Healthcare Labor Disputes

On the fifth day of a strike by roughly 15,000 New York State Nurses Association members at Mount Sinai’s three hospitals, NewYork‑Presbyterian and Montefiore, federal mediation prompted Mount Sinai to resume talks while an overnight session with NewYork‑Presbyterian produced little progress — the union says it offered revised staffing proposals that NYP rejected without a counteroffer — and Montefiore says negotiations have not restarted. The walkout, driven by demands for safe staffing ratios, preserved benefits, workplace‑violence protections and limits on AI, has led hospitals to hire thousands of temporary nurses amid warnings of canceled procedures and ambulance diversions, while state and city leaders declared a state of emergency and hospitals called the union’s economic demands unsustainable.