Clik here to view.
Rats Overrunning Tompkins Square Park Because Of Protected Hawk
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — In 2010, New York Magazine named Tompkins Square Park the “best playground in the city” but now, many say the park is unusable because rats have taken over. LISTEN: 1010...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rats Take Liking To Little Red Lighthouse Under George Washington Bridge
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Tourists aren’t the only ones who like visiting the Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge. Al Jones checks out the scene...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brooklyn Residents Cry Foul Over Rats At Atlantic Yards
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – Residents in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn blame Bruce Ratner and his massive Atlantic Yards dig for a problem they say they never had before — rats. WCBS 880’s Alex Silverman On The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Locals Say Park Across From Plaza Hotel Being Overrun By Rats
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Apparently even rats like fancy digs. According to various reports, the plaza across from the swanky Plaza Hotel is being overrun by rats. The Grand Army Plaza Park has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
YouTube Video Jokingly Documents Rat Infestation At Tompkins Square Park
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – They may not be popular, but they apparently have a pretty good agent handling their publicity. Back in July, rats were reported to be overrunning Tompkins Square Park. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Queens Residents Say Rats, Skunks From Overgrown Property Overtaking Street
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Residents in one Queens neighborhood are waging war against weeds that have taken over their street and the rodents that come along with them. Along 79th Street in Middle Village,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota Differs With Ex-Chairman’s Opinion Of NYC Transit
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Jay Walder, the last guy in charge of the MTA, called the New York City transit system terrible after he got a new job in Hong Kong. Today, WCBS 880 anchors Steve Scott and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bronx Public Housing Residents Complain Of Rat Infestation
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Hundreds of New York City Housing Authority residents in the Bronx are angry over what they call an infestation of rats. Residents said the Claremont Consolidated Houses on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Upper West Side Residents Pestered By Rat Infestation
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Residents of the Upper West Side have been placed under siege by rats, according to the West 76th Street Block Association. Joseph Bolano and other residents recently attended a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VIDEO: Rat Basks In Barrel Of Olives At Fairway Market In Manhattan
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An Upper West Side supermarket apparently has a rodent problem. Video has gone viral showing what appears to be a baby rat hanging out in a barrel of stuffed olives at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bronx Building Residents Furious Over Unlivable Conditions
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — With walls covered in mold, as well as rats and cockroaches everywhere, people in an apartment building in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx have had enough. As CBS 2’s Alice...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oh Rats! City Councilwoman Wants NYC To Tackle Post-Sandy Rodent Problem
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Beware of the rats! That’s the cry from New York City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin. Lappin said that in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the rodents have been moving from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MTA To Use Birth Control To Target Subway Rats
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has come up with a new way to target rats. As 1010 WINS’ Carol D’Auria reported, the MTA will place rat bait containing birth control...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State Senator Calls For ‘Rat Summit 2′ To Address NYC’s Rodent ‘Epidemic’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — One local lawmaker is calling for action on New York City’s rat problem, referring to the situation as an “epidemic.” State Sen. Bill Perkins co-sponsored the first “Rat Summit”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Residents In Bushwick, Brooklyn Say Rats Are Taking Over
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Residents of the Bushwick section of Brooklyn have been complaining that their neighborhood is overrun with rats – and they said the city is not taking action. As 1010 WINS’...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Quinn: NYC Prepared To Sue Holding Company Over Crumbling Brooklyn Buildings
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Conditions in three buildings in Brooklyn have gotten so bad that it rains through the roof and sometimes there are no lights for days. But, as WCBS 880’s Alex Silverman reports...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Report: LI Flight Attendant Suing American Airlines Over Bizarre Accusations
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — A Long Island flight attendant is suing American Airlines for unspecified damages, the New York Post reported. Louann Giambattista, 55, claims that allegations made against her...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Neighbors: Fearless Rats Have Commandeered Park In Woodside, Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Neighbors and a local city councilman have called on the city to step up its efforts, as a park in Woodside, Queens remains overrun with rats. As CBS 2’s Dave Carlin reported...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City To Launch Pilot Program To Combat Rats On Upper West Side
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The city has announced plans to test out its newest weapon in the war on rats. As WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond reported Tuesday, the Upper West Side’s tree-lined streets are very...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Census Of Subway Platforms Finds Many Are ‘Bleak And Dreary’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Rats, cracked floors and broken lights are everywhere in New York City’s subway system, according to a new survey. “Many subway platforms are bleak and dreary,” Cate Contino...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dept. Of Health Closes ‘A’ Rated Home Of The ‘Cronut’ Following Mouse Video
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It appears one Manhattan bakery was too sweet to resist, especially for the mice. The Dominique Ansel bakery in SoHo, which brought you the “cronut” and the milk and cookie...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NYC Launches New War Against Rats
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The city is launching a new war against rats. It will target so-called “rat reservoirs,” which are areas where rodent populations survive and thrive, such as subways, sewers and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City Prepares To Launch New War On Rats
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The city was gearing up this weekend for its latest war against rats. Beginning next month, an army of inspectors will descend on the most rat-infested neighborhoods. They...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ridgewood Residents Urge Town Officials To Help Rid Neighborhood Of Rats
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20140805180008760AA.mp4 RIDGEWOOD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Where’s the Pied Piper when you need him? Ridgewood is known as a quiet, bucolic, upscale town. Recently,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NYC Comptroller: Health Department Not Doing Enough To Fight Rat Problem
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — An audit by the city comptroller’s office shows the number of pest complaints, including rat problems, is on the rise. Scott Stringer‘s report says the number of complaints...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Residents: Rats Running Wild In East Harlem
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Rats — they’re a big problem throughout the city, but usually just in the summer. But along 104th Street by the Washington Houses in East Harlem, the problem is so bad that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Audit: New York City Subway Tracks Filthy, Overrun With Rats
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20150514174207723AA.mp4 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An audit by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has revealed that subway tracks are filled with rats, dirt...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With Rat Complaints On The Rise, NYC Redoubles Efforts
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — To many in New York City, the rats are winning. The city’s complaint hotline is on pace for a record year of rat calls, exceeding the more than 24,000 over each of the last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City Health Department Steps Up Patrols As Rat Complaints Skyrocket
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The city was on target this month for a record year of rat complaints to its 311 hotline, exceeding the more than 24,000 last year. As CBS2’s Jessica Schneider reported, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VIDEO: Gigantic Rat Creeps Up Sleeping Man’s Neck On Subway Train
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Get ready to cringe. A sleeping subway rider appeared be woken up by a huge rat crawling up his leg and neck during an early morning ride. Witness Antony Lin captured the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rat Academy Arms New Yorkers With The Information Needed To Fight A Rodent...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — City officials want to educate New Yorkers about how to deal with rats. It’s information that could help residents fight the city’s rat invasion. Early every morning Allan is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Long Island Antique Store Closed After Officials Remove More Than 100 Rats
ISLIP, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A Long Island antique shop was shut down Tuesday after officials found dozens of rats in the back room. The SPCA removed more than 100 rats from the Ronkonkoma store. A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Listen, We Failed:’ Tenants Furious After Rare Infection Spread By Rat Urine...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Anger was unleased in a meeting at a Bronx building Wednesday night, as officials try to make sure no one else gets infected after one person died and two others were sickened...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Swarms Of Rats Seen Around 2 Schools On Roosevelt Island
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A plague of rats has been causing trouble for two local schools, and students have been forced to deal with it for months. As CBS2’s Reena Roy reported Monday, the sickening...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CBS2 Investigates: Roosevelt Island Residents Don’t Buy Claim That Rat...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The city Department of Education said this week that the root of the problem of rats running rampant at a school on Roosevelt Island is not on school property. CBS2’s Reena Roy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘It’s Terrible:’ Long Island Neighborhood Plagued By Rat Problem
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Long Island neighborhood is being plagued by a rat problem. Every day, Thomas Morritt, who lives on Lockwood Boulevard in Farmindale, finds three or four dead rats in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NYC To Spend $32 Million To Reduce Rat Population
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The de Blasio administration is taking on rats. The city will spend $32 million to reduce the rat population by 70 percent, concentrating on the Grand Concourse area of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rats At Playgrounds Leave Parents Fit To Be Tied On Upper West Side
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There was outrage on the Upper West Side this weekend, with parents saying huge rats are ruining their visits to the neighborhood. They also told CBS2’s Erin Logan their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Waldwick Residents In Search Of Solution For Sudden Surge In Rat Sightings
WALDWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — After finding them all over their property some Bergen County residents say rats are taking over the neighborhood. “It’s frightening to think that a child could get bit by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Carroll Park Rat Problem Has Been Gnawing At Visitors For Over A Decade
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Kids aren’t the only ones climbing all over the equipment in a Brooklyn playground, parents say Carroll Park is swarming with rats. So far this year, the park has had more 311...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Study: NYC Rats Have Evolved Into ‘Uptown,’‘Downtown’ Breeds
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York is a city of diverse humans, and a Fordham University grad student team has discovered it may be a city of diverse rats as well. A study by five researchers found...
View ArticleResidents Say Rats Are Running Rampant In Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Rats running rampant in a Brooklyn neighborhood have residents on edge. Now, they’re looking for more help to get rid of the rodents. “I’m not talking about 10 or 20; I’m...
View ArticleAbandoned Yonkers Store Now Home To Horde Of Rats
YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — They only come out at night, but the rats who have taken up residence in the ruins of National Wholesale Liquidators have plans for their new neighborhood. More than a year...
View ArticleBelmont Racetrack Worker Dies Of Rare Rat-Borne Virus
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state health officials believe a backstretch worker at Belmont Park died from a rare virus found in rodent droppings. The state health department said Friday that the racetrack...
View ArticleFilth-Covered Baby Rat Crawls Up From Bathroom Sink
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (CBSNewYork) – Rats have long since lived in the subways and under NYC buildings, and some neighborhoods see them are running rampant. Now apparently rats are also doing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rats The Size Of Cats?? NYCHA Tenants Have Video To Prove It
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Furious tenants of a public housing project in the Bronx were pleading for help Monday, saying their buildings are overrun with rats — and they’re not kidding. They have the...
View ArticleHungry Rats May Become ‘Aggressive’ Due To COVID-19 Restaurant Shutdowns, CDC...
Stay-at-home orders in many areas of the country may lead to an increase in rats and “aggressive rodent behavior,” the CDC warns.
View ArticleNew York City Ranks Third On Annual List Of ‘Rattiest’ Cities In America
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City, home of the famous Pizza Rat, is now number three on the list of “ratty” cities in America. FLASHBACK: Comedian’s Camera Rolls As ‘Pizza Rat’ Scurries Down Subway...
View ArticleWest Village Residents Sound Off On NYC’s Stance To Keep Outdoor Dining, Say...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The city’s plan to make outdoor dining permanent is meeting a lot of resistance from local residents. They say noise, rats and lack of space are just some of the problems,...
View ArticleOnly On CBS2: Staten Island Residents Haunted By Hundreds Of Rats Plaguing...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some Staten Island residents say they’re haunted by hundreds of rats plaguing their neighbor’s home. They’ve tried to help, but now they want the city to step in. Jack Murphy...
View Article
