NYC School Cafeteria Health Inspections from 2020 to Present

DOHMH inspection data for cafeterias in public, private, and parochial schools in New York City. Data for closed cafeterias and dismissed violations are excluded. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, inspections followed a modified protocol, which may have affected the data collected compared to pre-March 2020.

Use Cases

• Assess food safety compliance trends in NYC schools based on inspection data.
• Compare inspection outcomes across public, private, and parochial school cafeterias.
• Analyze the impact of modified COVID-19 inspection protocols on reported violations.

Strengths

• Official dataset from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).
• Covers multiple school types (public, private, parochial) within NYC.
• Data is current, with the last update recorded on 2026-03-22.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias due to modified inspection protocols during the COVID-19 emergency.

Provenance

Source

City of New York, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).

Collection Method

Health department inspections of permitted school cafeterias.

Time Range

2020 to present.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:48:37.066175; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.