Nearly 15,000 Nurses Go on Strike at Major New York City Hospitals
The New York Times••general
Key Points:
- Nearly 15,000 nurses began striking at major New York City hospitals, including NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center, and Mount Sinai's main campus, marking a significant labor dispute in the city's healthcare sector.
- The nurses' union demands include enforcing minimum staffing ratios to prevent nurse overload, higher wages, and enhanced hospital security to reduce violence and shootings.
- Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of imminent disaster due to the strike, warning it could severely impact healthcare delivery and public health.
- Hospitals have prepared for the strike by contracting travel nurses, reserving hotel rooms, canceling surgeries, accelerating patient discharges, and transferring neonatal intensive care infants to other units to manage patient care during the labor action
