NEW YORK-- There is a new phase in New York City's war on rats after the Health Department warned that in 2023 rat-related sickness soared to the highest level in a single year. They are ...

New York State leads the nation in rat-infested cities with five, including third-ranked New York City. Orkin released its annual rundown of 50 cities where it treated the most places for rodents ...

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Video: Stand clear of the claws-ing doors! Shocking moment a woman's pet rat crawls into her shirt on a New York subway as another rodent sits on the back of her friend's neck Woman's 'pet rat ...

Joining the city's "elite squad of anti-rat activists ... There's no definitive count of the rat populace in New York, though one recent estimate placed it at about 3 million.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kenny Bollwerk, creator of "RatTok" and organizer of rat tours in New York City. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

An apartment building dubbed the priciest slum in New York by its ... of exposure to rat poop. “After that, that’s when I was like, okay, I really need to get the city involved in this rat ...

today announces that the New York City Council has approved a bill to implement a rat contraception pilot program. From the bill, the term "rat contraceptive" means an agent for the reduction of ...

But all around their feet − beneath bushes, over subway grates and between trash cans − were traps, barriers and birth-control-infused snacks to fend off rats in the heart of the nation's largest ...

New York City Council on Thursday will vote on a bill that would introduce rat contraceptives to the city’s rodent-fighting arsenal. If the bill passes, city officials will choose two rat-ridden ...

X users comment on the new bill passed to control the population of rats in New York City. (Image via Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) To curb the rat infestation in New York ...

This includes liberal strongholds like Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta … A quote geolocated on D.C. reads "rat-infested ...