New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control.

Council Woman Susan Zhuang is introducing a measure to help cut down on wait times citywide for 311 complaints, including for issues with rats. Zhuang says the measure was drafted in response to ...

Residents are said they’re afraid to venture out at night along the elite stretch because of the horror-movie-sized rats of ...

The black market rat killers can cause seizures, coma, cancer and even death in New Yorkers seeking to take pest infestations into their own hands, according to the NYC Department of Health.

tremors New York City officials have tried multiple ways to decrease the rat population, from dealing with garbage and treating rat-prone areas with birth control to flooding rat tunnels with ...

Barrett told me about his efforts during our initiation into the NYC ... rat sightings had gone down in 12 of the previous 13 months and promising that a "massive trash revolution strategy ...

The rats might hate this announcement — but "bloodthirsty" job hunters will be pleased. New York City is looking for ... a "robust" rat mitigation strategy, per the posting.

New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control. The city says its pilot program goes into effect April 26, distributing ...

The city has confiscated 140 pounds of banned rat poison this month but street vendors ... “I expect we will see serious illness and possibly fatalities in NYC related to these products.” ...