STORY: :: New York Mayor Mamdani joins striking nurses to urge a return to negotiations
:: January 12, 2026
:: Zohran Mamdani, New York City Mayor
"For too many of the 15,000 NYSNA nurses who are on strike, they are not able to make their ends meet. They are not asking for a multi-million dollar salary. What they are asking is for their pensions to be safeguarded, to be protected in their own workplace, to receive the pay and the health benefits that they deserve."
:: "When we negotiate, they don't want to meet us or hear arguments, so they think we're greedy, but we're not. We all just want safe staffing, that's all. Fair contract, that is all."
The action marked what union leaders described as the largest nurses' strike in New York City history, with nearly 15,000 nurses walking off the job across multiple hospitals.
Nurses said chronic understaffing has left them stretched thin, limiting the time they can spend with patients and raising safety concerns.
