Has NYC Solved its Rat Problem?

When New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed Kathleen Corradi to be Gotham’s “rat czar” earlier this year (“rat czarina?”), I’ll admit that I was a bit skeptical. Nearly every mayor of the Big Apple going back at least to Rudy Giuliani’s time in office has launched a “war on rats” in one form or another. Each of those wars failed miserably and the only winner in the end was Pizza Rat. A great deal of time and money has gone into the effort, but the number of rats never seems to decrease noticeably. But is that about to change? Business Insider reports this week that a new ratslayer has entered the ring using a unique new method of rodent eradication. And it’s proven so effective that officials claim that an entire “population” on the Upper East Side has been “all but exterminated.” It almost sounds too good to be true, and it probably is.Read More