[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 10 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NYSNA STRIKE

  (Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Madam Speaker, I wish to congratulate the nurses 
of Mount Sinai and Monetfiore Medical Center who, after 3 days on 
strike, reached a tentative agreement for safe staffing ratios this 
morning. Our hospitals are facing extreme nursing shortages, and it is 
affecting patient care.
  Montefiore Medical Center, which is in my district, has had 760 
vacancies. But thanks to the tentative agreement and the courage and 
efforts of our nurses on the picket line, hospital management is now 
committing to an aggressive hiring plan and to immediately implement 
staffing ratios, including an increase of over 170 nursing positions 
and a 19.1 percent wage increase and additional benefits to help with 
retention.
  I thank so much the New York State Nurses Association, NYSNA, for 
their work. It is our privilege to stand in solidarity with them.

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