Solving the problem of the infestation around the mayor’s Brooklyn property is not necessarily simple, an expert in rodenticide says. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Mayor Eric Adams has a ...

Q: Is there a more effective way to control weeds besides just pulling them out? I am trying to get rid of bindweed, but the vines are hard to pull out. A: Any kind of vining weed can be a pain to ...

The weary folks along E. 86th St. from Lexington to Second Aves. were long resigned to an unpleasant problem — a web of over 100 rat burrows dug in 21 tree beds that nightly spawned teeming swarms of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Some people couldn’t get elected dog catcher, but New York City government wants to know who could be its rat killer, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday. City officials posted ...

A day in the life of an NYC 'rat killer' News PIX11’s Eileen Lehpamer got a first-hand look at the never-ending job of a “rat killer” by spending the day with one who is doing his job a little ...

Mayor Adams is taking his death wish for rats to the next level. Adams, who has made reducing the city’s rat population a top priority, is now hiring a director of rodent mitigation to oversee the ...

Have you ever heard of a rat king? One must understand the horror to become New York City's new "director of rodent mitigation." The Big Apple will pay a salary of $120,000 to $170,000 to the right ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Late last month, New York City posted a job listing for a new “director of rodent ...

If you really hate rats, New York City may have the perfect career opportunity. The city is looking for a director of rodent mitigation — in short, a “rat czar.” It’s a position that will require “the ...

NEW YORK — The brown rat has lived in New York City since the time of the Revolutionary War, or thereabouts. And for at least a century, city officials have tried, and failed, to eradicate it. And so ...

New York City is set to battle a plague of rats in an upcoming survival horror. Lionsgate and producer Paul Brooks (“Pitch Perfect,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) have partnered on worldwide rights to ...