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Some H+H doctors oppose tentative contract

Retro agreements lacks back-pay provisions

BY CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 1/24/25

Some doctors in the city’s public hospital system are expressing discontent with tentative contracts reached last week between the Doctors Council and their private-sector affiliate employers, noting in particular that the agreements, retroactive to August 2023, do not include back pay.

The four-year deals, which would expire Aug. 24, 2027 and must still be ratified, would provide the NYC Health + Hospitals physicians with base salary increases and recognition bonuses for those who worked during the Covid pandemic. 

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