The article directly cites a number of doctors and at the end of it, cites that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has found that NYU Langone has a VIP system that "teaches resident patient bias".

Seems like pretty solid evidence that NYU Langone prioritizes donors and trustees.

With that said, this is the way that systems work almost everywhere - if you know someone or are "important" in some way, you get treated better. This is not something likely to change.

What I find distasteful is the implication that those who protest this system get retaliated against/fired. That seems like a step way too far.