New York spent $69M on ventilators that never arrived: Report

As New York state grappled with the devastating effects of the novel coronavirus, officials paid more than $69 million for 1,450 ventilators that they never received after enlisting the help of a California man who responded to one of President Trump’s tweets, according to a Buzzfeed News report. Silicon Valley-based electrical engineer Yaron Oren-Pines responded to Trump’s March 27 tweet slamming Ford and General Motors for “stupidly” abandoning their plant and calling on them to “START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!!” Buzzfeed reported.-- More...