Overview
- Negotiations restarted Thursday, with NewYork-Presbyterian confirming talks and the union saying Montefiore and Mount Sinai also returned to the table at the urging of Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- Roughly 15,000 nurses who walked out on Jan. 12 remain on the picket lines, and the union says it will bargain daily and continue striking until tentative agreements are reached.
- Nurses are seeking roughly 25% raises over three years, enforceable staffing ratios, fully employer‑funded health benefits, and stronger workplace‑violence protections, which hospital systems argue are costly and unrealistic.
- Hospitals say emergency rooms and core services remain open with thousands of temporary travel nurses, and they continue to credit contingency planning for maintaining operations.
- The dispute includes legal friction, with the union filing unfair labor practice complaints and alleging retaliatory firings at Mount Sinai that the hospital denies.