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here's investigative reporter jim hoffer. >> do you know what your latest grade is? >> i think it's an a. >> reporter: you would think with an a grade the chef at this popular west village restaurant would have that a posted in the window. >> you don't have a grade posted. >> either somebody stole it or not being aware of it. i'll make sure it gets put up. >> reporter: it's more likely there's no grade posted here because joseph leonard actually got a c. the well known restaurant had five sanitary violations including food kept at unsafe temperatures and flies. >> is that why it's not posted? >> i can't say why it's not posted. >> but you're an owner. >> i know. >> this conversation is over. >> you're breaking the law. it should be posted. >> this conversation is over. >> reporter: we found other restaurants throughout manhattan not posting their grade. >> what's your grade? >> a. >> you got an a? >> yeah. >> reporter: cory tribeca actually got a c in their latest grade inspection. the health department inspector slapped them with the lowest grade after finding nine

here's investigative reporter jim hoffer with restaurants exposed. >>reporter: do you know what your latest grade is? >> i think it's an "a." >>reporter: you would think with an "a" grade the chef at this popular west village restaurant would have that "a" posted in the window. you don't have the grade posted. >> somebody stole it or not being aware of t. i'll make sure it gets put up. >>reporter: it's more likely there's no grade posted here because joseph leonard actually got a "c." the well known restaurant had including food kept at unsafe temperatures and flies. is that why it's not posted? >> i can't say why it's not posted. >>reporter: but you're an owner. >> i know. >>reporter: you should know whether it's posted or not, right? >> this conversation is over. >>reporter: but you're breaking the law. it should be posted. >> this conversation is over. >>reporter: we found other restaurants throughout manhattan not posting their grade. what's your grade? >> an "a." >>reporter: you got an "a"? >> yeah. >>reporter: cory tribeca actually got an "a,"

jim hoffer found places across the city hiding their bad grades. we'll tell you the violations they have. it is an eyewitness news exclusive. >>> plus dogs rescued from south korea headed to our area looking for homes here. coming up tonight at 11:00. >>> that is it for us now. thanks for watching. for all of us >>> breaking news tonight. we're on the scene right now. the suspect walking into a tv station, wearing something, telling everyone it was a bomb. the emergency evacuations. the s.w.a.t. team moving in, opening fire. pierre thomas standing by. >>> the other emergency playing out on live television. the families rescued. drivers pulled out of cars under water. and the possible tornadoes and storms now moving in tonight. >>> the takeoff suddenly aborted. at 140 miles per hour. to avoid a collision at a major american airport. >>> the harsh worlds in the race for the white house tonight. the former house speaker unleashing on ted cruz. calling him, quote, lucifer in the flesh, in front of a crowd, and going much further. you will hear the audi

the grade is suppose to be displayed in the window, but jim hoffer exposes dozens which are not. >> do you know what your latest grade is? >> i think it's an a. >> reporter: you would think with the a grade that the chef at this popular west village restaurant would have that a posted in the window. >> you don't have a grade posted. >> either somebody stole it or the staff is not being aware of it. i'll make sure it's up. >> reporter: it is likely that there is no grade here because joseph leonard got a c. he had five sanitary violations temperatures and flies. >> is that why it is not posted? >> this conversation is over. >> you're breaking the law that it should be over. >> we would find other restaurants that throughout manhattan is not posting their grade. >> yeah. >> reporter: they would get a c in their latest grade inspection. after finding nine violations including the live roaches, flies, food, not protected against possible contamination. other restaurants also hid their grades. their c placed down low behind the bench. around wall street at the cafe it was like a scavenger h

here's investigative reporter jim hoffer with his exclusive report. >> reporter: you would think with an a grade the chef at this popular west village restaurant would have the grade posted in the window. >> either somebody stole it or just not being aware of it. >> reporter: it is more likely there is no grade posted here got a c. the well-known restaurant had vie violations. >> you are breaking the law. >> we found other restaurants not posting their grade. >> you got an a? >> their latest grade inspection, the health department inspector slapped them with the lowest grade, after finding nine sanitary violations, including presence of life roachs, flies and food not protected against possible contamination. that c, which by law should be posted in the restaurant's window, is nowhere to be found. >> that is illegal. you are supposed to post a grade of your restaurant. >> reporter: other restaurants also hid their grades. joe's coffee in chelsea had their c, placed down low, behind a bench. benton cafe, it was like a san franciscoier hunt, trying to find their grade. >> that is it. --

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investigative reporter jim hoffer is here with a followup. >> it's one of the most basic needs. a comfortable place to live. in earlier investigations, we showed you three different people struggling against city bureaucracy to have that safe home. as you're about to see, when we started digging, the red tape unraveled. >> this is my life. this is how i'm living. >> reporter: when we first introduced you to allison mcclain, she was standing of what's left in her sandy damaged home, wondering why three years after the storm the city's build it back program had failed to help. >> trying to hold it together but this is really, really painful. we have everything brand new. new walls, new floors. >> reporter: after allison told her story to us, a brick wall of 16 weeks later, she had a completely restored home. >> nothing was moving. they kept giving me the song and dance. call this one. call this one. when you guys came in, heads started to turn. >> you don't have any apartments available at all? >> reporter: this mom and her little girl were living in a homeless shelter for eight m

. >> investigative reporter jim hoffer with his exclusive report. >> an mta worker reached out to us about his concerns of a thousand-pound propane gas tank ignored by his bosses. the placement of so much fuel so close to critical rail links between washington and boston has two train safety experts shaking their heads. we should note for security reasons we've left out specifics about the tank's location. >> i saw a few bags on the platform. >> reporter: the mta has spent millions educating its riders to speak up if they see something unsafe. >> if you see something, say something. say something. say something. >> reporter: that's exactly has tried to do repeatedly, telling his bosses about the potential danger of this 1,000-pound propane gas tank placed just feet from these train tracks. >> you have to realize the blast radius of a thousand pounds of propane is a very large area. >> reporter: he's right about that as this youtube video demonstrates with a similar size propane tank. makes you wonder who put so much fuel so close to the busy northeast corridor tracks used by amtrak a