City restaurants have been cleaning up their act, according to the latest Health Department figures.
Big Apple eateries received 32,392 health code violations from January through November 2014 — a drop of 13 percent from the 36,804 during the same period in 2013, records show.
November marked the fewest offenses in two years, with inspectors dishing out only 2,418 violations.
Also, more summonses are being successfully appealed. The dismissal rate went up from 40 to 42 percent.
“This is certainly positive,” said Robert Bookman, a lawyer for the NYC Hospitality Alliance and a frequent Health Department critic.
“There are fewer summonses and a lot are being dismissed,” he added.
A department spokeswoman attributed the decrease to cleaner eateries, not lower standards.
“The reduction . . . is entirely due to restaurants’ continued improvement in food safety practices and sanitary conditions,” said the spokeswoman, Megan Montalvo.
But some restaurant owners say not much has changed.
“It’s a shakedown,” said the manager of a Staten Island eatery. “It looks like a nice restaurant, and they think they can take $2,000, $3,000. It’s a money pit to them.”