The Federation of Nurses/United Federation of Teachers (UFT) has sent a 10-day Strike notification to New York University (NYU) Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. The Nurses' contract with NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn ends at midnight on Friday (February 28th).  "The hospital has put patients and Nurses at risk with its chronic understaffing," said Anne Goldman, who heads the Federation of Nurses/UFT, which represents 1,000 Nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn and 16,000 Nurses across New York State.  "Hospital management has shown it doesn't care about patients. It is the Nurses who are advocating for what patients need - the correct number of Nurses, properly trained, with the right equipment. That is what we are demanding in our contract. It is time for NYU Langone to put patients before profits." Nurses at NYU's Brooklyn Hospital have documented more than 8,000 cases of short staffing in the past 36 months, Union Officials said. Each alleges a violation of Nurse-to-Patient Ratios, set by New York State Law and by the Nurses' own contract with NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.

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