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Layoffs at NY-Presbyterian draw unions' ire

BY CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 6/20/25

Healthcare workers affected by planned layoffs at NewYork-Presbyterian railed against the coming cuts at a rally held earlier this week.

Members of the New York State Nurses Association, 1199 SEIU and Communications Workers of America Local 1104 rallied near NewYork-Presbyterian’s Columbia campus Wednesday. The hospital system, which last month announced plans to cut 2 percent of its workforce, has so far moved to lay off 42 nurses, as well as 185 healthcare workers represented by 1199, according to the advocates.

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