The institution 's facilities are : As of 2019 , the '' U.S. News and World Report '' rankings place NYPH overall as the fifth best hospital in the United States . Every specialty was ranked in the top 50 by '' US News '' , and the following were ranked in the top 10 of hospitals around the country : neurology and neurosurgery ( 4 ) ; gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery ( 10 ) ; cardiology and heart surgery ( 4 ) ; diabetes and endocrinology ( 6 ) ; nephrology ( 5 ) ; geriatrics ( 9 ) ; pulmonology ( 30 ) ; rheumatology ( 3 ) ; urology ( 9 ) ; and psychiatry ( 7 ) . NewYork-Presbyterian Emergency Medical Services ( NYP-EMS ) is a hospital-based ambulance service that has operated since 1981 . NYP-EMS also operates critical care transport ambulances throughout the New York City Metropolitan Area . The service is licensed to operate in the 5 counties of New York City , Westchester , Putnam , and Dutchess counties in New York , and in the state of New Jersey for Basic Life Support and Specialty Care Transport . In addition to providing emergency and non-emergency ambulance services , either through the New York City 911 system or through the NYP-EMS Communications Center at Weill Cornell Medical Center , NYP-EMS provides stand-by EMS services for events throughout the New York City area , including the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer and the NYC Triathlon . NYP-EMS is also a New York State Department of Health-approved training center for EMT and Paramedic programs , several of which are approved for college-level credit by the New York State Department of Education . NYP-EMS operates one of the largest American Heart Association Emergency Cardiac Care training centers in New York . NYP-EMS also maintains a Special Operations team trained in hazardous materials decontamination and technical rescue . This team , accompanied by several Weill Cornell Physicians , provided rescue and relief support on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 . Most recently , the team decontaminated 28 patients after the 2007 New York City steam explosion in Midtown Manhattan on July 18 , 2007
2007 New York City steam explosion
2007 New York City steam explosion
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