What to Know
- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will hold its first Rat Academy Information Session where you will learn safe and effective methods to prevent the spread of rats.
- The course will be online this Thursday at 6 pm
- Mayor Eric Adams has made rat eradication a key political goal for the city. In December, Adams even announced a new position in his administration.
Worried about rats in your neighborhood?
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will hold its first Rat Academy Information Session where you will learn safe and effective methods to prevent the spread of rats.
The course will be online this Thursday at 6 pm To enroll in the course, Click here.
Mayor Eric Adams has made rat eradication a key political goal for the city. In December, Adams even announced a new position in his administration.
Adams posted a job listing last month this week looking for someone to lead the city’s long battle against the rats. The official title of the work is “Rodent Mitigation Director“, although he was soon dubbed the rat czar. The salary range is $120,000 to $170,000.
“The ideal candidate is highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty, determined to look at all solutions from various angles, including improving operational efficiency, data collection, technological innovation, waste management, and wholesale slaughter. says that ad.
New York City leaders have been trying to control the rodent population for generations, with mixed results. Sightings of rats in parks, sidewalks and other places in the city have recently increased.
City rats have survived a multi-million dollar effort by former Mayor Bill de Blasio that focused on more trash pickup and better home inspections in specific neighborhoods. The city also launched a program to use dry ice to suffocate rats in their hideouts.
Adams, when he was Brooklyn Borough President, once demonstrated a trap that used a bucket filled with a toxic soup to drown rats attracted by the smell of food.
