In the city where pizza rats are as famous as pigeons, New York is trying a new tactic in its long war against rodents: birth control. Starting April 26, the city began distributing contraceptive ...

New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways, leaving some residents afraid to let their children walk on sidewalks. Faced ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City's war on rats is about to heat up. Mayor Bill de Blasio is expanding a rat removal program in his new budget. The mayor is planning to devote close to $3 million to ...

Rat complaints in Washington, D.C. have surged nearly 13-fold over the past decade. New York’s "rat-resistant bin" strategy appears to be working while D.C. struggles to keep up. Experts say the ...

For decades, New York sidewalks were awash in piled-up black plastic rubbish bags, some of which doubled as housing projects for the city’s other inhabitants. “I’ve kicked bags of garbage in New York ...

New York City is home to some three million rats, and learning how these rodent residents navigate and communicate is vital to understanding their impact on humans. A new preprint shows attempts to ...

This week’s frigid weather has many New York City residents shivering, scurrying into cozy spots and feeling sapped. Including the rats. The United States’ most populous city has been spared the Upper ...

City data actually suggest that rat sightings are declining. But horror stories are everywhere, and a single rat in a stroller is enough to set off a panic. By Christopher Maag Rachel Chase, a ...

New York Mayor Eric Adams has waged a years-long campaign against the city’s rats, dubbing them “public enemy number one” and even appointing a “rat czar” to tackle the problem in 2023. But with the ...

Hizzoner’s general in his war on rats waved the white flag. The city’s first-ever rat czar Kathleen Corradi, has left her $176,000-a-year job, according to City Hall — and it’s unclear if the position ...