Striking NYC Nurses and Hospitals Reach Agreement to Maintain Health Benefits

For Immediate Release: Jan. 25, 2026

Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489

STRIKING NYC NURSES AND HOSPITALS REACH AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN HEALTH BENEFITS, FIGHT FOR FAIR CONTRACTS CONTINUE

New York, NY — The following statement can be attributed to the New York State Nurses Association:  

NYSNA nurses fought and cleared a major hurdle on one of the key sticking points in bargaining—maintaining health benefits for frontline nurses and our families. Working through mediators, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian agreed to maintain the current high-quality NYSNA Plan A health coverage without cuts. Hospitals and NYSNA must still reach final tentative contract agreements.  

NYSNA nurses at all four hospitals are ready and willing to bargain in good faith on other priority issues to settle fair contracts whenever mediators call us back to the table.

Nearly 15,000 nurses continue to strike until we reach full tentative contract agreements that protect patient and nurse safety. Due to the winter storm advisory, striking nurses will suspend our picket lines Sunday and Monday and restart picketing on Tuesday. Picketing times and media availabilities to come.  

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The New York State Nurses Association represents more than 42,000 members in New York State. We are New York’s largest union and professional association for registered nurses. NYSNA is an affiliate of National Nurses United, AFL-CIO, the country's largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses, with more than 225,000 members nationwide.