The city’s new trash containers sit on 148th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, April 12, 2024 during a pilot program conducted by the Sanitation Dept. in Hamilton Heights. Now DOS wants to extend the pilot to West Harlem. ( Photo Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY) City Is Expanding Anti-Rat Pilot Program That Requires European-Style Metal Containers The rats were not invited to testify. The Sanitation Department submitted for public reaction its plan to launch a pilot... News 08 Nov 2024 | 07:12
From left to right: City Council Members Shaun Abreu, Erik Bottcher, Sandy Nurse, Chi Ossé and Carlina Rivera posed outside City Hall with two rats that were protesting new legislation passed on Thursday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin City Council’s ‘Rat Pack’ Says Rodents Are Ready to ‘Surrender’ In a city of millions, there’s an alarming number of unwelcome guests — ones that scurry, lurk and leap. Everyone’s seen... News 27 Oct 2022 | 05:54
