Senator Bernie Sanders (at mic) and Mayor Zohran Mamdani address nurses in bitter cold outside Mount Sinai West hospital on Tenth Ave. and 58th St. on Jan. 20 during the ninth day of the strike.
Senator Bernie Sanders (at mic) and Mayor Zohran Mamdani address nurses in bitter cold outside Mount Sinai West hospital on Tenth Ave. and 58th St. on Jan. 20 during the ninth day of the strike. ( Photo: Facebook)

Both politicians bill themselves as Democratic Socialists and handed out donuts outside Mount Sinai West as the strike by the New York State Nurses Association against three NYC hospitals entered its ninth day

Bernie Sanders and Mayor Mamdani Join Picket Line as NYC Nurses’ Strike Drags On
20 Jan 2026 | 06:37
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On a bitter cold morning, Sen. Bernie Sanders joined a picket line outside Mount Sinai West and Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined for the second time as the strike by 15,000 nurses dragged into its ninth day.

Mamdani called for both sides to return to the bargaining table while Sanders drew chants of “Ber-Nie!...

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