City to revamp Bloomberg’s restaurant grades

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Sally Goldenberg

The city plans to revamp its restaurant grading system to ease fines on business owners who have long lamented the penalty structure, sources told Capital.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, deputy mayor Lilliam Barrios-Paoli and health commissioner Mary Bassett are expected make the announcement Friday morning in City Hall.

The specific changes include reducing overall revenue from fines by about 15 percent and limiting the often-wide variations in monetary penalties determined by administrative law judges, a source briefed on the proposal said.

"It's sort of along the lines with what the mayor talked about in the campaign, being less punitive to small businesses," the source said.

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