking nurses demonstrate outside Mt. Sinai Hospital, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Overview

  • Roughly 15,000 nurses at Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian remain off the job in the city’s largest nurses’ strike.
  • NewYork-Presbyterian resumed negotiations Thursday night with a mediator, with sessions for Mount Sinai and Montefiore scheduled for Friday.
  • Key sticking points include enforceable staffing ratios, pay, workplace safety and hospitals’ contributions to the union health‑benefits fund, which the systems say are unaffordable.
  • Hospitals report operations are open with thousands of temporary nurses, including about 1,400 at Mount Sinai, with extended contracts and an estimated $100 million spent on contingencies.
  • Legal and disciplinary clashes have escalated, including three Mount Sinai nurse firings the union disputes and more than a dozen unfair labor practice charges filed by NYSNA.