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Healthcare union elections in New York

45 union petitions since Jan 2023 at 19 healthcare employers hiring in New York, by the National Labor Relations Board's record: unions won 23 elections and 2 petitions are pending. Workers at public hospitals organize under New York law instead, outside this record.

45
Union petitions
since Jan 2023
23
Won by a union

Union petitions in New York

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Union petitions at healthcare employers hiring in New York
FiledEmployerWorkersUnionOutcome
16 Jun 2026GuthrieBinghamton, NY[1] registered nurses (“RNs”)313 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 161 to 76
28 May 2026NYU Langone HealthBrooklyn, NYEMS dispatchers6 eligible1199SEIU Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 4 to 2
13 May 2026NYU Langone HealthBrooklyn, NYNot described1199SEIU Healthcare Workers EastPetition withdrawn
5 May 2026Rochester Regional HealthRochester, NY* non-acute care phlebotomists and senior phlebotomists126 eligibleRochester Union of Nurses and Allied ProfessionalsThe union won, 68 to 11
17 Apr 2026Northwell HealthLake Success, NYLPNs as residual to the existing technical unit3 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastVoted 19 May 2026, not yet certified, 3 to 0
16 Apr 2026Northwell HealthBay Shore, NY6 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 6 to 0
16 Apr 2026Northwell HealthIslip, NY* registered nurses4 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 4 to 0
16 Apr 2026Northwell HealthLake Success, NY* registered nurses20 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 15 to 3
16 Apr 2026Northwell HealthGreat Neck, NY* registered nurses6 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastNo union, 3 to 2
16 Apr 2026Northwell HealthSyosset, NY* registered nurses7 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 6 to 1
3 Apr 2026Northwell HealthGreat Neck, NYNot described1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastPetition withdrawn
25 Feb 2026Middletown Park Rehabilitation and HealthcareMiddletown, NY* occupational therapists and physical therapists7 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 7 to 0
13 Jan 2026NewYork-PresbyterianNew York, NYguards249 eligibleLocal One Security Officers UnionNo union, 113 to 54
7 Jan 2026NewYork-PresbyterianNew York, NYNot describedLocal One Security Officers UnionPetition withdrawn
6 Jan 2026Auburn Community HospitalAuburn, NYsecurity officers12 eligibleFederal Contract Guards of AmericaThe union won, 8 to 1
2 Jan 2026Cayuga Medical CenterIthaca, NYNot describedNot namedPetition withdrawn
2 Jan 2026Cayuga Medical CenterIthaca, NYNot describedNot namedPetition withdrawn
30 Dec 2025Cayuga Medical CenterIthaca, NYNot describedCommunications Workers of AmericaPetition withdrawn
30 Dec 2025Cayuga Medical CenterIthaca, NYNot describedCommunications Workers of AmericaPetition withdrawn
17 Dec 2025Auburn Community HospitalAuburn, NYNot describedFederal Contract Guards of AmericaPetition withdrawn
5 Dec 2025Cayuga Medical CenterIthaca, NYNot describedNot namedThe union won
3 Dec 2025Cayuga Medical CenterIthaca, NY* registered nurses298 eligibleCommunications Workers of AmericaThe union won, 216 to 46
8 Jul 2025Auburn Community HospitalAuburn, NYNot describedAFSCME Local 3124Petition withdrawn
3 Jul 2025AHRC NassauGlen Head, NYNot describedUnited Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 888The union won
25 Mar 2025Assist AmbulanceBrooklyn, NYemergency medical technicians, paramedics and drivers219 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 57 to 0
13 Feb 2025Planned Parenthood of Greater New YorkNew York, NYNot described1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastPetition withdrawn
5 Dec 2024Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island, NYNot describedNew York State Nurses AssociationThe union won
20 Sep 2024CAMBABrooklyn, NYemployees in the IT department15 eligibleAssociation of Legal Aid Attorneys UAW Local 2325The union won, 11 to 2
28 Aug 2024Montefiore NyackNyack, NYregistered nurse care managers7 eligibleNew York State Nurses AssociationVoted 6 May 2025, not yet certified, 0 to 0
21 Aug 2024Springvale Nursing and Rehabilitation CenterCroton-on-Hudson, NY* home health aides as a residual unit to the existing l l 99SEIU united healthcare...12 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 10 to 0
16 Aug 2024Springvale Nursing and Rehabilitation CenterCroton-on-Hudson, NYNot described1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastPetition withdrawn
2 Jul 2024Northwell HealthLake Success, NY* employees867 eligible1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 502 to 113
29 May 2024Bridge View Nursing HomeWhitestone, NYNot described1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won
19 Mar 2024Planned Parenthood of Greater New YorkHempstead, NYNot described1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastPetition withdrawn
12 Feb 2024Brooklyn Hospital CenterBrooklyn, NYnurse educators residual to the existing unit of registered nurses represented by the...14 eligibleThe New York State Nurses AssociationThe union won, 8 to 0
30 Jan 2024Care For the HomelessNew York, NYNot described30 eligibleDistrict Council 37 AFSCME, AFL-CIOThe union won, 22 to 0
30 Jan 2024Care For the HomelessNew York, NYAII full-time and regular part-time employees6 eligibleDistrict Council 37 AFSCME AFL CIONo union, 3 to 3
30 Jan 2024Care For the HomelessBrooklyn, NYemployees6 eligibleDistrict Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIOThe union won, 0 to 0
30 Jan 2024Care For the HomelessStaten Island, NYNot describedDistrict Council 37 AFSCME AFL-CIOThe union won
9 Aug 2023Northwell HealthBay Shore, NYNot describedLocal 1013 United Security Officers of AmericaPetition withdrawn
13 Jun 2023Northwell HealthBay Shore, NYNot describedLocal 1013 United Security Officers of AmericaPetition withdrawn
17 May 2023Montefiore NyackNyack, NYlicensed practical nurses8 eligibleCommunications Workers of America, AFL-CIONo union, 1 to 4
14 Apr 2023Care For the HomelessNew York, NYNot describedDistrict Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIOPetition withdrawn
4 Apr 2023Claxton-Hepburn Medical CenterOgdensburg, NYNot described65 eligible1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastThe union won, 45 to 5
20 Mar 2023Care For the HomelessNew York, NYNot describedDistrict Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIOPetition withdrawn

Employers hiring in New York with a petition

Healthcare union elections in New York: common questions

Which hospitals and healthcare employers in New York unionized recently?

Unions won 23 elections in New York since Jan 2023 at employers hiring on this site, the latest: Guthrie, [1] registered nurses (“RNs”) in Binghamton, NY (1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East), filed 16 Jun 2026: the union won, 161 to 76; NYU Langone Health, EMS dispatchers in Brooklyn, NY (1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East), filed 28 May 2026: the union won, 4 to 2; Rochester Regional Health, * non-acute care phlebotomists and senior phlebotomists in Rochester, NY (Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals), filed 5 May 2026: the union won, 68 to 11; Northwell Health, in Bay Shore, NY (1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East), filed 16 Apr 2026: the union won, 6 to 0.

Which unions represent healthcare workers in New York?

By the elections won since Jan 2023: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (8), 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (2), 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East (1) and Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals (1). Each won among one unit of workers at one site; older units are not in this window.

Are any union elections pending in New York?

2: Northwell Health, LPNs as residual to the existing technical unit in Lake Success, NY (1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East), filed 17 Apr 2026: voted 19 May 2026, not yet certified, 3 to 0; Montefiore Nyack, registered nurse care managers in Nyack, NY (New York State Nurses Association), filed 28 Aug 2024: voted 6 May 2025, not yet certified, 0 to 0.

Healthcare union elections in other states

Sources and method

A case is listed when the employer its petition names is one of the employers hiring on this site, matched by name and by its open jobs in the case's town. Cases filed since Jan 2023, read 9 Nov 2026. Every state.

  1. National Labor Relations Board case records (nlrb.gov), as copied nightly by labordata/nlrb-data

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Healthcare union elections in New York. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/healthcare-union-elections/new-york

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