New York has a Rat Czar. Other cities are trying new trapping methods. But the “rattiest city in America” can’t keep up with skyrocketing rodent complaints, data shows.
After months of mounting health and safety concerns — rodent infestations, electrical outages, leaks and poor building security — residents in a Woodlawn building have formed a tenants union to
With one co-op sold and the neighboring townhome association in the city’s Troubled Building Initiative, the block is an example of the limited options available to members of the city’s collectively owned housing..