Mayor Eric Adams announces the appointment of Kathleen Corradi (at mic) as the city’s first-ever citywide director of rodent mitigation, also known as the ‘rat czar' during a press conference in St. Nicolas Park in Harlem on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Mayor Adams Taps Education Exec as City’s First Ever “Rat Czar” The city’s first ever “rat czar” has finally been revealed. At a ceremony at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, Mayor Eric Adams... News 12 Apr 2023 | 05:31
From left to right: City Council Members Shaun Abreu, Erik Bottcher, Sandy Nurse, Chi Ossé and Carlina Rivera posed outside City Hall with two rats that were protesting new legislation passed on Thursday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin City Council’s ‘Rat Pack’ Says Rodents Are Ready to ‘Surrender’ In a city of millions, there’s an alarming number of unwelcome guests — ones that scurry, lurk and leap. Everyone’s seen... News 27 Oct 2022 | 05:54