Mayor Bloomberg’s long gone, but not really–he could always emerge as the liberal statist version of Donald Trump. As mayor of New York City, Bloomberg fell into the habit of banning everything he didn’t think was good for people. You can always count on liberal dictators to try to infantalize their subjects.
https://leeduigon.com/2012/06/19/what-makes-new-yorkers-live-longer/
If you’re living in New York (the current mayor, Warren Wilhelm dba “Bill DiBlasio”, may be seen as an incompetent Bloomberg wannabe), it only seems longer.
The United Kingdom appears to be vying for first place –
https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2018/05/10/uk-police-state-man-arrested-for-carrying-potato-peeler-another-gets-8-months-for-giving-middle-finger-to-traffic-camera/