He’s setting a rat trap.

Rodent-obsessed Mayor Eric Adams created a brand new agency to try to keep his war on rats going after he leaves office — in another parting gift to his far-left successor, Zohran Mamdani. 

Adams set up the Mayor’s Office of Rodent Mitigation through an executive order on Tuesday, solidifying the agency that will work across city government agencies, community organizations and the private sector to combat the city’s rodent problem. 

The first-ever Mayor’s Office of Rodent Mitigation will aim to curb the rodent population in the Big Apple. Christopher Sadowski

Mayor Eric Adams signed the executive order Wednesday. Gabriella Bass

The agency will be led by a mayor-appointed rat czar who Adams is hoping to continue his crackdown on the critters – which some New Yorkers fear is being won by the rodents since the departure of the city’s first rat czar Kathleen Corradi earlier this year.

“With this new executive order establishing the Office of Rodent Mitigation, we are ensuring our ‘War on Rats,’ and the smart policies we put in place to coordinate across city agencies, has a permanent home,” the mayor said in a statement.

Adams signed the executive order on Tuesday before he jetset to Mexico, soaking in his last few days as mayor.

Mamdani will have to decide once he takes over if he will ratify a legacy Adams initiative and name his own czar to head the office — or rescind the executive order. 

The announcement follows the launch of a rat death squad last summer hired to gas vermin out of 600,000 street tree beds citywide. Michael Nagle

The office will also work closely with residents, academic groups and pest management experts to decrease the rat population across Gotham, as well as lead public outreach and education efforts, a City Hall spokesperson said.

The agency is currently only budgeted for one person to run the office, putting any expanded headcount on the Mamdani administration to handle.  

Rat sightings have decreased for 12 months in a row, according to Adams administration figures. The mayor’s office attributes the trend to various public education initiatives as well as DSNY efforts to containerize 70% of the city’s trash, thus cutting off a critical rodent food supply.

The mayor’s office attributes the falling rat sighting trend to DSNY efforts to containerize 70% of the city’s trash. Gabriella Bass

The announcement follows the launch of a rat death squad last summer hired to gas vermin out of 600,000 street tree beds citywide with carbon monoxide.

Concerned citizen groups, like the City Council member-created District 35 Rat Task Force, said they were “concerned” the lack of a rat czar meant reverting back to the days before interagency communication and streamlined mitigation measures – and lots more rats.

“Without an interagency approach our beloved city faces a rat infestation that will only worsen, jeopardizing our quality of life and health,” the Prospect Heights group, alongside the Sterling Place Rat Mitigation and Awareness team, wrote in a letter to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani urging the reinstatement of the position once he takes office.

Corradi left her $176,000-a-year post in September for a leadership position at NYCHA. It was not made clear why a replacement was not selected after her departure.

“I am proud of our legacy on a major quality-of-life, public-safety, and public-health issue,” Adams added, “and am excited to see this work continue to make our city more livable for all.”