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.
New Yorkers benefit from one of the largest health departments in the world. And at the NYC Health Department, we have one of the most robust environmental health programs in the country. From investigating foodborne …
Since we published this data story, some data in it have been updated. Get updated data on: Premature death Neighborhood poverty Unhealthy food access Self-reported health Health is determined by many factors. People tend to …
Since we published this data story, some data in it have been updated. Get updated data on: Air quality On March 20, 2020, New York State announced the COVID-19 shutdown, officially known as NY Pause. In NYC, it lasted until …
Since we published this data story, some data in it have been updated. Get updated data on: Fine particles (PM2.5) As city life changes, so does its air quality, as sources of emissions that affect the city’s outdoor air …
New Yorkers eat out more than a billion times a year. To help keep diners safe, the Health Department educates restaurant operators about food safety practices and inspects all 27,000 city restaurants at least once a year. …