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Should restaurants be required to display inspection grades?

New York City’s Board of Health voted Tuesday to require restaurants to post letter grades rating their cleanliness. Numerical ratings were previously available only at the city’s Department of Health...

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Do you think New York’s ‘cancer map’ is useful?

This week, : New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene unveiled on its website what’s seen as the first comprehensive statewide cancer map. The interactive map shows incidences of various...

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Would you eat at a restaurant with a B grade?

On Tuesday, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced the final rules for a new restaurant letter-grading system that goes into effect next month. The grades, which run from A to C,...

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Is Dr. Farley going too far with the city’s fat ads?

Dr. Thomas Farley, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s chosen health commissioner, fudged the facts when he said a can of sugary soda a day will make consumers gain 10 pounds in a year. He even overrode...

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How much stock do you put into restaurant letter grades?

The city claims its new restaurant letter-grade system is successful because more restaurants are cleaning up their acts and patrons have more confidence in the cleanliness of certain kitchens....

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Should NYC drop the ban on pet ferrets?

The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is urging the repeal of a policy that prohibits New Yorkers from keeping ferrets as pets, declaring that the musky, sharp-toothed mammals pose no...

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