“I don’t think there’s been a mayor in history that says how much he hates rats,” Adams said at the opening of the National ...

Those rat-proof bins? Not rat-proof after all.

NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams is hosting an inaugural National Urban Rat Summit, gathering leaders from around the country to discuss strategies for winning the war on rats.

Rat reduction requires knowledge about human behavior and psychology. By 2050, experts say, 70% of people will live in cities. As this happens, urban areas must deal with aging infrastructure ...

Joining the city's "elite squad of anti-rat activists" was even funnier —and creepier — than I expected. Andrew Barrett is hardly a rat sympathizer. He's spent years waging war on the rodents ...