Doctors in New York City are threatening to strike at four public hospitals, posing a significant risk to low-income patients. The potential strike stems from stalled contract negotiations between the Doctors Council SEIU and city hospitals, with doctors citing burnout and inadequate working conditions.
Both sides of City Hall are attempting to avert an impending doctors strike at four New York City public hospitals. The potential disaster for low-income patients could stop more than a thousand physicians from delivering care.
The City Council is holding an oversight hearing on Friday to dissect grievances raised by the Doctors Council SEIU, the union representing doctors within the city’s Health + Hospitals system who are threatening to strike over stalled contract negotiations with their employers. Mayor Eric Adams urged the union and the hospitals’ private affiliates in a letter to return to the negotiating table with a mediator and postpone the work stoppage and “any further implementation of employer proposals” for 60 days. The planned Jan. 13 strike would pause treatment from doctors at four hospitals: Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, North Central Bronx Hospital and Coney Island’s South Brooklyn Health. “Health + Hospitals’ system really is the system that floats healthcare for the most marginalized New Yorkers,” said Councilmember Carmen De La Rosa, who chairs the civil service and labor committee. “To have these four facilities with the possibility of a full work stoppage and being on strike is going to be catastrophic for community health.” According to union leaders, the strike would be the largest by attending physicians in the city’s history. Doctors say they are burnt out from understaffing and draining work conditions. They are seeking improved pay and benefits in negotiations that have dragged on since the fall of 2023. While some doctors at the city’s public hospitals are employed directly by NYC Health + Hospitals, doctors who are threatening to strike at these four facilities work for private entities contracted by the city — Mount Sinai and Physician Affiliate Group of New York
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