By Joseph De Avila
New York City nurses have reached an agreement to end a strike at two major hospital systems.
About 10,500 nurses represented by New York State Nurses Association reached a deal early Monday with Montefiore Medical Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West. Members will vote on the contracts this week, and if ratified, are expected to return to work on Saturday, the union said.
"For four weeks, nearly 15,000 NYSNA members held the line in the cold and in the snow for safe patient care," said Nancy Hagans, president of the New York State Nurses Association. "Now nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai systems are heading back to the bedside with our heads held high after winning fair tentative contracts."
Montefiore and Mount Sinai didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
Nurses entered contract negotiations in September. They went on strike on Jan. 12, starting the largest and longest nurses strike in New York City history.
Nurses are still striking at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the union said. Staffing levels is the key sticking point in those contract discussions, it said.
The Montefiore and Mount Sinai nurses secured salary increases by more than 12% over the life of the proposed three-year contract. The proposed contract also provides protections against workplace violence and new rules about staffing levels.
"Nurses sacrificed their own pay and healthcare while on strike to defend patient care for all of New York," said Pat Kane, executive director of the nurse's union.
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February 09, 2026 12:02 ET (17:02 GMT)
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