Statement on NYSNA Strike

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: January 16, 2026 
Contact: Sarah McKenney
Phone: 412-216-8796
Email: mckenney.local3005@gmail.com

Statement from DC 37 Local 3005 on NYSNA Strike

DC 37 Local 3005 expresses its wholehearted support for striking NYSNA nurses. All nurses deserve equitable pay, safe staffing, and competitive benefits, including the Administrative Public Health Nurses proudly represented by Local 3005.

The nurses at Mount Sinai, Montefiore, and NewYork-Presbyterian are not the only ones suffering due to unfair labor practices at their workplaces. Nurses working for the NYC Health Department are paid low wages – much lower than those of the striking nurses. Our communities, patients, and students deserve experienced union nurses – not the status quo where staffing gaps are filled with temporary staffing agency contracts that are expensive to taxpayers and fail to meet the specialized health care needs of the people we serve. 

We were thrilled to see Mayor Mamdani standing in solidarity with the NYSNA nurses. Now, we implore him to bring that same energy for the nurses who work for the City, who have been underpaid and overworked for far too long while City Hall turns a blind eye. We need well-paying, stable union nursing jobs to provide critical health care services to our students and patients. 

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DC 37 Local 3005 represents over 1200 New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) employees, including Administrative Public Health Nurses.