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NYC sends health teams to post-Sandy food handouts, rubbing some wrong way

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The New York City Department of Health has been dispatching workers to storm-ravaged areas across the five boroughs as part of an outreach to ensure that volunteers are informed on proper food-handling and other safety issues. But the presence of health officials has caused some confusion as to where the city is drawing the line between advisement and enforcement. Bobby Eustace, an 11-year veteran with the city's fire department tells FoxNews. com that on Sunday he and his fellow firefighters from Ladder 27 in the Bronx were issued a notice of violation for not maintaining restaurant standards in a tent set up in Breezy Point, Queens, to feed victims and first responders. “It’s just a little ridiculous. The inspector came up and asked if we were wearing hairnets. I told him, ‘We have helmets.

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Bobby Eustace

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.940186

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-0.369565“It’s just a little ridiculous. The inspector came up and asked if we were wearing hairnets. I told him, ‘We have helmets. This is a disaster area,’” Eustace told ...
-0.356573“It’s just a little ridiculous. The inspector came up and asked if we were wearing hairnets. I told him, ‘We have helmets. This is a disaster area,’” Eustace told FoxNews.com. “Then he asked is we had gloves and thermometers [for food]. I said, “Yeah, we have rectal and oral. Which one do you want?’ He wasn’t amused.”
0.145846“He told us that he might come back to see if we fixed the violations. But what can we do? We are just going to keep going until a professional catering company can help take over,” Eustace said, ...
0“Maybe that’s the intent, but that’s not what happened,” he said, ...
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.580292
  • Mean: -0.145073
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

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Organization: NYC Department of Health

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.303299

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