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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

    By Russ Buettner;Maureen Fan;Tara George;Frank Lombardi;Lisa Rein

    New York Daily News

    1998

  • 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

    Tags: Food safety unsanitary Department of Health

    By Denis Hamill

    Daily News (New York)

    1993

  • 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

    By None

    Herald-American (Syracuse, N.Y.)

    1989

  • 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

    By None

    Village Voice (New York)

    1987

  • 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.

    Tags: NY Leff bribes restaurant

    By None

    New York Magazine

    1988