77 WABC recently interviewed Managing Partner Joseph Ciaccio about critical patient safety concerns arising from New York City's ongoing nurses' strike, the largest in years. The strike involves thousands of nurses at major hospitals, including Montefiore, New York Presbyterian, and Mount Sinai, with disputes over pay, benefits, and workplace violence protections.

As hospitals bring in thousands of replacement nurses to maintain operations during the current strike, questions about patient safety remain paramount.

Ciaccio, alongside co-counsel, has firsthand experience with the risks that can arise when staffing and operational safeguards are insufficient. The attorneys represent the family of Noah Kingsley Morton, a four-month-old infant who died at Mount Sinai Hospital during a similar nurses' strike in 2023. The case alleges that Noah's death was preventable and resulted from inadequate staffing by the hospital during the labor action. The hospital initially told Noah's parents he "died of natural causes," but investigative reporting later uncovered the potential role of the IV-line failure.

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