A word about NY hospitals...
On any normal day these places are chaotic.
When I was cooking in NY ('89-90) I burned a three inch strip around my wrist...they sent me to the hospital to get patched up.
The place was chaotic, I was treated in a hallway. Never got to an "examination room".
Now, when asking around about why NYC doesn't increase the number of hospitals...the answer is complicated but basically it was because of lawyers and the unions.
The ambulance chasers in NY have made it almost impossible to actually get staff malpractice insurance and anyone to actually accept a contract to construct a new one.
The unions would have a field day on negotiating their contracts as well. The thing would cost three times as much as feasible.
(I'm sure that the temporary hospitals are upsetting the unions now)
Hospitals and patient rooms are some of the most complex things we actually build. ICU rooms are even more so.
All the med-gas, water, data, and power all fight for space with the air ducts. About 1/3 of the total height is ceiling space. And it's full. (It ain't just lights up there)
All that stuff in the walls and ceilings cost a lot of money to put in there...man hours and materials....
And so...in NYC every trade is union.
So...where there is no one person or groups to blame...there's plenty to go around.
And as far as numbers go...
5 million people live in NYC...15 million people work there every day.
I'd leave NYC if I needed medical care. But Hoboken is almost as bad these days.
I'd get on an Amtrak and head to Connecticut or upstate to Poughkeepsie...