Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai last week ratified three-year contracts with the hospitals after a three-day strike ended Jan. 12. Mount Sinai nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association voted on Jan. 18 and Montefiore nurses voted on Friday. more

City and state elected officials were relieved and thankful for the nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai after the hospitals announced a three-year contract with the union after a three-day strike. more

After three days on the picketing line for safe staffing, more 7,000 nurses returned to work Thursday morning when tentative agreements were met with two private New York City hospitals. more

Benny Mathew, a registered nurse at Montefiore Medical Center, cares for 20 patients in the emergency room. After months of negotiations, he voted in favor of a nurses’ strike, which is expected to make history as the largest in the United States. more

New York landlords can no longer impose surcharges on rent-regulated tenants who install their own air-conditioners after a bill sponsored by state Sen. Robert Jackson and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul Nov. 21. more