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‘We want to hire our own nurses’: NYC hospitals chief seeks funding boost after city spends $500M on temp nurses to fill vacancies

By Max Parrott Posted on May 17, 2023
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Last year the city’s public hospital system spent $549 million on temporary nurses to plug roughly 2,000 vacancies across its facilities, a hospital executive revealed during the City Council’s Tuesday hearing on hospitals.

Dr. Mitchell Katz, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, disclosed the figure during the May 16 meeting of the Council’s Committee on Hospitals. His testimony comes as the New York State Nurses Association, which represents the city’s public nurses, has been pushing the city for a raise after its contract expired in March.

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‘We want to hire our own nurses’: NYC hospitals chief seeks funding boost after city spends $500M on temp nurses to fill vacancies

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