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 ...

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.

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 ...

This former teacher plans to throw the book at New York City ... of pest control services, Ricky Simeone. Critics suggested it seems redundant to have both a director of rodent mitigation ...

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.” ...