$60 Million of Covid Supplies Have Already Expired

NYC squandered COVID supplies worth almost $60 million that have already expired.

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Hand sanitizer and COVID-19 tests worth millions of dollars were ordered during pandemic were left unused and will now be thrown out.

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The Department of Services estimated the products to be $58.8 million, with $14.1 million lost due to expiration and $13.7 million expected to be wasted.

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In addition to those losses, over $225 million in equipment, including $12 million in ventilators, was auctioned off for a pitiful $500,000 total.

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According to DCAS spokesman Nick Benson, committed public employees worked selflessly to get COVID supplies throughout the pandemic.

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The city had an excess of resources to save lives and repel the surge rather than running out of supplies to cover worst-case scenarios said Nick Benson.

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The city will discard COVID-19 testing and hand sanitizer that cost millions of dollars.

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Almost $225 million in equipment including $12 million in ventilators was auctioned off for a paltry of $500,000.

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According to reports NYC sells approximately $225 million in COVID supplies for only $500,000.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered the ventilators to be manufactured as the city tried to overcome severe shortages of the devices in 2020.

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De Blasio claimed, we manufactured hundreds since we had never before constructed a ventilator. We finished it in a month despite being told it would take a year.

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Mayor Eric Adams blamed the city's losses to a bureaucratic requirement that surplus purchases be sold after 90 days.

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NYC squandered COVID supplies worth almost $60 million that have already expired.

Covid Supplies Have Expired

Covid Supplies Have Expired

Hand sanitizer and COVID-19 tests worth millions of dollars were ordered during pandemic were left unused and will now be thrown out.

The Department of Services estimated the products to be $58.8 million, with $14.1 million lost due to expiration and $13.7 million expected to be wasted.

In addition to those losses, over $225 million in equipment, including $12 million in ventilators, was auctioned off for a pitiful $500,000 total.

According to DCAS spokesman Nick Benson, committed public employees worked selflessly to get COVID supplies throughout the pandemic.

The city had an excess of resources to save lives and repel the surge rather than running out of supplies to cover worst-case scenarios said Nick Benson.

The city will discard COVID-19 testing and hand sanitizer that cost millions of dollars.

Almost $225 million in equipment including $12 million in ventilators was auctioned off for a paltry of $500,000.

According to reports NYC sells approximately $225 million in COVID supplies for only $500,000.

Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered the ventilators to be manufactured as the city tried to overcome severe shortages of the devices in 2020.

De Blasio claimed, we manufactured hundreds since we had never before constructed a ventilator. We finished it in a month despite being told it would take a year.

Mayor Eric Adams blamed the city's losses to a bureaucratic requirement that surplus purchases be sold after 90 days.

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