Article 6AR35 Anti-rat activist hired to control New York City’s pest population

Anti-rat activist hired to control New York City’s pest population

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Kathleen Corradi is the city's first director of rodent mitigation, tasked with rooting out the city's infestation of vermin

Every New York City mayor has waged war - and mostly lost - against one of humanity's most cunning and enduring foe: rattus norvegicus. But has the city's vilest enemy, better known as the common brown rat, finally met its match?

Mayor Eric Adams introduced a former elementary school teacher and anti-rat activist as his new rat czar" on Wednesday. Officially, Kathleen Corradi, the mayor's new hire, will be known as the director of rodent mitigation.

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