NYC hospitals prepare as thousands of nurses threaten to strike next week
Source: Gothamist-WNYC
By Caroline Lewis
Published Jan 7, 2026 at 6:31 a.m. ET
New York City’s Office of Emergency Management is making contingency plans to maintain hospital capacity across the city as more than 16,700 nurses at seven privately run hospitals threaten to strike on Monday over stalled contract negotiations.
The New York State Nurses Association on Tuesday rescinded strike notices at five other hospitals after making progress toward contract agreements. The nurses’ previous contracts expired on Dec. 31.
If the nurses at all the remaining hospitals walk off the job, it would still be the largest nursing strike in city history, according to the union. Nurses and hospital management are clashing over demands for higher wages, improved benefits, more robust staffing and safeguards against the use of artificial intelligence, among other issues, the union said.
Nurses are threatening to strike at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai Morningside and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, as well as Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, Flushing Hospital Medical Center in Queens and the Brooklyn Hospital Center.
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