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New York City appointed a rat czar. Her job will be a tall ask
“There’s a whole city below the city — and then maybe an older city below that city. And so we have these rats that occupy all the spaces. They occupy ceilings in some of the most modern skyscrapers in any city around the world,” he says. “When someone initiates a campaign to control the rats of a neighborhood, well, what does that mean? Are we controlling the surface rats? What about the subsurface rats?”
Inspiration — and more rats — half a world away
New York City isn’t the only locale to take aim at its furry inhabitants. Rodents are a global problem. One particularly ambitious bid against the rats comes in the form of New Zealand government’s Predator Free 2050 program. It aims to eradicate other invasive species, like possums and stoats, in addition to rats.
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New York City appointed a rat czar. Her job will be a tall ask
This week, New York City crowned Kathleen Corradi its first rat czar. The new position is part of a multipronged approach from city officials. Reporter and New Yorker Anil Oza called up rodentologists to understand — does their approach withstand the tes
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