Thousands of NYC nurses strike Monday morning as contract deadlines pass without deals

More than 7,000 nurses from two New York City hospitals began striking at about 6 a.m. Monday in pursuit of increased wages and improved conditions after new contracts were not agreed to Sunday night.

The New York State Nurses Association said it planned to walk out at 6 a.m. if a deal wasn't reached, per CNN. Tentative deals were reached in recent days at seven hospitals, including two hospitals that reached deals late Sunday evening. But Mount Sinai hospital in Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx saw the midnight deadline come and go, and now, the city faces a looming strike.