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Nurses reach tentative deal with NewYork-Presbyterian to end historic strike
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Published Feb 20, 2026
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Striking nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian on Friday announced a tentative agreement with hospital management to return to work next week in exchange for new workplace protections and higher salaries. Nurses will vote on whether to ratify the deal starting Friday, their union said.
If the more than 4,000 striking NewYork-Presbyterian nurses approve the contract, it will end the historic nurses strike that began on Jan. 12. The New York State Nurses Association has called it the longest and largest nurses strike in city history.
The union members at NewYork-Presbyterian are the last holdouts in that strike after more than 10,000 nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai ratified contracts with their employers last week and began returning to work over the weekend.
The tentative agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian, which was announced shortly after midnight, includes a roughly 12% salary increase over three years, the same as that won by nurses at the other hospital systems. It also includes commitments from NewYork-Presbyterian to boost staffing, implement new workplace safety measures and to maintain nurses’ health benefits.
This is the second time in two weeks that NewYork-Presbyterian nurses are voting on a new contract. Their previous contract expired Dec. 31.
NYSNA leadership launched a ratification vote last week, even though the nurse bargaining committee at NewYork-Presbyterian had rejected the deal that was then on the table. The committee said the deal did not include sufficient staffing gains or employment protections.
The move caused a rift within the union, and nurses overwhelmingly voted against the deal.
But this time, the nurse bargaining committee is lending its support.
“This has been a long, hard fight, but we are proud of what we achieved,” Beth Loudin, a nurse on the bargaining committee at NewYork-Presbyterian, said in a statement. “This is a win for the future of healthcare for our communities and a testament to the power of working people.”
NewYork-Presbyterian spokesperson Angela Karafazli confirmed the tentative agreement, which was reached through the help of a mediator. She said the deal “reflects our tremendous respect for our nurses."
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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Caroline Lewis
Caroline Lewis is on the health care beat for WNYC and Gothamist. She has covered COVID, a nurses' strike, the overdose crisis and New York’s marijuana legalization effort, and spent a year investigating patients' medical bills. She always wants to hear about how everyday New Yorkers experience the health system. Got a tip? Email [email protected].
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