Doctors-in-training at NYC’s public hospital system to get raises as part of tentative contract

More than 2,000 medical interns and residents within New York City’s Health + Hospitals system are poised to get wage increases and retroactive raises following a lengthy battle for a new contract.

The residents, represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents-Service Employees International Union, had been working without a contract for more than two years before a tentative deal was announced this week. Once ratified by members, the contract will remain in effect until June 2027.

“Our hospital workers were on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, risking their lives to save ours," Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement Saturday. "The least they deserve is a fair wage for their work."

Members will receive wage increases that will amount to roughly 16 percent at the end of the contract’s term in 2027, including retroactive raises dating back to December 2021.

Starting salaries will increase from about $66,200 to just over $81,200 in December 2025 for medical residents, according to details provided by City Hall on Saturday. Meal allowances will also see a boost of $300 a year, among other provisions.

The deal was first reported by the news organization THE CITY on Wednesday and the Adams administration announced the deal three days later.

The doctors and interns had been pushing for higher wages and other benefits they said were already standard at privately run safety-net hospitals.

“WE FOUGHT AND WE WON!” the union said in a tweet earlier this week.