"While the financial remedies are nice, what we really want is more nurses and a contract that makes it harder for the hospital to avoid taking accountability, said Sophie Boland, a registered nurse at CHONY. That's why we're on strike."
"It shouldn't take years to get an acknowledgement of the conditions we've worked under when NewYork-Presbyterian could just do the right thing and safely staff the hospital, Boland said."
An arbitrator concluded that NewYork-Presbyterian's Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital violated safe-staffing provisions more than 600 times between Jan. 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024. Nurses at the pediatric ICU received an award totaling nearly $400,000 as a result of the arbitration. Union members documented staffing levels beginning in 2023 and established a perceived pattern of violations. Over 4,000 NYSNA members remain on strike in New York City, with safe staffing a central bargaining issue. NewYork-Presbyterian is appealing the award in federal court. The strike began after the nurses' contract expired on Dec. 31, 2025.
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