Food and drink

We all make choices around food and drink, but sometimes, those choices are made for us by our food environments.

Our food environments include neighborhood-level alcohol access, unhealthy food access, and restaurant food safety. Additionally, drinking water quality data includes data on contaminants that are most frequently found at levels that may be of public health significant in the country’s drinking water.

Food and drink data:

Restaurant food safety

Alcohol access and use

Drinking water quality

Healthy eating

Data Stories:

Economic stability creates health

Health is determined by many factors. People tend to be healthier when they have economic stability, live in quality housing …

An update on air quality during COVID-19

On March 20, 2020, New York State announced the COVID-19 shutdown, officially known as NY Pause. In NYC, it lasted until June …

Tracking changes in New York City's sources of air pollution

As city life changes, so does its air quality, as sources of emissions that affect the city’s outdoor air quality, like truck …

What hot weather means for food safety

New Yorkers eat out more than a billion times a year. To help keep diners safe, the Health Department educates restaurant …