It’s a smaller sacrifice to make.

The New York State Nurses Association’s negotiators have proposed a reduced 18% wage increase for nurses striking at three Mount Sinai hospitals, officials revealed on Friday. This development comes as the historic strike approached the end of its second week.

Originally demanding a 30% raise over three years, the revised proposal suggests boosting nurses’ base salaries by 7% in the first year, followed by a 6% increase in the second year, and a 5% hike in the final year, according to officials.

However, the union remains steadfast on other issues, such as pay differentials and staffing levels, indicating that significant differences remain at the negotiating table before the city’s largest nurses strike can be resolved.

“Mount Sinai representatives expressed a commitment to thoroughly evaluate NYSNA’s proposals. They highlighted the complexity involved due to the various economic factors affected by the proposed wage hikes,” stated hospital officials.

“Hospital negotiators also made clear that any counterproposal would be influenced by the fallout of the ongoing strike and significant employer expenses and lost revenue.”

Roughly 15,000 nurses with Mount Sinai, Montefiore Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian entered the strike’s 11th day Friday amid a bitter labor showdown over pay, benefits, staffing and workplace safety.

The two sides returned to the bargaining table Thursday after encouragement from Gov. Hochul and Mayor Mamdani, who boosted the nurses’ cause alongside his socialist hero Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The contracts are being separately negotiated with the hospital systems.

A nurse’s union representative previously said Mount Sinai nurses originally proposed 10% increases each year for three years but have since backed off.

The union contended all three hospital systems have demanded cuts to the nurses’ health benefits — an assertion that Mount Sinai officials denied.

“As nurses have said from the beginning, and as we’ve shown at the bargaining table, we are willing to negotiate on wages, but we are not willing to cut corners on patient and nurse safety,” a statement from the union read. “Nurses remain ready to bargain in good faith every day until we settle fair contracts that protect patients and nurses.”