Crystal Lewis at The Chief Leader reports nearly 2,300 New York City Health + Hospitals Residents are seeking a contract that will provide them with salaries comparable to those earned by Physicians at Safety Net Hospitals in the Private Sector.  The public hospital system’s residents, represented by Service Employees International Union's Committee of Interns and Residents, have gone without raises since March 2020.  Their contract expired in December 2021.  Their salaries currently start at $66,247, according to the Union.  The City Hospital System has proposed a $76,984 salary for first-year H+H Physicians starting next year, but even with that increase, they’d still earn an average of $5,586 less than residents at Private Safety Net Hospitals such as Maimonides Medical Center, the Union said.  The gap would be even larger for more experienced Residents, growing to $9,228 for fifth-year Residents.  “Without a competitive salary, it’s going to be harder and harder to recruit Residents who believe in the mission of Bellevue to turn no patient away,” said Nicholas Frazzette, a Pathology Resident at the Manhattan Hospital. 

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