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.

Data Stories: Narratives and explainers

An update on air quality during COVID-19 Big improvements in outdoor air quality during COVID-19 reveal impacts of traffic and commercial cooking On March 20, 2020, …


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 …


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 …