NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — New Yorkers are living longer than ever, with an overall life expectancy of over 83 years, the city Health Department said Thursday.
New Yorkers’ life expectancy dipped during the COVID-19 pandemic, dropping from 82.6 years in 2019 to 80.7 in 2021. But it rose to 82.6 years in 2023 and to the new record of 83.2 last year, officials said.
That’s five years more than the average U.S. life expectancy of 78.4 years…