One in five residents of New York engage in binge drinking, reveals new study.
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According to the 2012 Community Health survey, nearly six in 10 New Yorkers consumed at least one drink over the prior 30 days.
33 percent of adults in Chelsea/Greenwich Village and Union Square/lower Manhattan engage in binge drinking.
And about 30 percent residents on the Upper East Side/Gramercy and East Harlem (29 percent and 27 percent, respectively) got blitzed.
Source-ANI