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Health & Environment Active Updated Jul 3, 2026

Montefiore's AI layoffs

Four months after a 41-day nurses' strike ended, Montefiore sent layoff notices to 12 utilization-review nurses across its three Bronx campuses, effective July 12. NYSNA says the work goes to AI-powered software from Datavant, a health data company whose Ciox Health unit agreed this spring to a $900,000 data-breach settlement. The union filed a class-action grievance June 1, arguing the move violates the post-strike contract's first-ever AI language, which requires management to meet with the union before AI diminishes union jobs. The hospital calls the union's claims inaccurate and misleading, and Bronx elected officials are pressing Montefiore to reverse the layoffs before July 12.

The story so far

  1. Jul 1, 2026 Latest

    Bronx elected officials held a virtual press conference demanding Montefiore stop. Council Member Aldebol said the hospital is "disrespecting the nurses, disrespecting the union and disrespecting the contract." Montefiore would not confirm or deny the notices.

    Bronx Times

  2. Jun 1, 2026

    NYSNA filed a class-action grievance against Montefiore, Gothamist reported, alleging the hospital violated its contract by failing to meet with the union before sending the elimination notices. The post-strike contract requires management to meet with the union if AI use results in the diminishment of union jobs.

    Gothamist

  3. May 28, 2026

    Twelve utilization-review nurses received letters: "I deeply regret to inform you that your position will be eliminated 45 days from the date of this letter." The union says the work goes to Datavant software.

    Bronx Times

  4. May 22, 2026

    HIPAA Journal reported that Ciox Health, an Arizona-based health IT company operating as Datavant Group, agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a class action over a May 2024 phishing breach reported to federal regulators as affecting 320,702 people. Exposed data included Social Security numbers, financial account information, and health information.

    HIPAA Journal

  5. Feb 21, 2026

    The 41-day strike by roughly 15,000 nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, and NewYork-Presbyterian ended with three-year contracts NYSNA said delivered wage increases above 12%, enforceable staffing standards, and the first AI safeguards ever written into the contracts.

    NYSNA

  6. Jan 12, 2026

    NYSNA nurses began a 41-day strike at Montefiore over staffing ratios and pay.

    Bronx Times

  7. Jan 9, 2023

    More than 7,000 NYSNA nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai struck for three days, returning January 12, 2023 with 19.1% raises over three years. Montefiore agreed to more than 170 new nursing positions, new emergency department staffing ratios, and financial penalties for understaffing.

    NBC New York

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