Outsmarting New York rats is no longer about extermination
Oct 6, 2024 · Calls to 311 for rat sightings have declined – a 6.3% drop since the rat czar was appointed and almost a 14% decline in the city’s mitigation zones, the city boasted in a news release ...
NYC will never win its war on rats, so it’s settling for a truce
Oct 9, 2024 · As the rat walkers meandered through the park, Corradi showed us a rat’s-eye view of the city: the soil in which this burrowing creature likes to make a home; the bagel chunks and glistening ...
Can New York City Ever Win Its War Against Rats?
Jul 19, 2024 · Checking in with New York’s rat czar and the progress she has made in reducing the city’s rodent population. There are an estimated three million rats in New York City. Most of the commonly...
Rats and humans have lived together for thousands of years, but …
Sep 20, 2024 · Rats are one of the most prolific mammals on the planet. Their close, often-fraught relationship with humans have allowed them to spread to pantries, sewers and garbage piles around the world.
Officials in New York say they have a solution to the city's rat ...
Sep 17, 2024 · New York City has lots of rats. Officials are trying to contain them by resorting to something many other cities have relied on for years. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: If you've ever been to New York City,...
Rats are on the rise. Here’s what cities are doing about it
Sep 11, 2023 · New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared rats public enemy No. 1, targeting so-called rat mitigation zones in neighborhoods with historically high rat activity, for routine inspections.
N.Y.C. Rats: They’re in the Park, on Your Block and Even at Your …
Nov 5, 2021 · Reported rat sightings, health inspections finding evidence of rat activity and cases of a disease spread via rat urine are all up amid the pandemic.
Big rats continue to plague NYC's rat mitigation zones ... - CBS News
Mar 7, 2024 · Since August 2023, the city claims that rat sightings have been down 68% in what New York City has deemed " rat mitigation zones." These zones are locations that the city says are the most...
Mayor Adams Notches Early Victories in War on Rats, Announces …
Jul 25, 2023 · NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Sanitation Department (DSNY) Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and Director of Citywide Rodent Mitigation Kathleen Corradi released new data today showing a 20 percent decrease in 311 calls about rat activity across the city over the last two months, as compared to last year.
The Next Frontier in New York’s War on Rats: Birth Control
Apr 10, 2024 · For nearly 60 years, New York City leaders have understood that they could not kill their way out of the rat problem. Rats are prodigious breeders, with one pair having the potential to produce...