NYSNA Update: January 9, 2026
Private Sector Hospitals Continue to Bargain and Hold Emergency Action
On Friday afternoon, nurses at remaining hospitals with strike notices took significant action and held an emergency solidarity action at the League of Voluntary Hospitals to demand that the city’s wealthiest hospitals agree to protecting healthcare benefits and safe staffing standards. Management at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, Montefiore, and NewYork-Presbyterian continue to threaten to cut healthcare benefits, roll back safe staffing standards and refuse protections from workplace violence. Nurses gathered to demand an end to their intimidation and delay tactics while they continue to bargain to achieve what their union siblings at safety net hospitals have achieved. Nurses spoke about workplace violence, the hospital’s union busting, and their demands for healthcare benefits. Earlier this week, 45 labor unions, representing more than 2.5 million workers, released a letter calling on the remaining hospitals to settle fair contracts.
Visit NYC Hospital Greed to learn more about the campaign and read an oped penned by Mount Sinai nurses Donovan Carey and Jarrett Murphy and published in New York Daily News here.
Safety Net Hospitals Protect Healthcare and Safe Staffing Standards and Rescind Strike Notices, Tentative Agreements Reached at Four Hospitals
After months and months of fighting for safe staffing and to protect healthcare benefits, nurses at safety-net hospitals in New York City achieved major wins for nurse and patient safety and rescinded strike notices. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Maimonides Medical Center, One Brooklyn Health Interfaith Medical Center and One Brooklyn Health Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center reached tentative agreements after agreeing to protect healthcare benefits and safe staffing standards, and committed to several key platform demands. Nurses at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC), BronxCare Health System and The Brooklyn Hospital Center also rescinded their strike notices after management at these hospitals made similar progress toward ensuring nurse and patient safety, and RUMC reached a tentative agreement on Jan. 9. These safety net hospitals serve disproportionately higher rates of Medicaid and Medicare patients, care for our black and brown communities, and prioritize access to care. They collectively decided that in a time when nurses and patients need investments in safety the most, they would meet the moment and agree to nurses’ demands. We applaud these nurses who are the first among the 12 private sector hospitals currently bargaining to reach agreements. The Gothamist, Crain’s, AMNY, Politico, Amsterdam News, NBC4, CBS, Patch, BK Reader and many more covered this significant move.
Northwell/Plainview Secures Tentative Agreement
Late into the evening on Thursday, Jan. 8, NYSNA nurses at Northwell/Plainview secured a tentative agreement that makes significant gains for patients and nurses on Long Island. Their contract includes safe staffing standards for Plainview nurses, protected benefits, and wage increases to help recruit and retain nurses. Meanwhile, nurses at Northwell/Huntington and Northwell/Syosset hospitals continue to bargain every day in hopes of averting a strike on Jan. 12. After bargaining several days late into the early morning of the following day, nurses at Northwell/Huntington found flyers asking them to empty lockers in preparation for the planned strike. These are scare tactics and nurses will not be intimidated. News12, Newsday, and CBS have covered their negotiations. Long Island nurses are more united than ever and determined to reach a deal that respects their care!