Kenny Bollwerk says he never meant to become the guy who leads rat tours of New York City. Bollwerk — or, as he's sometimes called, "the rat guy" — has built up a substantial following in ...

Since the start of 2022, NYC has seen its worst infestation since 2010 — the first year that these rat sighting records were made public online.

The New York City Department of Health and Hygiene says Flaco's Law will work in tandem with existing containerization rules, which they say have helped bring down 311 complaints of rat sightings ...

New York City is famous for its sights—not least its giant piles of trash bags. And those have made the city so ripe for rat infestation that Mayor Eric Adams is calling a national summit to ...

NYC hosts first-ever National Urban Rat Summit 00:47. NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams is hosting an inaugural National Urban Rat Summit, gathering leaders from around the country to ...

Some neighborhoods faced increased rodent sightings between January and May 2023, compared to the same period last year. In Astoria, rat reports nearly doubled from 95 sightings to 181.

Science NYC’s Rat Czar Needs Much More Than “Killer Instinct” to Succeed Winning against rats isn’t about poison. It’s about people.

NYC Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch famously said in 2022 that "the rats don't run this city, we do" — but a newly launched map showing rodent-related violations shows it may be closer to ...

New York City is famous for its sights—not least its giant piles of trash bags. And those have made the city so ripe for rat infestation that Mayor Eric Adams is calling a national summit to ...