Tag: Rats

Assembly Member Asks Incoming Mayor to Help Rid Streets of Rats

Mike Mishkin December 10, 2021 Community No Comments

After sending a letter to incoming Mayor Eric Adams to invest in city-wide rat remediation programs, Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell issued the following public statement: Read More...

20th Precinct Meeting: Topics of Discussion Include Rats, Robberies, and a Seven-Time Offender’s $2 Bail

Bobby Panza November 19, 2021 Community 6 Comments

The 20th Precinct’s final 2021 community council meeting took place on November 18. With the recent uptick of rat disturbances throughout NYC, the legendary “Rat Lady,” Read More...

Rodent Sightings Surge Citywide; UWS Still Favorite Rat Retreat

Mike Mishkin November 10, 2021 Community 4 Comments

Rodent sightings are up 30% citywide since 2019 – ABC7 wrote on November 8 – and on the date of publication, the greatest number of Manhattan Read More...

Fowl Play: Great Blue Heron Eats Rat in Central Park

Mike Mishkin September 6, 2021 Community 1 Comment

A Great Blue Heron was spotted Sunday morning eating a rat in the Central Park Pond, and he devoured the little creature in one fell Read More...

Remembering the Nightmare: The 74th Street Rat House

E.L. Danvers May 1, 2021 Community 2 Comments

“They don’t eat, don’t sleep They don’t feed, they don’t seethe Bare their gums when they moan and squeak” So sings Eddie Vedder in Pearl Read More...

A Growing Rat Condo on 89th Street

Mike Mishkin April 14, 2020 Community 11 Comments

Last summer, the DOT installed a speed bump in front of a brownstone co-op on 89th between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. As a Read More...