In an effort to create a safer dining experience, on Saturday, New York City's Mayor Bloomberg and Deputy Senate Majority Leader Jeff Klein announced a new health inspection program requiring restaurants to display their results in the form of letter grades. Based on a system already in place in LA (and apparently being considered for DC), the program will give restaurants A, B or C grades depending on the number of infractions received. The better the grade, the less frequently that restaurant will be inspected, meaning A-grade establishments will be looked at yearly, while B grades will receive two inspections per year and C grades will receive three follow-up checks. Realizing the toll this system will take on New York eateries, not to mention on health inspectors, the city plans to phase it in over the next two years. Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the city's health commissioner, hopes to hire 45 more inspectors to help move forward with the new system.