Dear Reader, you remember when I wrote about Brooklyn President Marty Markowitz's rats at Borough Hall? Well, it turns out that he is not alone. Michael Bloomberg is surrounded by the rodents as well...

Dear Reader, you remember when I wrote about Brooklyn President Marty Markowitz's rats at Borough Hall? Well, it turns out that he is not alone. Michael Bloomberg is surrounded by the rodents as well...

Yesterday, I happened to pass by City Hall (yes, I do leave the neighborhood sometimes) and happened to notice the tell-tale black boxes, the pesticide notification fliers and of course.... the large burrows around City Hall Park. There is no doubt: the area is infested with rats.

There is a certain justice in the fact that the rodents don't seem to discriminate between Manhattan and Brooklyn elected officials. The growing rat population is directly related to an increase in construction, insufficient garbage collection as well as badly coordinated responses amongst the city's agencies. Though New York City spends millions of dollars yearly on baiting and has created a special "Inter-Agency Rodent Task Force," the rat population is thriving.

Of course it doesn't help that residents insist on leaving food for birds and squirrels (and rats) like the woman above at City Hall Park.

Related reading:


Lots Of Rats At Brooklyn Borough Hall

Marty's Borough Hall Rats Doing Just Fine, Thank You!

Marty's Rats Still Going Strong And Playing In The Snow

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