All violation types

Health Code 81.10(a)(3) at a NYC daycare: what it means

The short answer

Health Code 81.10(a)(3) is a public health hazard, the city's most serious level (fix within 1 business day). In the last 3 years of city inspections, 1 NYC daycare center was cited for it, 1 time in total.

The city's wording

"After hot holding foods may be held at ambient temperature for N more than 4 hours"

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

GradeProgram
Open or repeated serious violationsYde
Brooklyn · cited Sep 16, 2026