NYSNA Update: December 19, 2025
United Long Island Nurses Take Strike Votes and Deliver “Dear CEO” Letter to Northwell
Nurses from across Long Island are united and taking bold action to ensure they secure the fair contract that patients and nurses deserve. On Wednesday, Dec. 17, nurses from Northwell/Plainview and Northwell/Syosset delivered a “Dear CEO” Letter to the new Northwell CEO Dr. John D’Angelo. In the letter, nurses wrote that the “disconnect between [his] message of shared purpose, the actions of [his] bargaining team, and the reality of these contract proposals” was “disheartening and disillusioning.” More than 1,000 nurses from three Northwell facilities — Northwell/Huntington, Northwell/Plainview and Northwell/Syosset — have been bargaining for months and have been met with disrespect, delay tactics and major concessions. Patch covered the letter here. Meanwhile, nurses at all three hospitals have been taking strike votes over the past week and will announce the results on Tuesday, Dec. 23. To learn more about Northwell’s greed, visit our “Northwealth” site. Northwell nurses will continue to fight until they get the contract that Long Island communities deserve!
Private Sector Strike Vote Announcement
Across New York City, nurses at all 12 private sector hospitals have been busy holding strike votes. A yes vote gives NYSNA’s bargaining committees the authority to call for a strike in the event hospital management does not agree to the fair contracts that patients and nurses deserve by the contract deadline on Dec. 31, 2025. Nurses have been bargaining for months and have faced disrespect and retaliation for speaking out for safety and demanding better conditions for themselves and their patients. NYSNA will announce the results on Monday, Dec. 22, at NYSNA headquarters. Stay tuned for the announcement!
Meanwhile, our elected officials including Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani showed that they care about patients and the future of healthcare in this city by signing onto a solidarity letter that demands our private sector hospitals settle a fair contract. Read the letter and their words of support here. “We see fulfilling these demands as a pathway to protecting the health and safety of our communities,” they wrote. We could not agree more! New York Daily News and 1010 Wins covered the letter of solidarity. Visit NYC Hospital Greed to learn more about the campaign. We hope this sends the message that New York communities are united around the fight to protect healthcare for New Yorkers.
NYSNA Nurses at CVPH Honored at Annual Plattsburgh Holiday Parade
On Saturday, Dec. 6, NYSNA members from University of Vermont-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (UVM-CVPH) participated in the annual City of Plattsburgh’s holiday parade and rode on a member-decorated NYSNA float. On Tuesday, Dec. 16, during the nurses’ and healthcare professionals’ fifth negotiating session, Plattsburgh presented NYSNA members with a trophy for Best Community Group in Plattsburgh. In the photo above, UVM-CVPH’s smallest member, Rosie the Elf, holds the trophy. Congratulations to UVM-CVPH nurses on a well-deserved honor!