People enter Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Two New York City hospitals have reached a tentative contract agreement with thousands of striking nurses that ends the walkout, the nurses' union announced today. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals ended a three-day strike Thursday after reaching a tentative contract agreement that union officials said will relieve chronic short staffing and boost pay by 19%