TOMORROW: NYP-Gracie Square Nurses to Hold Informational Picket Thursday
*MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 8*
Contact: Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
Emma Alabaster | press@nysna.org | 917-826-8646
NYP-Gracie Square Nurses to Hold Informational Picket Thursday
Nurses are calling for a new contract with safe staffing and protections from violence
New York, N.Y. - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) members at NewYork-Presbyterian Gracie Square Hospital will hold an informational picket on Thursday, Oct. 8 from 8-10 a.m. and 12-2 p.m, and will hold a 9 a.m. press conference. The nurses are calling for a fair contract that delivers safe staffing and protections from workplace violence.
Gracie Square is one of New York City’s few hospitals dedicated to psychiatric care. Nurses are being overworked, working understaffed, and getting injured on the job. Since bargaining began, Gracie Square management has asked for givebacks on safe staffing and workplace violence - the very areas where the nurses are calling for investment to increase nurse and patient safety.
WHO: NYSNA members at NYP-Gracie Square Hospital and allies, including New York State Assembly Member Keith Powers, Assembly Member Alex Bores and Senator Kristen Gonzalez
WHAT: Informational picket to educate the public about ongoing contract fight for safe staffing and protections from workplace violence
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026 from 8-10 a.m. and 12-2 p.m.
**9 a.m. press conference**
WHERE: In front of Gracie Square Hospital, 420 E. 76th St., NYC
WHY: NYP-Gracie Square is one of New York City’s few hospitals dedicated to psychiatric care. Nurses have been bargaining for months and their contract is expired. They are demanding that Gracie Square management listen and negotiate a fair contract that protects nurse and patient safety.
VISUALS: Dozens of nurses chanting, marching, and holding signs
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The New York State Nurses Association represents approximately 45,000 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.