3 天之前 · Although it had fewer user reports than 116th Street, tipsters see more rats on average — while 54% of people reported seeing one or two rats, 29% saw “so many.” Just 17% reported rat-free ...

3 天之前 · New York City is getting rattier, thanks to climate change. That’s a takeaway from a new study, which found cities that warmed the most saw the largest hikes in rat populations. Using data from public rat sightings and inspections between 2007 and 2024, the researchers examined 16 cities around the world and found two-thirds saw increases in ...

2024年10月2日 · In the absence of systematic surveys, rat sightings registered on sites such as New York’s rat information portal are based on residents — typically tenants — who bother to call 311. A...

2024年10月24日 · So far this year, Brooklyn has had the most rat complaints among New York City boroughs (9,518), followed by Manhattan (5,375), Queens (4,409), the Bronx (3,508) and Staten Island (649). When...

2023年8月27日 · Mayor Eric Adams of New York, who often uses public appearances to reiterate that he “ hates ” rats, hired a rat czar this year dedicated to exterminating them. As rat hater in chief, Mr. Adams...

2023年7月25日 · 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 significant ...

2025年1月23日 · There's no official count of New York City's rats, but no one disputes that they have long been legion. Successive city administrations have tried various approaches to eliminating or at...

2024年7月19日 · There are an estimated three million rats in New York, but in the absence of a proper census, there is really no way to know how many. One way the city measures its progress in eliminating...

5 天之前 · A pilot programme of replacing plastic bin bags with sealed containers, hailed by the mayor as ‘trash revolution’, is being credited with reducing rodent sightings

2024年9月17日 · HAN: The council member in question, Shaun Abreu, knows a thing or two about rats. When he was younger, rats chewed up his grandmother's furniture and infested his uncle's closet. SHAUN...