I know this post is going to be very broad - but seriously I need help. My husband will be doing a year of medical internship in NYC starting in June of this coming year. We are trying to start making a few tenative plans, such as what we will attempt to take with us (cars, furniture, etc.), how we can expect to live, how far his commute will be, where the kids will go to school, and on and on and on.
The medical school gives us a list of hospitals that we could potentially request for the internship, but honestly - how are we supposed to request a hospital when we have no clue where these are or what the area is like. My husband will be interviewing in the next few months and will have to be ready to select the hospital of his choice.
The list is as follows:
Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester - New Rochelle, N.Y.
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY
Mount Vernon Hospital - Mount Vernon, N.Y.
St. Joseph's Medical Center - Yonkers, N.Y.
Mary Immaculate Hospital & St. John's Hospital (Caritas Health Care), Jamaica, NY
My ideal situation would be to live NEAR the hospital he will be working at to cut out any travel time and have him home as much as possible (the work hours are supposedly torturous). Does anyone know if that would be possible in any of these areas?
We will have four children when we move there, which I also understand is strange and seemingly stupid to a lot of people in the city. I'd like to be somewhere that I can feel safe and reassured sending my chidlren to public school (private school is out of the question with our complete lack of income). I am not against apartment-style living and don't need a giant living space - I can do anything for one year, right?
Like I said, I know this is broad - but does anyone have any helpful information? Is there a website or something that can show me the general layout of the area, so I can figure out what suburb is where and how it relates to these areas the hospitals are located in? I have been looking at craisglist and such for apartments just to get an idea of what we will be paying - but the names of the suburbs might as well be gibberish for all the comprehension they bring me.
Thanks to anyone who can try to clear my head a little.
The medical school gives us a list of hospitals that we could potentially request for the internship, but honestly - how are we supposed to request a hospital when we have no clue where these are or what the area is like. My husband will be interviewing in the next few months and will have to be ready to select the hospital of his choice.
The list is as follows:
Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester - New Rochelle, N.Y.
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY
Mount Vernon Hospital - Mount Vernon, N.Y.
St. Joseph's Medical Center - Yonkers, N.Y.
Mary Immaculate Hospital & St. John's Hospital (Caritas Health Care), Jamaica, NY
My ideal situation would be to live NEAR the hospital he will be working at to cut out any travel time and have him home as much as possible (the work hours are supposedly torturous). Does anyone know if that would be possible in any of these areas?
We will have four children when we move there, which I also understand is strange and seemingly stupid to a lot of people in the city. I'd like to be somewhere that I can feel safe and reassured sending my chidlren to public school (private school is out of the question with our complete lack of income). I am not against apartment-style living and don't need a giant living space - I can do anything for one year, right?
Like I said, I know this is broad - but does anyone have any helpful information? Is there a website or something that can show me the general layout of the area, so I can figure out what suburb is where and how it relates to these areas the hospitals are located in? I have been looking at craisglist and such for apartments just to get an idea of what we will be paying - but the names of the suburbs might as well be gibberish for all the comprehension they bring me.
Thanks to anyone who can try to clear my head a little.