The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) alleged Wednesday, July 1, that Montefiore Health System, a private hospital system operating in The Bronx and Westchester Counties, is planning to lay off real nurses and replace them with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software. According to the union, the affected nurses are those who “use their decades of bedside experience and clinical judgement to review insurance denials and make sure patients get the care they need covered by insurance.”