Int. No. 1263-A
By Council Members Dromm, Chin, Menchaca, Vacca, Cohen, Johnson, Mendez, Koo, Van Bramer and Kallos
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the results of inspections of food service establishments operated in schools
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 23-702 to read as follows:
§ 23-702 School food service establishment inspection results. a. For the purposes of this section the term “school food service establishment” means a cafeteria or kitchen in a school that is subject to the provisions of article 81 of title 24 of the New York city health code.
b. The department of education shall, for each school food service establishment in a school of the city school district, post on its website no fewer than three years of inspection results from the department of health and mental hygiene beginning with any inspection after September 1, 2017. Such inspection results shall show such school food service establishment’s degree of compliance with the provisions of the New York city health code, the state sanitary code and other applicable laws that require such establishments to operate in a sanitary manner so as to protect public health.
c. The department of health and mental hygiene shall, for each school food service establishment for which inspection results are not posted pursuant to subdivision b, post on its website no fewer than three years of inspection results beginning with any inspection after September 1, 2017. Such inspection results shall show such school food service establishment’s degree of compliance with the provisions of the New York city health code, the state sanitary code and other applicable laws that require such establishments to operate in a sanitary manner so as to protect public health.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of the department of health and mental hygiene may take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, before such date.
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5/26/17