{"id":332746,"date":"2026-08-29T17:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T17:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332746\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T17:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T17:30:37","slug":"manhattan-criminal-court-cafeteria-crawling-with-mice-roaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332746\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Criminal Court cafeteria crawling with mice, roaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forget the perps\u00a0 \u2014 the real repeat offenders at Manhattan Criminal Court are the insects and rodents that keep coming back.<\/p>\n<p>Mice and cockroaches are <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/17\/us-news\/mice-captured-racing-around-boarding-gate-at-nycs-laguardia-airport\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">running wild in the court\u2019s cafeteria<\/a>, which has been shut down after two abysmal city Department of Health inspections.<\/p>\n<p>The open-to-the-public cafeteria at 100 Centre St. has space for about six people, but plenty more for the unsanitary pests, which have been playing \u201cRatatouille\u201d in the kitchen, according to NYC data and sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvidence of mice or live mice\u201d was found on two separate DOH inspections on July 1 and July 23, records show.<\/p>\n<p>The Manhattan Criminal Courthouse at 100 Centre Street has mice and cockroaches in the kitchen of its cafeteria. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n<p>The cafeteria also was dinged for not keeping food at proper temperatures and for employees using \u201ctobacco or electronic cigarettes \u2026 eating, or drinking\u201d while on the job, according to July 1 inspection records.<\/p>\n<p>Despite those <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/24\/us-news\/nyc-mice-and-rats-are-evolving-against-human-strategy-study-finds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nauseating violations<\/a>, the cafe managed to score \u201cB\u201d grade rating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like a landfill down there. There\u2019s a lot of mice. They crawl on the inmates when they\u2019re laying in the cell,\u201d one source familiar with the eatery dished to The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cafeteria in Manhattan Criminal Court is closed on August 27. J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Another source said that the cafeteria said the place needs to be shut down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told them there were mice running by the stove. I saw two of them,\u201d said a recently retired cafeteria worker.<\/p>\n<p>City health <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/17\/us-news\/nyc-ramps-up-war-against-rats-with-new-14-day-inspection-rules-after-311-complaints\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inspectors found mice<\/a> in the kitchen in April 2025, but that issue was cleared up before the next review the following August, according to city records.<\/p>\n<p>The sign warned that face masks were required for authorized personnel. J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the courthouse showed the cafeteria was closed on Thursday with signs on the door warning that face coverings were required for anyone entering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need to put something better there,\u201d said the former employee.<\/p>\n<p>The cafeteria is currently closed for work \u201crelated to the building\u2019s plumbing and drainage systems\u201d and not because of the Health Department inspection results, according to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the reopening depends on when the facilities work is complete, according to that agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forget the perps\u00a0 \u2014 the real repeat offenders at Manhattan Criminal Court are the insects and rodents that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[31039,5237,75,9545,84,83,57,9,24,63,58],"class_list":["post-332746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-cafeteria","tag-health-department","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-criminal-court","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}