US EditionNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and US Sen. Bernie Sanders Rally with Nurses on Ninth Day of Strike
About 15,000 nurses strike for safe staffing, full employer-funded benefits, and violence protections as talks with major NYC hospitals remain stalled, costing hospitals $100 million in temporary staff.
- On Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, the largest nurses strike in New York City entered its eighth day with talks stalled and no timeline to resume after about 15,000 nurses walked off last week.
- The New York State Nurses Association is seeking enforceable safe-staffing levels, workplace-violence protections and no cuts to employer-funded health benefits, while hospitals say these unaffordable demands include Montefiore calling them `reckless and dangerous $3.6 billion demands`.
- Hospitals say bargaining has been limited to one bargaining session per system with hourslong talks producing little progress, while they rely on temporary and agency nurses to maintain operations.
- City leaders including Mayor Zohran Mamdani rallied with nurses reporting lost paychecks and insurance, urging both sides to resume talks as the strike’s toll grows.
- The dispute has drawn civil-rights leaders including the Rev. Al Sharpton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, while hospital systems' executives say nurses are already among the highest paid and call the union's requests unreasonable.
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