New York City

=== Health ===
{{main|Healthcare in New York City|NYC Health + Hospitals|New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene}}
[[File:NewYorkPresbyterian-Cornell.jpg|thumb|[[New York-Presbyterian Hospital]], affiliated with [[Columbia University]] and [[Cornell University]], is the largest hospital and largest private employer in New York City and one of the world's busiest hospitals.<ref>{{cite web |title = About Us: Locations |url = http://careers.nyp.org/about-us/locations/ |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140812212715/http://careers.nyp.org/about-us/locations/ |archive-date = August 12, 2014 |access-date = August 12, 2014 |publisher = [[NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital]] }}</ref>]]New York City is a center for healthcare and medical training, with employment of 750,000 in the city's health care sector.<ref>[https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-mayor-adams-announce-plan-sparc-kips-bay-first-its-kind-job-and-education-hub "Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams Announce Plan for SPARC Kips Bay, First-of-Its-Kind Job and Education Hub for Health and Life Sciences Innovation"], [[Governor of New York]] [[Kathy Hochul]], October 13, 2022. Accessed January 17, 2024. "New York City's health care sector employs over 750,000 New Yorkers, and the metropolitan area's life sciences sector is a rapidly growing industry with nearly 150,000 additional jobs last year."</ref><ref>[https://edc.nyc/industry/healthcare Healthcare], [[New York City Economic Development Corporation]]. Accessed January 17, 2024. "New York City is home to the largest public healthcare system in the US, world-class private medical centers, and a robust, cutting-edge R&D landscape."</ref> Private hospitals in New York City include the [[Hospital for Special Surgery]], [[Lenox Hill Hospital]] [[Long Island Jewish Medical Center]], [[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center]], [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)|Mount Sinai Hospital]], [[NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital]] and [[NYU Langone Health]].<ref>[https://www.definitivehc.com/resources/healthcare-insights/top-hospitals-new-york-net-patient-revenue "Top 25 New York hospitals by net patient revenue"], Definitive Healthcare, June 6, 2023. Accessed January 16, 2024.</ref> [[Medical school]]s include [[SUNY Downstate College of Medicine]] in Brooklyn, [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]] in the Bronx, and [[CUNY School of Medicine]], [[Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine]], [[Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons]], [[Weill Cornell Medicine]], [[Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai]] and [[New York University School of Medicine]] in Manhattan.<ref>[https://www.nyacep.org/practice-resources-2/resources/medical-students/new-york-medical-schools New York Medical Schools], New York ACEP. Accessed January 16, 2024.</ref>

[[NYC Health + Hospitals]] (HHC) is a [[New York state public-benefit corporations|public-benefit corporation]] established in 1969 which operates the city's [[Public hospital#United States|public hospitals]] and a network of [[outpatient care|outpatient]] clinics.<ref>[https://a856-gbol.nyc.gov/GBOLWebsite/GreenBook/Details?orgId=2879 Health + Hospitals NYC, (NYC H+H)], ''New York City Green Book''. Accessed January 16, 2024. "Description: A public benefit Corporation created by State Legislature, July 1, 1969, to operate the City's municipal hospitals. Operates facilities in all five boroughs, providing general, chronic, ambulatory and skilled nursing care and a wide variety of specialized patient care services. All employees are public employees."</ref><ref>[https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/HHC Chapter1016 New York City health and hospitals corporation act 1016/69], [[New York State Senate]]. Accessed January 16, 2024.</ref> {{as of|2021}}, HHC is the largest municipal healthcare system in the United States with $10.9 billion in annual revenues.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://comptroller.nyc.gov/wp-content/uploads/documents/HHC-Financial-Statements-2021.pdf |title = Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules and Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants – New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (A Component Unit of the City of New York) |publisher = The City of New York |access-date = October 12, 2022 }}</ref> HHC serves 1.4&nbsp;million patients, including more than 475,000 uninsured city residents.<ref name="HHC1">{{Cite web |title = HHC Health and Hospitals Corporation |url = http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/home/home.shtml |website = [[nyc.gov]] |access-date = November 29, 2021 }}</ref> HHC operates eleven [[acute care|acute-care]] hospitals, four nursing homes, six diagnostic and treatment centers, and more than 70 community-based [[primary care]] sites, serving primarily the city's poor and working-class residents.<ref>[https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/careers/frequently-asked-questions/ Frequently Asked Questions], [[NYC Health + Hospitals]]. Accessed January 16, 2024. "Where are your facilities located? NYC Health + Hospitals includes 11 acute care hospitals, four skilled nursing facilities, six large diagnostic and treatment centers and more than 70 community-based clinics. These facilities are within seven geographically based networks throughout the New York City metropolitan area."</ref><ref>Miller, Kenneth. [https://www.nursing.columbia.edu/news/public-option The Public Option], [[Columbia University School of Nursing]], November 12, 2023. Accessed January 16, 2024. "HHC is the largest municipal health system in the United States, serving 1.4 million patients—mostly low-income or working-class people on Medicaid or Medicare. About one-third are uninsured, and many are undocumented. A public benefit corporation, HHC operates 11 acute care hospitals, five nursing homes, six diagnostic and treatment centers, and more than 70 primary care centers across New York's five boroughs."</ref> HHC's MetroPlus Health Plan is one of New York City's largest providers of government-sponsored health insurance, enrolling 670,000 city residents as of June 2022.<ref>[https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/metroplus-health-plan-covid-19-enrollment-trends MetroPlus Health Plan: COVID-19 Enrollment Trends], [[New York State Comptroller]] [[Thomas P. DiNapoli]], September 2022. Accessed January 16, 2024. "MetroPlus Health Plan is a prepaid health services plan and a wholly owned subsidiary of NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H).... MetroPlus enrollment reached a record high of 670,915, an increase of 159,284 members (31 percent) between February 2020 and June 2022, the period impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic (see Figure 1)."</ref>

HHC's facilities annually provides service to millions of New Yorkers, interpreted in more than 190 languages.<ref name="HHC2">{{cite web |title = 2014 HHC Report to the Community |url = http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2014-hhc-report-to-the-community.pdf |access-date = March 10, 2017 |publisher = [[New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation]] }}</ref> The best-known hospital in the HHC system is [[Bellevue Hospital]], the oldest public hospital in the United States, established in 1736.<ref>Fiani, Brian; Covarrubias, Claudia; Jarrah, Ryan; Kondilis, Athanasios; and Doan, Thao M. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36041717/ "Bellevue Hospital, the Oldest Public Health Center in the United States of America"], ''[[World Neurosurgery]]'', August 28, 2022. Accessed January 16, 2024. "Bellevue Hospital is known as the oldest public hospital in the United States of America. Although its historical beginnings date back to the 1600s, it was officially founded on the second floor of the New York City Almshouse in 1736, 40 years before the American Revolution."</ref> Bellevue is the designated hospital for treatment of the president of the United States and other [[List of current heads of state and government|world leaders]] should they require care while in New York City.<ref name="Funding Universe Web Site">{{cite web |title = New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation History |url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/New-York-City-Health-and-Hospitals-Corporation-Company-History.html |access-date = October 8, 2014 |publisher = Funding Universe }}</ref>

The city banned smoking in most parts of restaurants in 1995 and prohibited smoking in bars, restaurants and places of public employment in 2003.<ref>[[Sam Roberts (journalist)|Roberts, Sam]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/health/dr-colin-mccord-dead.html "Colin McCord, Who Helped Impose a Smoking Ban, Dies at 94"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 7, 2023. Accessed January 16, 2024. "Dr. McCord successfully lobbied for a ban on smoking in workplaces, restaurants and bars while he was an assistant health commissioner in Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's administration. The ban, which took effect in 2003, was later expanded and replicated in jurisdictions around the world. New York had banned smoking in most restaurants in 1995, but the city continued to allow smoking in bars and the bar areas of restaurants."</ref> In August 2017, Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]] signed legislation outlawing pharmacies from selling cigarettes once their existing licenses to do so expired, beginning in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |first1 = Henry |last1 = Goldman |first2 = Jennifer |last2 = Kaplan |date = August 28, 2017 |title = NYC Boosts Cigarette Prices to $13, Bans Sales by Pharmacies |newspaper = [[Bloomberg.com]] |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-28/nyc-boosts-price-of-cigarettes-to-13-bans-sales-by-pharmacies |access-date = August 30, 2017 |publisher = [[Bloomberg L.P.]] }}</ref>{{update inline|date=July 2023}} New York City enforces a [[right to housing|right-to-shelter]] law guaranteeing shelter to anyone who needs it, regardless of their immigration, socioeconomic, or housing status, which entails providing adequate shelter and food.<ref name="NYCRightToShelter">{{cite web |author=Annie McDonough |date=August 15, 2023 |title=Could New York City's right to shelter apply statewide? |url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/08/could-new-york-citys-right-shelter-apply-statewide/389450/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=City & State New York}}</ref>
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