New York City Restaurants Required to Post Cleanliness Grades
The New York City Board of Health voted Tuesday to rate cleanliness in the city’s more than 24,000 restaurants with publicly posted letter grades, adopting a controversial plan proposed 14 months ago by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
In a 6-to-2 vote, with one abstention, the board decided to compel restaurateurs to post inspectors’ numerical ratings, which were previously available only at the department or online at nyc.gov/health. And in a program that is to start in July, 8-by-10-inch placards, to be supplied by the city, will rate restaurants with a blue A for the highest grade (from 0 to 13 points under the old system), a green B for a less sanitary but still passing rating (13 to 27 points), and a yellow C for a failing grade (28 points or more).
The signs will be dated, and are to be prominently posted in windows or restaurant vestibules.
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