NYSNA Update: October 24, 2025
BronxCare, Montefiore and NYP Nurses Speak Out for a Fair Contract!
This week, NYSNA nurses across three private sector facilities held powerful speak-outs to advocate for their patients and send a clear message to management that nurses are ready to fight for a fair contract! Starting on Wednesday, Oct. 22, NYSNA nurses at BronxCare spoke out about understaffing, workplace violence and their concerns for their immigrant patients. Assembly Member Landon Dais and South Bronx Unite joined the nurses in solidarity. Listen to WFUV’s coverage here.
On Thursday, Oct. 22, nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian spoke out to defend patient care and called on one of the city’s richest hospitals to put patients over profits. Sen. Robert Jackson, Council Member Shaun Abreu, and Citizen Action’s Carolyn Martinez-Class joined in solidarity to support the fight for quality care and a fair contract.
Members at Montefiore also rallied in front of their hospital and spoke out about their hospital’s failure to staff safely, alleviate overcrowding and hallway patients, and invest in quality care in the Bronx. Assembly Member Jeff Dinowitz, Assembly Member George Alvarez and members of CIR-SEIU, the Northwest Bronx Community Clergy Coalition and Mekong joined in to demand Montefiore do more for the Bronx community.
Members were energized and ready to head back to their bargaining tables and support their union siblings who will speak out in November. Check out pictures from the actions on our Facebook page.
Margaretville Hospital Nurses Ratify Their First Contract!
NYSNA members at Westchester Medical Center’s Margaretville Hospital voted overwhelmingly to approve their first contract. Nurses voted in person and online on Tuesday, Oct. 21, and Wednesday, Oct. 22. Sherrelle Wolfe, Margaretville’s local bargaining unit (LBU) president, said, “This is an amazing victory for our community and nurses. Our new contract will allow us to retain and recruit nurses to continue to provide the care our community deserves” Nurses won significant pay increases in their new contract, making Margaretville competitive in its region. The new contract also improved retirement benefits, staffing, education and shift differentials. Congratulations to some of our newest NYSNA members on their first contract!
Maimonides Nurses Deliver Platform Petition at Bargaining
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, NYSNA Maimonides nurses held their second negotiating session with management. The session started strong, with LBU and NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, RN, BSN, CCRN, and Executive Committee Member Russel Pinsker presenting directly to management their platform petition signed by over 1,500 NYSNA members. But management’s response was nothing short of insulting. Management came to the table with a set of regressive, anti-nurse proposals designed to strip away hard-won rights and benefits for which NYSNA members have fought over decades. Nurses made it clear that these proposals were unacceptable and demanded that management focus on recruiting, retaining and respecting nurses — not gutting their contract and dragging them back decades.
This fight is just beginning. Nurses are preparing for their next negotiating session in November and will be organizing additional actions to make sure management hears their message loud and clear: Maimonides nurses will not back down until they win a fair contract.