The article says "all employees were granted an initial 10% of the business". That means that only a minor fraction (10%) is employee-owned. Seems comparable to most tech companies, for example.

They are not dog walkers. They are dog walking business owners who employ dog walkers and likely pay them a lot less.

That quote does not address the ER policies explicitly and NYU would issue a similar statement if asked. I would like to know which rich person was waiting in the hallways of Mount Sinai or Weill Cornell. No one is willing to offer a quote of how they are just like a commoner?

>Why's everyone in the comments desperate to defend this multibillion-dollar medical institution?

It just seems like a hit-piece. This is a good problem to tackle, but is it NYU-specific? Why not look at nearby comparable institutions like Weill Cornell/Columbia and Mount Sinai as well?

If it doesn't happen everywhere, then you would expect to sometimes hear about easily-recognized celebrities sitting in waiting rooms alongside everyone else, especially now that everyone has a smartphone in their pocket. That does not seem to be the case.

>they could not enter — a V.I.P. occupied it

Could they enter other (non-VIP) occupied rooms?

There are fewer moving parts, so less maintenance.

The school buses are built on a truck base, so most of the moving parts are not specific to school buses.