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Rats

  1. uh oh
    The Rats in the ToiletsA buildingwide nightmare that I can’t put behind me.
    By Jackie Delamatre
  2. uh oh
    Gigi Hadid Has a Rat ProblemUnfortunately, rats do not care how many millions a resident spent on their New York townhouse.
    By Emily Leibert
  3. celebrity real estate
    Gigi Hadid Has Terrace RatsShe’s addressing the issue.
    By Clio Chang
  4. urban fauna
    Rat Birth Control Is HappeningThe City Council voted in favor of a pilot to try to control the rodent population with contraceptives.
    By Clio Chang
  5. urban fauna
    Does Rat Birth Control Actually Work?And everything else we wanted to know about this novel approach to the city’s rat problem.
    By Clio Chang
  6. the city politic
    On Patrol With the New York City Rat CzarKathleen Corradi has several million furry problems on her hands and a bureaucracy to navigate.
    By Mark Chiusano
  7. bad landlords
    Slumlord
    What Happens After Your Landlord Is Arrested?As Daniel Ohebshalom begins a 60-day sentence at Rikers, his tenants are about to find out.
    By Clio Chang
  8. trash talk
    ‘Things That Work Throughout the Country Don’t Work in New York City’A sanitation expert on the city’s new garbage trucks.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  9. trash
    Small-Building Owners Will Soon Join New York City’s War on TrashMost of the city’s residential buildings will be covered by DSNY’s newest containerization rule.
    By Clio Chang
  10. urban fauna
    New York Is Overrun by Rats and Feral CatsAnd yet.
    By Clio Chang
  11. new york city baby
    A Perfect Way to Measure New York’s RatsI can’t think of a better use for Crocs than as a ruler for our jumbo rodents.
    By Danielle Cohen
  12. urban fauna
    East Williamsburg’s Alleged Pigeon PoisonerA Nextdoor thread about a neighbor’s bird-feeding devolves into mutual accusation and suspicion.
    By Clio Chang
  13. trash
    Containerization May Be Coming to New York City RestaurantsThe bins-over-bags proposal could go into effect as early as July.
    By Clio Chang
  14. trash
    The City Can Fix Its Rat Problem If It Loses 150,000 Parking SpotsWin win!
    By Clio Chang
  15. wildlife
    I Feel Bad for the RatsAs New York wages war with our grossest residents, I can’t help but feel a sneaking pity.
    By Danielle Cohen
  16. our mayor
    The Mayor Announced His Rat CzarAfter a lot of theatrics and secrecy, the role goes to Kathleen Corradi.
    By Clio Chang
  17. neighborhood news
    Rat-Hunting Dogs in BushwickA vintage way to tackle a newly pressing problem.
    By Colin Schappi
  18. urban fauna
    Four Neighborhood ‘Zones’ Will Get Extra Help Fighting RatsMayor Adams’s own Brooklyn property might be in one of them.
    By Clio Chang
  19. our mayor
    Eric Adams Will Pay $300 for His RatsThe mayor needs to bin his recyclables.
    By Clio Chang
  20. rats
    ‘We Were Killing Them With These Little Pitchforks’Talking to Matt Deodato, rat specialist.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  21. rodent trouble
    Curtis Sliwa Has Solution for Eric Adams’s Rat Problem: Two CatsThe Guardian Angels founder on his offer to set up a small feral-cat colony to fix the rodent problem on the mayor’s block in Bed-Stuy.
    By Matt Stieb
  22. our mayor
    Eric Adams Has More RatsEven his patented rat bucket didn’t solve the problem.
    By Clio Chang
  23. our mayor
    Eric Adams Has RatsAccording to an unpaid summons for his Bed-Stuy townhouse.
    By Clio Chang
  24. urban fauna
    The City’s Listing for a Rat Director Is a Bit MuchThe right candidate will have a “general aura of badassery.”
    By Clio Chang
  25. extremely online
    I Can’t Shut Up About How Rats Can DanceA new study found that rodents have rhythm.
    By Mia Mercado
  26. urban fauna
    New York Is Not the Country’s Top Rat CityWe’re No. 2.
    By Clio Chang
  27. can it
    New York City: What If We Put Trash Inside Cans?If you want to put out your trash before 8 p.m., we’ve got a bold idea.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  28. street fights
    Two Psychotherapists and Trash Bins Are Defeating the Rats of Sterling Place“We are not the rat police.”
    By Clio Chang
  29. i hate it here
    Rat Season Never EndsSummer may be almost over, but rodents are forever.
    By Claire Lampen
  30. urban fauna
    Rat Dinnertime May Be Pushed Back by 4 HoursWhat is this, Europe?
    By Clio Chang
  31. composting
    Smoothie Mayor Says No to Expanded CompostingGood news for his enemy, the rats.
    By Clio Chang
  32. trash
    Imagine Loving Trash PickupFewer rats, more gossip.
    By Clio Chang
  33. wildlife
    New York City Might Have Rat COVID, But It’s Probably FineThe rodents, researchers theorize, may be the origin of a mystery variant.
    By Caroline Spivack
  34. rat kings
    RIP to a Legend(ary Rat)Magawa won a medal for his landmine-sniffing abilities. Please clap.
    By Claire Lampen
  35. rats
    The Rats Have Taken Over a ChipotleWorkers say they have taken to murdering cat-size rats, who love guacamole, by “stomping on them.”
    By Bridget Read
  36. infrastructure
    The Man Who Fell Into a Sinkhole of Rats Is SuingLeonard Shoulders says he suffered serious physical injuries and untold psychological damage from his fall.
    By Hannah Gold
  37. screams
    And Now, a Sinkhole Full of RatsA New York sidewalk split and swallowed its victim, plunging him into a rat pit.
    By Claire Lampen
  38. rats
    And Now, an Army of RatsAs social distancing cuts off rats’ food sources, some experts say they may resort to cannibalism, rat battles, and infanticide.
    By Hannah Gold
  39. rats!
    How Stranger Things 3 Pulled Off Those Disgusting Exploding RatsThe gooey rodent blobs are the result of a process that began with The Thing and ended with a creature that’s “awesome and awful at the same time.”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  40. no
    Happy Friday! A Rat Fell on a Table at Buffalo Wild WingsAnd all we have to say is no, no no no, nope, no way, absolutely not.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  41. infestations
    It’s the Rats’ City, We’re Just Living in ItIn cities across the country, rat sightings are on the rise.
    By Hannah Gold
  42. animals
    Chubby Rat Gets Stuck in a Manhole and Also My Heart“She had a lot of winter flab and was stuck fast at her hip — there was no going forward or back.”
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  43. rats!
    Murderous Rats Are Staging an Uprising in ItalyI welcome our new rat overlords.
    By Ella Cerón
  44. feed the animals
    NYC’s Newest Food Influencers Are Its SquirrelsMove over, rats.
    By Nikita Richardson
  45. sneaker rat
    Sneaker Rat is the New Pizza Rat Except … DeadThis rat’s final resting place was inside a Nike show.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  46. niche drama
    This Week in Drama: The Great What Not to Wear Twitter Beef, and MoreWe recap the pettiest squabbles, juiciest feuds, and other niche drama you didn’t know you were living for every week.
    By Gabriella Paiella and Jessica Roy
  47. new york baybee
    Lawmaker Claims Rats Are Jumping Into Strollers on the Upper West SideLove this town.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  48. In a Battle It Cannot Win, New York City Will Spend $32 Million to Fight RatsIt will target three areas, and include some new trash cans.
    By Jen Kirby
  49. A Deadly Rat Disease Has Killed One Person, Infected Two Others in the BronxIt spreads through the animals’ urine.
    By Jen Kirby
  50. exclusives
    See a Terrifying Clip From Spurlock’s Rats Doc“There are more rats in New York City than there is people!”
    By Jada Yuan
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