Posts tagged NYSNA
Biggest nurses strike in NYC history enters 6th day as workers fear for patients
January 20, 2026 // New York’s largest nurses’ union has denied that the biggest nurses’ strike in the Big Apple’s history has turned deadly — after claims that an ICU patient had died as a result of the work stoppage. “NYSNA is not claiming that any deaths directly derived from the strike,” a spokesperson for the New York State Nurses Association confirmed in an email to The Post.
Major NYC hospital accuses nurses’ union of protecting drunk, stoned staffers as thousands go on strike
January 13, 2026 // “NYSNA leadership’s demand that a nurse not be terminated if found to be compromised by drugs or alcohol while on the job is another example of putting their own self-interest before patient safety,” Montefiore said in a statement provided to The Post.
Over 1,000 nurses at Staten Island University Hospital submit strike notice
March 25, 2024 // This strike notice follows several other nurses strikes across the Tri-State Area. Nurses at Robert Wood University Hospital in New Jersey were on strike for nearly four months last year before ratifying a new contract in December. A possible strike was averted at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Northwell in February.