NEW YORK — Nearly 16,000 nurses at some of New York City’s largest private hospitals are gearing up to go on strike Monday.
The fight between the New York State Nurses Association and the Montefiore, Mount Sinai and New York-Presbyterian health systems is nearing a boiling point after months of contract negotiations have yielded little progress on key sticking points, from pay raises and health insurance coverage to financial remedies when units are understaffed.
The union dialed up the pressure with a rally Friday outside the Midtown Manhattan offices of the Greater New York Hospital Association and the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York, a group that helps bargain on behalf of hospitals in contract negotiations…