Nurses at Several NYC Hospitals Prepare to Strike Next Week
- Union says low staffing levels are putting patients at risk
- Tentative agreements reached with Maimonides, NYP and Richmond
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Thousands of New York City nurses are poised to strike on Monday as they decry staffing levels they say create unsafe conditions for patients.
Five institutions, including units of the massive Mount Sinai Health System Inc., are still in talks toward a resolution with about 10,000 members of the New York State Nurses Association. Three others have reached tentative agreements.