Mount Sinai fires nurses for 'sabotaging' emergency strike drills. Their union says it was retaliation. [View all]
Source: Gothamist-WNYC
By Caroline Lewis
Published Jan 14, 2026 at 3:06 p.m. ET Modified Jan 14, 2026 at 5:18 p.m. ET
Three nurses in the labor and delivery department at Mount Sinai Hospital have been fired for allegedly “sabotaging” emergency drills the hospital was running to prepare for the strike that began Monday, according to a spokesperson for the hospital.
The spokesperson, Lucia Lee, said the nurses were caught ahead of the strike, hiding medical supplies from temporary nurses who had been hired as their replacements.
“This is completely unacceptable behavior, which included locking critical supplies designed to care for vulnerable newborns in conference rooms where they did not belong,” Lee said.
The New York State Nurses Association, which represents the three terminated workers, denied the hospital’s allegations and said the firings were part of a pattern of retaliation and intimidation by Mount Sinai management in recent weeks as nurses geared up for the strike.
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