Public Health Rules in New York (2026)

Broome County skips letter-grade placards, but its Sanitary Code has real teeth: a food establishment cited for…

New York City restaurants must conspicuously post their current sanitary inspection letter grade or a grade-pending…

NYC Health Code Article 151 (§151.02) requires property owners to prevent and manage rodents and pests. The city…

Albany's Housing Code requires every building to stay free of insects, vermin and rodents, with landlords on the hook…

Amherst's rodent-control law, adopted in 2005, requires every dwelling occupant to store rubbish, lumber, scrap metal…

Town of Babylon law bars outdoor storage containers and donation bins on residential property from attracting rodents…

Brookhaven requires every dwelling, structure, accessory structure and lot to stay free of vermin, rodent harborage and…

Broome County's Sanitary Code puts rodent-proofing squarely on property owners. Landlords must keep multiple dwellings…

All grounds, buildings, and structures in Buffalo must be maintained free of insects, vermin, and rodent harborage…

Cheektowaga's property maintenance code requires every household to keep garbage and refuse in approved, waterproof…

Clarkstown property owners must keep grounds and buildings free of rodent and vermin harborage, screen basement…

Every lot, building and structure in Colonie must be kept free of vermin and rodent harborage and infestation under…

Glen Cove's Housing Standards require every property to be maintained free of rodent harborage and infestation, with…

The Town of Greece's Property Maintenance Code requires every building and structure to be kept free of insect, vermin…

Town of Hempstead Code § 88-17 puts extermination duty on the occupant when only one unit in a dwelling is infested…

Huntington's property maintenance code requires every structure in town to stay free of insect and rodent infestation…

Town of Islip Code § 6A-20 orders every property owner to keep structures and grounds free of rodent harborage and…

Monroe County's Sanitary Code requires every habitable room to be maintained free from rodent and insect infestation…

Mount Vernon's Housing Code bars any harborage of insects, vermin or rodents on residential grounds and buildings…

Town Code § 28-24 requires every ground, building, and structure to be kept free of insect, vermin, and rodent…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York requires every residential building's grounds, structure and exterior to…

Orange County's Sanitary Code makes rodent control a shared owner-occupant duty: rubbish and materials must be stored…

Every property in Oyster Bay must be kept free of insect, vermin and rodent harborage, and basement or cellar openings…

Rochester's Health and Sanitation ordinance forbids property owners, lessees and occupants from letting rodents…

Schenectady's Rat and Pest Control code, Chapter 208, requires every building in the City to be ratproofed, freed of…

Smithtown's Property Maintenance Ordinance bars rodent harborage on both open land and buildings. Yards, courts and…

Syracuse's Property Conservation Code requires every building and lot to stay free of rodent and vermin harborage, and…

Owners of vacant grounds in Westchester County must keep the property free of rodent and vermin nuisances that affect…

Yonkers Code Chapter 76 makes it illegal to let any building, structure or property become rodent- or insect-infested…

Before New Rochelle will issue a demolition permit, the owner must prove the building is free of vermin and rodents…

Albany's Department of Buildings and Regulatory Compliance can order proof of extermination once a bed bug or pest…

Anyone putting a mattress, box spring or other bedding out for bulk-item pickup in Huntington must first seal it inside…

New York City landlords must give tenants a bedbug infestation history notice before each new or renewal lease and file…

Loose disposal of syringes, lancets, and needles is prohibited in Buffalo; the City will not collect them. Used sharps…

Glen Cove's Infectious Waste Ordinance, City Code Chapter 235 Part 3, treats hypodermic needles and other sharps as…

Huntington bans regulated medical waste, including needles and syringes from health care or research settings, from…

Smithtown bans depositing hypodermic needles or syringes at any Town solid waste facility unless the needle has first…

New York City requires syringe service programs to give participants portable sharps disposal containers, and bars…

Oyster Bay requires hypodermic syringes to be noninfectious and enclosed in a rigid metal-type container before they…

Syracuse requires used needles and other sharps to go into a container labeled 'SHARPS' with the top taped shut, set…

Albany County requires chain food service establishments with 15 or more locations nationally to post calorie counts on…

NYC requires chain food service establishments with 15 or more locations nationally to post calorie counts next to…

Suffolk County contracts for food and beverages on county-owned property, parks concessions, cafeterias, and vending…

Chain restaurants with 15 or more locations in Westchester County must post calories for every standard menu item on…

No person with a communicable infectious disease may work as a food handler in Buffalo, and food dealers must require…

New York City requires whoever manages or supervises a food service establishment's operations to complete a Department…