Montefiore Nurses Meet With Assembly Member to Bring Attention to ED Overcrowding

(Email Update February 14, 2025)

On Friday, Feb. 7, Montefiore nurses met with Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz, whose district includes Montefiore facilities in the Bronx, to let him know their community is in danger of losing hospital beds and essential services after Montefiore management, at the end of 2024, announced a “restructuring” plan. Nurses are asking for the support of elected officials and community leaders in the Bronx to prevent the elimination of 16 hospital beds and palliative care services at a time when emergency rooms at Montefiore are filled beyond capacity and patients are waiting in hallways for care. The plan will also potentially move surgical services elsewhere in the Bronx or to its suburban campuses, reducing access to services. Nurses shared their concerns that reducing beds will add longer wait times and increase hallway patients.  

Montefiore nurses will continue to speak out against management’s plans and the disproportionate impact it will have on an underserved population in the Bronx.