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Adams trashes cuts to park litter baskets in another surprise budget slash rollback
January 11, 2024 | 4:23pmThe Department of Sanitation will no longer remove nearly 40% of all cans throughout the Big Apple come July, reversing a budget cut.
Rats scamper out from under homeless man's blanket on NYC subway platform, horrifying video shows
January 9, 2024 | 5:48pmMore than a dozen rodents are seen scurrying out from under the blanket in the viral TikTok, which had "Only in New York City Transit" and a rat emoji over...
Adams' war on rats 'smoke and mirrors' as rodent complaints spike nearly 8% across NYC
January 6, 2024 | 8:29amRodent complaints have spiked nearly 8% across New York City since Mayor Eric Adams took office -- despite his ballyhooed multi-million dollar war on rats.
Sydney suburbs teeming with rats, maggots in garbage infestation nightmare
January 1, 2024 | 11:40amWith some collections missed by more than four weeks, Labor Councillor Linda Scott fears the public's health and wellbeing will continue to be negatively affected by the ongoing lack of...
Moviegoers rip 'really gross' NYC AMC movie theater they complain is overrun with rats: 'We counted 9'
December 30, 2023 | 7:57amThe theater at East 86th Street and Third Avenue is overrun by vermin, and moviegoers said a trip there is something out of a twisted horror movie!
'Exceptional levels' of rats and mice invade trenches on Ukraine's front lines
December 23, 2023 | 12:24pmTroops on both sides of the Ukraine conflict are suffering from a huge explosion in rodent populations at the battle's front lines
Adams blames rodents as a big reason for NYers fleeing state in droves
December 21, 2023 | 2:04pmHizzoner pointed the finger at the notorious rodents after sobering new United States Census Bureau statistics revealed nearly 102,000 people -- the most of any state -- had high-tailed it out...
Popular overseas McDonald’s plagued by 'rat infestation' — and nothing is being done: staff
December 21, 2023 | 10:12amRats are not the only problem staff reported, with falling ceiling tiles and a leaking roof also on the embarrassing rap sheet, according to a report.
Street bazaars, rats, handcuffed cops: Our politicians are turning New York into the Big Crapple
December 20, 2023 | 7:14pmVisual evidence is all around the mechanisms that kept this city humming, or sputtering at times, have completely broken down. No one is minding the shop, enforcing rules and laws,...
Say 'cheese'! Ultra-rare giant rat that can chew through coconuts photographed for first time
November 29, 2023 | 2:51pmThe elusive Uromys vika rat has a long tail, short ears and is at least twice the size of a common rat.
Australian town plagued with 'millions' of dead rats on beaches, roads: 'Out of control'
November 22, 2023 | 12:39pm“Every dead rat on the road had another three or four rats eating it. There was about a meter between dead rats. It was insane,” one reisdent said.
Cardi B slams Adams over NYC budget cuts: 'Crimes are gonna go through the roof'
November 19, 2023 | 7:06pmRapper Cardi B reportedly went after Mayor Eric Adams for announcing a set of severe budget cuts last week, saying that “crimes are gonna go through the roof” because of...
Adams dodges $300 rat violation at townhouse after saying 'no one' came to examine property: docs
November 9, 2023 | 9:52pmMayor Eric Adams' latest rodent infestation violation at his Brooklyn townhouse was thrown out -- after Hizzoner submitted footage from the day of the rat inspection where "no one appears"...
Now you can track how many rats are scurrying in your NYC subway station right now
November 2, 2023 | 8:00amIt's totally ratical.
NYC's rat-killing method '100%' effective and will expand to new neighborhoods after UES success, pol says
October 31, 2023 | 1:41pmCouncil member Julie Menin is bringing back a rat-killing program in her Upper East Side district that has a nearly perfect success rate, she says.
Shocking video shows pro-Palestinian protester releasing spray-painted mice in McDonald's
October 31, 2023 | 8:03amA pro-Palestinian activist posted shocking video of himself releasing hordes of spray-painted mice into a McDonald’s in the UK – shouting “F—k Israel” in front of screaming customers.
NYC rat drags doughnut across subway tracks to share with rodent date, sweet video shows
October 26, 2023 | 11:15pmA sweet treat for a pair of squeakhearts.
NYC ranks below these two cities for 2023's 'rattiest' title
October 23, 2023 | 11:37pmThe Big Apple has actually dropped a spot in Orkin's annual "rattiest" rankings from a year earlier, coming in at number three behind Los Angeles and Chicago.
5 common household items to scare away mice — and keep them away
October 11, 2023 | 7:14pmHere are some scents to deploy to dissuade them from making your house a mouse house.
Adams' new rat plan leaves New Yorkers paying for official NYC trash cans
October 11, 2023 | 5:53pmHomeowners across NYC will soon have to pay at least $50 for new trash cans -- as the city tries to crack down on rodents by standardizing garbage collections.