More than 7,000 NYC nurses strike at Mount Sinai, Montefiore hospitals after labor negotiations crumble
NEW YORK — Thousands of nurses walked off the job early Monday at two major New York City hospitals after contract talks disintegrated overnight, leaving Mount Sinai in Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx struggling to care for patients.
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