Mayor Eric Adams’ administration says it’s hiring new teams to exterminate rats from tunnels under trees on the street.

NYC has invested $877,000 in a task force to eradicate rats using carbon monoxide in tree beds, aiming for a significant kill ...

In 1974, another rat survey of New York found that only about 11 percent of the city was rat-afflicted. Today, Corrigan puts the estimate at 80 to 90 percent. Illustration by Doug Chayka, Source ...

These drivers are in for rat-ical change. West Harlem has become the first neighborhood in the United States to have all of its trash containerized in order to squash uptown rats’ curbside trash ...

New York City health officials have discovered insects, rodent, or both in nearly 400 public school cafeterias over the last three years, according to city health data.

Unlike New York, New Orleans faces a pernicious rat situation because the city is going after not just brown rats, but also black rats. Each place requires a tailored plan to manage its unique set ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said: "Instead of just having the cats keeping away the rats, we're going to have a direct connection with the police to keep away those dangerous cats that try to ...

Construction projects have stirred up millions of rats in New York City July 24, 2000 Web posted at: 10:44 p.m. EDT (0244 GMT) In this story: Unknown quantity Mayor smells a rat ...