NURSES STRIKE: Hospital management returns 'weak' counterproposals; walkout continues
Source: AMNY
By Barbara Russo-Lennon
Posted on February 3, 2026
The historic nurses strike continued into Day 23 on Tuesday, after the union says hospital management’s counterproposals failed to meet their contract demands during a bargaining session on Feb. 2.
The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) said it received revised proposals from hospital management at the Javits Center on Tuesday, but none of them addressed safe staffing concerns, a key sticking point in the ongoing standoff involving nearly 15,000 striking nurses.
The union singled out NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the three affected private hospital systems, for having safe staffing enforcement provisions that are “weaker” than those at other NYSNA hospitals in New York City.
“NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the richest hospitals in New York City and state, did not even make counter-proposals on workplace violence and other contract issues,” a NYSNA press release stated. “Although nurses significantly revised and moderated our proposals to expedite bargaining, the hospitals returned proposals that were inadequate and failed to offer a clear path to return nurses to work.”
The nurses strike continues around the city.
Photo by Dean Moses
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