As various media outlets reported Wednesday, the New York City Council is questioning one of the more high-profile initiatives launched by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration in recent years: the 19-month-old system under which Big Apple dining establishments get letter grades reflecting the results of health department inspections.
On the eve of a council hearing meant to assess whether the grades are unfairly hurting small businesses in terms of both customers and fines, the mayor held a press conference to defend the program. The city’s health commissioner, meanwhile, released data showing that salmonella infections dipped 14 percent during the policy’s first year, and that the proportion of eateries showing signs of mouse infestation on first inspection had dropped to 22 percent, compared to 32 percent before grading began.
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