Department of Health

The Department of Health is planning to crack down on rats in Bushwick.

The owners of the Beer Authority claim a hot dog and pretzel vendor is forcing them out of business.

It won't win any Grammy Awards, but Joanne Trattoria got an "A" restaurant grade.

Washington Heights had fewer reported rats in 2011, but still more than other Manhattan neighborhoods.

The app allows you find locations giving away the city's free condoms.

Jay-Z's 40/40 Club was shuttered by the Department of Health a day after its lavish reopening.

Lenox Hill reportedly came under investigation after Beyonce's stay to give birth to Blue Ivy Carter.

The Horse and Carriage Association of New York City claims the ASPCA and NYCLASS have "defrauded" the public about the carriage horse industry in New York. 

Sherman Avenue Chinese restaurant One Family was shuttered by the city last week after failing a Health Department inspection.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the streets used to be "covered" in horse manure in the olden days, but " we survived," he said.

A new study found that restaurants owners have saved millions by earning "A" grades.

A lone food vendor continues to sell hamburgers and fried food along a stretch of Amsterdam Avenue after police and the Department of Health carried out a sweep.

The notorious East Village dive Mars Bar closed Monday after an inspection by the Health Department that found 850 fruit flies.

The city's Health Department offered tips on how to keep rats away during an East Village community garden meeting.

A group of tenants gathered last week to pressure their landlord to take care of a longstanding and growing rat problem.