Turns out they had them and de Blasio's administration auctioned them off to get more money. From The Hill:
New York City auctioned off extra ventilators due to cost of maintenance
New York City auctioned off hundreds of city-owned ventilators at least five years ago under Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, according to an investigation by ProPublica.
The city acquired the ventilators in 2006 under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, when a new strain of the flu was circulating in Asia, according to a report from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene obtained by the news outlet.
The city began to acquire ventilators and "stockpile a supply of facemasks," which were later auctioned off because the machines broke down and the health department "couldn't afford to maintain them," according to ProPublica.
We can always go whining to the feds and they will bail us out. Earth to NYC - that is NOT the feds job. Each state is supposed to be self-reliant. Read your Constitution - it is actually pretty explicit.
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