Health Code 43.09(a) at a NYC daycare: what it means
The short answer
Health Code 43.09(a) is a public health hazard, the city's most serious level (fix within 1 business day). In the last 3 years of city inspections, 12 NYC daycare centers were cited for it, 12 times in total.
The city's wording
"School-based child care program failed to maintain line of site supervision."
Most common wording on Child Care Connect for this section. Severity and fix deadlines come from the city's violation key.
What to ask the center
When was it cited, what was the fix, and has it come back since? Each center page below shows whether it was corrected or still open when we last pulled the data (Oct 19, 2026).
Daycares cited for it, most recent first
| Grade | Program |
|---|---|
| Some violations on file | Yeshiva Derech HaTorah-Yeshivat Mizrachi Lbanim Brooklyn · cited Nov 6, 2025 |
| Some violations on file | St. Clare of Assisi School Bronx · cited Sep 16, 2025 |
| Some violations on file | Yeshiva Birches Moshe Brooklyn · cited May 1, 2025 |
| Some violations on file | Bais Rochel School of Boro Park Brooklyn · cited May 24, 2024 |
| Some violations on file | Trey Whitfield School Brooklyn · cited May 7, 2024 |
| Open or repeated serious violations | Central Uta Brooklyn · cited Mar 26, 2024 |
| Some violations on file | East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School Manhattan · cited Mar 5, 2024 |
| Some violations on file | People’s Daycare & Elementary School Brooklyn · cited Feb 28, 2024 |
| Open or repeated serious violations | St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy Brooklyn · cited Feb 6, 2024 |
| Open or repeated serious violations | Brooklyn Amity School Brooklyn · cited Dec 8, 2023 |
| Open or repeated serious violations | Phyl's Academy Brooklyn · cited Nov 2, 2023 |
| Some violations on file | Church of St. Patrick Staten Island · cited Oct 20, 2023 |