NYC’s plan to end sidewalk trash would create UES ‘Dumpsterville’: critics
Upper East Siders are trashing NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to eliminate nearly 30,000 parking spaces citywide and…
NYC’s winning Eric Adams’ war on rats — LA should give him a call
New York City is winning ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ war on rats — and it looks like Los Angeles…
Data: Vermin-related restaurant closures double
Health inspectors are temporarily closing a growing number of San Diego restaurants, often over vermin violations. (Graphic by…
Conservationists removed tens of thousands of invasive rats from a Pacific island to save its wildlife; they accidentally wiped out an aggressive mosquito species too
Representative image of Asian tiger mosquito When conservationists cleared tens of thousands of invasive rats from Palmyra Atoll,…
Meet Torch, a dog who’s been hunting rats in Philly for six years
When Jenna Walkling got her dog Torch in early 2020, the pup initially seemed to adapt well to…
Californian Contracts Fatal Disease ‘Breeding Wild Rats’
Berkeley’s first leptospirosis death in more than a decade has health officials sounding the alarm over rats…
Hot garbage: NYC extends deadline for homeowners to purchase mandatory trash bins through the summer
New Yorkers will have a few more months to get their mandatory “NYC Official” trash bins, DSNY says.…
Maker of NYC’s hard-to-find trash bins leaves town as locals scramble under new law
Something stinks about the city’s new trash bins. New Yorkers are scrambling to buy required but tough-to-find official…
Exclusive | Rat-obsessed Eric Adams creates NYC ‘Office of Rodent Mitigation’ in parting gift
He’s setting a rat trap. Rodent-obsessed Mayor Eric Adams created a brand new agency to try to keep his…
Moviegoer tackles cinema’s mouse problem in a bold way
He’s a cineplex-terminator. The idea of mice running amok at a movie theatre might make most viewers run…