NYSNA Nurses Hold Week of Action to Demand Private Hospitals Protect Healthcare for New Yorkers

On Thursday, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses continued a second week of action to demand that NYC private hospitals invest in safe, patient care rather than executive pay and risky speculations on artificial intelligence. Rallies were held at Maimonides Hospital Brooklyn and at Mt. Sinai in Upper Manhattan, where nurses were joined by supporters including elected officials and NYC CLC Secretary-Treasurer Janella T. Hinds.

CEOs at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian now make, on average, nearly 12,000 percent more than the registered nurses on the frontlines caring for patients. And Mount Sinai recently shelled out a whopping $100 million on just one AI facility. The bottom line: NYC’s private hospitals can afford to put patients first.  

Amidst looming federal healthcare cuts, nurses and allies call on our city’s private sector hospitals to do their part to protect New York patients. NYSNA nurses and healthcare professionals have mobilized to protect healthcare across our state ahead of the Trump administration’s impending healthcare cuts. If Trump’s cuts proceed, the number of uninsured New Yorkers will likely increase by over a million, health insurance premiums could go up for all, and New York could lose billions in federal healthcare funding. Nurses demand that private hospitals do their part to protect healthcare for New Yorkers. Read more here!