It’s not helping that deaths in New York City not directly attributed to the coronavirus are being counted.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-city-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-as-city-includes-probable-deaths-2020-04-14
Compare NYC’s rate to that to other states. Texas, for instance, has a population 29,000,000 people and 400 coronavirus deaths as of last night. Its governor plans in reopening the state today.