New York State Nurses Association union members react as they walk the picket line outside NewYork-Presbyterian Milstein hospital, during their strike in New York City, Jan. 12, 2026. Nearly 15,000 nurses from New York-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center and the main campus of Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC’s biggest hospitals, have gone on strike. The union representing the nurses says they are demanding higher wages, more security at hospitals to reduce violent episodes and shootings, and a commitment to ensuring minimum staffing ratios.
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