More than 7,000 nurses go on strike at two New York City hospitals

Nurses walked off the job at the Mount Sinai and Montefiore medical centers in Harlem and the Bronx over staffing issues

More than 7,000 nurses at two New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday, saying their concerns around staffing issues had not been addressed by management.

Talks failed on Sunday night. At 6am on Monday, nurses went on strike at Mount Sinai Medical Center on the Upper East Side and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.