# NY State Restaurant Inspections Scraper — NYSDOH, Non-NYC (`groundplanes/ny-state-food-service-inspections`) Actor

Scrape NYS Department of Health food service and restaurant inspections via health.data.ny.gov: latest inspection per facility with violations, critical and non-critical counts, type, address, county, coordinates. 55 counties outside NYC (Rochester, Syracuse, Albany). Filter by date, county, city.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/groundplanes/ny-state-food-service-inspections.md
- **Developed by:** [John](https://apify.com/groundplanes) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.10 / 1,000 inspections

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

The **NY State restaurant inspections scraper** gives you one row per food service establishment (its latest inspection) for **New York State (55 counties outside NYC)**, straight from the **New York State Department of Health** via the official health.data.ny.gov API. No login or coding needed: run it in your browser, on a schedule, or through the Apify API, and export results as **JSON, CSV or Excel**.

Get the latest restaurant and food service inspection for every permitted establishment the **New York State Department of Health** reports on — Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Long Island (Nassau County only), Westchester, the Hudson Valley and more (not NYC, Erie County/Buffalo area or Suffolk County). Data comes from the official open-data API ([health.data.ny.gov dataset cnih-y5dw, "Food Service Establishment: Last Inspection"](https://health.data.ny.gov/d/cnih-y5dw)), posted **monthly** by NYSDOH (source last updated **2026-10-08**).

### What you get

Each row is **one facility's most recent inspection** (a snapshot, not full history): facility, operation and corporation name, facility type, address, municipality, county, inspection date and type, violation items, critical / not-corrected / non-critical counts, inspector comments, permit expiration and coordinates. Sorted **newest inspection first** with a stable `:id` tiebreak. About 25 facilities have two rows (inspection + re-inspection); `onePerFacility` keeps one.

**Coverage:** 55 counties. New York City (5 boroughs), Erie and Suffolk counties run their own programs and are **not** in this dataset, so Buffalo and its Erie County suburbs are excluded. Covered areas include Rochester (Monroe), Syracuse (Onondaga), Albany and the Capital Region, Nassau County, Westchester, the Hudson Valley, and upstate counties outside Erie.

**Inspector comments:** `inspectionComments` is free text written by inspectors and can occasionally mention people (staff or operator names). Treat it as potentially personal data.

**Privacy:** the source's permit-holder first/last name fields are intentionally left out.

#### Sample output (real run)

```json
{
  "operationId": "1146843",
  "facilityName": "PLAN B",
  "operationName": "PLAN B",
  "permittedCorporation": "TREWILL INC.",
  "facilityType": "Food Service Establishment - Food Service Establishment",
  "address": "114 ORANGE AVENUE",
  "city": "SUFFERN",
  "municipality": "RAMAPO",
  "county": "ROCKLAND",
  "state": "NY",
  "zip": "10901",
  "inspectionDate": "2026-10-02",
  "inspectionType": "Inspection",
  "violations": "Item 12C-   Plumbing and sinks not properly sized, installed, maintained; equipment and floors not properly drained; Item 15A-   Floors, walls, ceilings, not smooth, properly constructed, in disrepair, dirty surfaces;",
  "criticalViolations": 0,
  "criticalNotCorrected": 0,
  "noncriticalViolations": 2,
  "inspectionComments": "Please be aware that any violation of the NYS Sanitary Code Subpart 14-1 may be subject to a civil penalty up to $2,000 per day.",
  "permitExpirationDate": "2027-01-31",
  "localHealthDepartment": "Rockland County",
  "latitude": 41.115498,
  "longitude": -74.154201,
  "source": "New York State Department of Health via health.data.ny.gov"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Food-safety consultants, pest control and cleaning services:** `criticalOnly: true` (~2,900 facilities with critical violations).
- **Restaurant suppliers and POS vendors:** statewide list of active food service establishments by county.
- **Journalists and researchers:** compare violation rates across counties.

### How to scrape NY State restaurant inspections

1. Click **Try for free** (or **Start**) on this page. A free Apify account is enough.
2. Leave the prefilled input to get a quick sample, or set the filters described below.
3. Set **maxItems** to cap how many rows (and how much) a run returns.
4. Click **Start** and wait a few seconds to a minute.
5. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or connect them to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make or a webhook.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| inspectedSince | Optional real date, YYYY-MM-DD. Invalid dates fail fast with a clear message. |
| counties | e.g. `MONROE`, `NASSAU`, `WESTCHESTER` |
| cities | e.g. `ROCHESTER`, `SYRACUSE` |
| nameContains | Facility / operation / corporation name |
| criticalOnly | Only rows with ≥1 critical violation |
| onePerFacility | One row per NYSDOH operation ID |
| maxItems | Default 200 |

### Pricing (pay per event)

$3 per 1,000 rows ($0.003 each) plus Apify's minimal $0.00005 start fee. **Example:** 200 facilities = 200 × $0.003 + $0.00005 ≈ **$0.60**; the full statewide list (~21,600) costs about $65.

### Data caveats

Data is provided **as published by NYSDOH**: last inspection only, some dates go back to 2007 for facilities not recently inspected, and violation text is the general description, not the inspector's full report. Any concern about a specific establishment should go to its local health department.

### License and disclaimer

Source: New York State Department of Health open data (health.data.ny.gov), subject to its terms of use. This actor uses only the official public open-data API and is **not affiliated with or endorsed by** the New York State Department of Health.

### FAQ

#### How much does it cost to scrape NY State restaurant inspections?

You pay $0.003 per result ($3 per 1,000) plus a $0.00005 start fee, and nothing else. Apify's free plan includes $5 of monthly credit, which covers about 1,600 results. See **Pricing** above for a worked example.

#### Is it legal to scrape NY State restaurant inspections?

This Actor reads public records from the **New York State Department of Health** via the official health.data.ny.gov API, using only public endpoints (no login, no CAPTCHA bypass, no private accounts). See the source/license section above for the dataset's terms. You are responsible for how you use the data; this is not legal advice.

#### How fresh is the data?

Each run reads the source live, so you get whatever the agency has published at that moment. How often the agency updates, and any known lag, is described in the data caveats/notes section above.

#### Can I use it via API, on a schedule, or with Google Sheets?

Yes. Every Apify Actor has a REST API and client libraries for Python and JavaScript. You can schedule daily or weekly runs, and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n, webhooks, or an AI agent via the Apify MCP server.

#### I need another city, county or field. Can you add it?

Open an issue on the **Issues** tab with the city or data source you need. We build new public-records scrapers regularly.

### More public-records scrapers by Groundplanes

Same clean output, pay-per-result pricing and official public data sources:

#### Restaurant & food inspections

- [Maricopa County (Phoenix) Restaurant Inspections Scraper](https://apify.com/groundplanes/maricopa-restaurant-inspections)
- [Las Vegas Restaurant Inspections & Grades Scraper (SNHD)](https://apify.com/groundplanes/las-vegas-restaurant-inspections)
- [Pittsburgh Restaurant Inspections Scraper (Allegheny County)](https://apify.com/groundplanes/allegheny-restaurant-inspections)
- [Delaware Restaurant Inspections Scraper — Statewide Violations](https://apify.com/groundplanes/delaware-restaurant-inspections)
- [Boulder CO Restaurant Inspections Scraper — 2013–2026 Snapshot](https://apify.com/groundplanes/boulder-county-restaurant-inspections)
- [Montgomery County MD Restaurant & Food Inspections Scraper](https://apify.com/groundplanes/montgomery-md-food-inspections)

#### Code violations & distressed property leads

- [Pittsburgh Code Violations Scraper — Distressed Property Leads](https://apify.com/groundplanes/pittsburgh-code-violations)
- [Orlando FL Code Enforcement Scraper — Code Violation Leads](https://apify.com/groundplanes/orlando-code-enforcement-cases)
- [New Orleans Code Violations Scraper — Code Enforcement Leads](https://apify.com/groundplanes/nola-code-enforcement-violations)

#### Business licenses & new business leads

- [Delaware Business Licenses Scraper — New Business Leads](https://apify.com/groundplanes/delaware-business-licenses)
- [Norfolk VA Business Licenses Scraper — New Business Leads](https://apify.com/groundplanes/norfolk-va-business-licenses)
- [Berkeley CA Business Licenses Scraper — Local B2B Leads](https://apify.com/groundplanes/berkeley-ca-business-licenses)
- [New Orleans Business Licenses Scraper — New Business Leads](https://apify.com/groundplanes/nola-occupational-business-licenses)

# Actor input Schema

## `inspectedSince` (type: `string`):

Optional real date, YYYY-MM-DD. Empty = all ~21,600 facilities, newest inspection first. Example: 2026 alone has ~16,500.

## `counties` (type: `array`):

e.g. MONROE (~2,700), ONONDAGA, NASSAU, WESTCHESTER, ALBANY. Case-insensitive. Empty = all 55 covered counties.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

e.g. ROCHESTER, SYRACUSE, ALBANY, YONKERS. Case-insensitive. Empty = all.

## `nameContains` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive text matched against facility, operation and permitted corporation name.

## `criticalOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keeps only rows with at least one critical violation (about 2,900 of 21,600).

## `onePerFacility` (type: `boolean`):

About 25 facilities have two rows (inspection and re-inspection on the same date). Turn on to keep only the first row per NYSDOH operation ID.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum rows to return (newest inspection first).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "criticalOnly": false,
  "onePerFacility": false,
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxItems": 200
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("groundplanes/ny-state-food-service-inspections").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "maxItems": 200 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("groundplanes/ny-state-food-service-inspections").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 200
}' |
apify call groundplanes/ny-state-food-service-inspections --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,groundplanes/ny-state-food-service-inspections"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wpI1pHgk0IIEUSdna/builds/45fMulv2yjmmjjwrn/openapi.json