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Health Code 47.45(b) at a NYC daycare: what it means

The short answer

Health Code 47.45(b) is a general violation (fix within 1 month). In the last 3 years of city inspections, 126 NYC daycare centers were cited for it, 147 times in total.

The city's wording

"At time of inspection child care service failed to provide sufficient lighting and or failed to maintain adequate foot candles in areas used by children."

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

Showing the 100 most recent of 126.