It’s long past time we talk about Bed-Stuy. The birthplace of icons from Jay Z to Shirley Chisolm, Bed-Stuy is the nation’s largest Black community and among our cradles of art and creativity. However, the future of a neighborhood that has for so long offered refuge and hope to Black people is now at risk.
Non-White demographic groups had the highest drops. Life expectancy fell to 73 years for Black New Yorkers (a 5.5-year drop from 2019) and 77.3 years for Hispanic/Latino New Yorkers (a 6-year drop).
COVID-19 took a toll on the life expectancy of New Yorkers between 2019 and 2020, with the rate falling more than 4.5 years from 83 to 78, according to a
NYC life expectancy and for NYS plunged during the COVID pandemic, which had a higher mortality rate than the Spanish flu outbreak. Here are the shocking new.