For decades, New York City sidewalks have been notorious for their heaps of trash in plastic bags, a feeding ground for the city's relentless rat population.

New York City residents take out their trash by flinging ... providing smorgasbords for rats. In the winter, the trash mounds get buried in snow and remain frozen in place for days, sometimes ...

Sorry, Pizza Rat. Proposal Rat is taking its bite out of the Big Apple. New York City is chock full of wild things, from party animals to top dogs, but there’s no ...

When the bags inevitably leak or break open, they spill litter into the street, providing smorgasbords for rats. In the ...

She says the fines are frivolous. When Mayor Eric Adams took office nearly three years ago, he made it his personal mission to solve New York City’s seemingly intractable rat problem. “I hate rats, ...

In true New York fashion, it then starts running in circles near the couple, before appearing to totally disappear into the night. After the rat was gone, the man finally got down on one knee ...

The larger-than-life inflatable rodent is the centerpiece of artist Marlene Hausegger’s exhibition at Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn. Scabby the Rat is front and center in the Brooklyn ...