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More than 7,000 NYC nurses strike at Mount Sinai, Montefiore hospitals after labor negotiations crumble

NEW YORK — Thousands of nurses walked off the job early Monday at two major New York City hospitals after contract talks disintegrated overnight, leaving Mount Sinai in Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx struggling to care for patients.

Tribune News Service · Jan 9, 2023

NY docs must give naloxone with opioids

A new New York law aims to ensure that naloxone is available if needed by people who take prescription opioids

Salon · Jan 6, 2023

New York doctors are now required to prescribe naloxone to some patients on opioid painkillers

Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn’t be able to walk half a block. The 63-year-old former New York City nurse has crippling arthritis for which he takes OxyContin twice a day and oxycodone when he needs additional relief.

Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023