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Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026

Dear New Yorkers,

NewYork-Presbyterian nurses rejected a tentative contract agreement by an overwhelming margin Wednesday, voting to extend their strike. Out of approximately 4,200 nurses who were eligible to cast ballots, 3,099 voted to reject the deal and 867 voted to approve it.

At Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, and Montefiore, nurses voted to approve their contracts Wednesday evening and will return to work this weekend.

A NewYork-Presbyterian spokesperson said the hospital was “disappointed that our nurses did not ratify the mediator's proposal, which we accepted on Feb. 8 and [New York State Nurses Association] leadership endorsed.” The spokesperson, Angela Karafazli, said the hospital is willing to honor the rejected proposal for reconsideration.

Nancy Hagans, the NYSNA president, called on the hospital to “agree to a fair contract and bring all of our nurses back to work.”

The nurses’ strike, which began on Jan. 12, has been the longest and largest of its kind in New York City history.

Read more here.

Weather 🌤️

Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.

MTA 🚇

In Brooklyn, no B train between Kings Highway and Brighton Beach. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.

Alternate side parking 🚙

It’s suspended today, Feb. 12 for Lincoln’s birthday.

By the way …

NYC Ferry service finally resumed yesterday, but only partially on the Rockaway-Soundview route, and there may be delays due to ice.

Our Other Top Stories

New York City's estimated $12 billion budget gap over the next two years has shrunk to $7 billion, Mayor Zohran Mamdani told state lawmakers Wednesday during his first "Tin Cup Day" in Albany — the annual trip where mayors across New York request funding from the state budget. The reduction came from updated revenue and bonus projections and tapping into reserves, easing some pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise taxes this year to help the city balance its books. Street vendors danced to a mariachi band and feasted on kati rolls and dumplings earlier this week to celebrate a historic victory: a City Council vote that paved the way for enough new vending permits to cover the estimated 23,000 vendors who currently work across the five boroughs. Vendors said they will no longer have to rent permits on the underground market for thousands of dollars a year.

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Things To Do

Here are some free and low-cost things going on around the city this week.

Thursday, Feb. 12: Joe Macken’s model of New York City called “He Built This City” made out of everyday materials over the last two decades is opening at the Museum of the City of New York. Pay what you wish for New Yorkers, free for everyone on Wednesdays.   Thursday, Feb. 12: Balmir Dance Society hosts an evening of salsa at the Brooklyn Museum, starting with a class led by professional dancers followed by live music, social dancing and dance team performances. Free, from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12to Saturday, Feb. 14: The New York Classical Players performs its 16th concert season with shows featuring works by Tchaikovsky and Wagner at Flushing Town Hall, St. Luke and St. Matthew Church in Clinton Hill and W83 auditorium in the Upper West Side. Free, at 7:30 p.m. each night.

THE KICKER: A dresser inside the Merchant’s House Museum — a 19th century house built by an abolitionist — has been discovered as the entryway to a secret stop on the Underground Railroad.

Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Thursday.

Love,

THE CITY

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