Elon Musk To Send Ventilators To NY Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

NEW YORK CITY — Elon Musk will donate ventilators to New York after Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted a desperate plea to the Tesla founder, hizzoner tweeted once again.

"We’re deeply grateful," de Blasio wrote Friday morning. "We need every ventilator we can get our hands on these next few weeks to save lives."

City Hall reached out to Musk's team last week after the mogul promised, again on Twitter, to see what he could do for New York.

"Sounds good," Musk replied. "We will connect with your team to understand potential needs."

Musk will send 615 ventilators to New York State, which has 11,000 and needs about 30,000, according to the mayor.

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New York City has also received 400 from the Trump Administration, and 2,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, de Blasio told reporters Thursday night.

De Blasio refused to disclose the amount of the city's total supply during Thursday night's news conference.

"I just don't find it productive to put out numbers that I'm not sure at any given point are accurate," de Blasio said. "Things are changing constantly and I'm just going to stick with that."

De Blasio also admitted he'd only become aware of the important role ventilators play in combatting COVID-19 within the past four weeks, around the time when the first case was confirmed in New York City.

"I really didn't know a lot about ventilators a month ago," de Blasio said. "Now, I know something....If you have a ventilator, you can save a life."

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