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Search results for "New York health department" ...
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Dirty Secrets
The Daily News obtained records from the New York City Health Department and found that hundreds of city restaurants had repeatedly failed inspections because of hazardous conditions but had been allowed to remain open.
Tags: Health code violations
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Dirty Dogs; In bad taste
Daily News (New York) exposes street corner food vendors, much of whose food is prepared in filthy conditions by homeless men in shelters amid feces and urine; finds a severe lack of oversight by the Department of Health
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No title (id: 6961)
Syracuse Herald American surveys millions of computerized records from the New York State Health Department and finds that poverty and disease are linked; poor people suffer much higher rates of death and disease than anyone else, three-part series, Feb. 26 - 29, 1989.
Tags: NY Medicaid minorities pre-natal care childbirth diabetes insurance CAJ
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No title (id: 4585)
Village Voice (New York) details past abuses of a nursing home magnate as the state health department decides whether to pass control of the homes to his son, April 28, 1987.
Tags: None
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No title (id: 2911)
New York Magazine article written by a former New York City health inspector describes rampant corruption in the health department, in the wake of more than 40 health officials being arrested on extortion charges, Oct. 17, 1988.