I would suggest visiting both places to get an idea for location and campus. Taking to professors and/or current students from each institution will give you an idea of academics.
Hello,
I'm currently a student at NYMC. It has a beautiful small campus in a safe area. The school is not far from NYC, White Plains, and Yonkers (great network in Westchester and NYC). People are friendly and helpful. To be quite honest if I had a choice between Rutgers and NYMC I'd choose Rutgers. Mainly because NYMC offers basically no job opportunities on campus besides those reserved for the practicum requirement. NYMC does not have a career center. The school caters mainly to the medical students so we really have to work to get the most out of our educational experience. The plus side is that they offer MPH degrees online (I believe all but the Epi major). However, I don't know much about Rutgers besides it being a top ranking school, which I'd assume provides more facilities and opportunities.