Doctors Council SEIU and affiliates of NYC Health+Hospitals (H+H) have reached a tentative deal to avert a strike in which nearly 1,000 doctors at Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital, Queens Hospital Center and South Brooklyn Health would have walked off the job.
The union had advocated for higher pay and other measures to alleviate chronic understaffing and turnover. Months of negotiations in the contract covering 2,800 doctors had made little progress since September, and a work stoppage was set to begin Jan. 13.
