Hizzoner’s general in his war on rats waved the white flag. The city’s first-ever rat czar Kathleen Corradi, has left her $176,000-a-year job, according to City Hall — and it’s unclear if the position ...

New York Mayor Eric Adams has waged a years-long campaign against the city’s rats, dubbing them “public enemy number one” and even appointing a “rat czar” to tackle the problem in 2023. But with the ...

For decades, New York sidewalks were awash in piled-up black plastic rubbish bags, some of which doubled as housing projects for the city’s other inhabitants. “I’ve kicked bags of garbage in New York ...

New York City’s first “rat czar” has stepped down from her post, more than two years after Mayor Eric Adams recruited her to tackle the five boroughs' rodent problems. Her appointment was the first of ...

People have "always thought of New York as dirty," so it "comes as no surprise that some in the city have responded by developing a rat-tourism industry," says Faith Bottum. To "manage the rat ...