The tents in Central Park are sent by Franklin Graham’s Samaritan Purse organization; they will hold 68 patients (overflow of regular patients to that hospitals will have more room for the virus patients).
Central Park is NOT being filled with tents for thousands of victims...
Note; Singapore has about 400 confirmed cases. Hong Kong has around 700 cases. Both cities are densely-packed, have lot of visitors from mainland China, and neither city is on lockdown (at least, Singapore isn’t).
New York City has 38,000 cases, and is on lockdown.
New York must be doing something wrong (and more lockdowns don’t seem to be the answer).
An average of 12,000+ people die in New York City in an average month, from all causes. An additional five hundred
deaths — most of which likely might have died anyway —
is not the apocalypse.