There has been a concreted effort by the Dept of Health to improve health outcomes beginning in 2001, so we are seeing results. MPOWER is a plan that dramatically reduced tobacco use. There were attempts to lower the consumption of sugar-added-beverages which significantly contributes to obesity. The legal attempts failed, but the publicity of the legal challenges has contributed to a decline. There are many FQHC (Federally Qualified Community Health Centers) here so that essentially everyone has access to care (of course the elderly have Medicare) all of these things help to increase the life expectancy in NYC.
As pointed out by others, this is a mass transit and walking city, often the mass transit is far faster than using one's car or a taxi (depending on the time of day). For a Meetup I was attending a couple of weeks ago, I received an Apple Warning to leave 40 minutes early because of heavy traffic. It took me 15 mins by subway and a short walk.
A number of the apartments are old and the lowest of these buildings are "walk up" eg, no elevator which also leads to lots of exercise to keep one healthy.
As pointed out by others, this is a mass transit and walking city, often the mass transit is far faster than using one's car or a taxi (depending on the time of day). For a Meetup I was attending a couple of weeks ago, I received an Apple Warning to leave 40 minutes early because of heavy traffic. It took me 15 mins by subway and a short walk.
A number of the apartments are old and the lowest of these buildings are "walk up" eg, no elevator which also leads to lots of exercise to keep one healthy.