Fri 23 Jan 2026 07.00 EST

Almost 15,000 nurses who work for three separate hospital systems have been on strike since 12 January, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals, and improved healthcare benefits. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has pointed to the giant pay packages that hospital CEOs have received, at a time when nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients.

The strike has pulled support from Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist Vermont senator, both of whom joined striking nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital on Tuesday.

New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support

New York mayor was joined by Senator Bernie Sanders at a Tuesday rally with nurses as strike entered second week

^{Adam Gabbatt (The Guardian)}