Who’s winning New York City’s war on rats: rodents or trash bins?
A rat scurries through a Harlem backstreet, in New York City. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA rat scurries through a Harlem backstreet, in New York City. Thousands live in holes in the city parks, venturing out only at night to feed on trash.All businesses and low-density residential buildings, producers of around 70% of the city’s trash, were required to containerize in 2024.
- ▪A rat scurries through a Harlem backstreet, in New York City.
- ▪Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA rat scurries through a Harlem backstreet, in New York City.
- ▪Thousands live in holes in the city parks, venturing out only at night to feed on trash.All businesses and low-density residential buildings, producers of around 70% of the city’s trash, were required to containerize in 2024.
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A rat scurries through a Harlem backstreet, in New York City. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA rat scurries through a Harlem backstreet, in New York City. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty ImagesNew YorkWho’s winning New York City’s war on rats: rodents or trash bins?City on track to record fewest reported rat sightings since pandemic as Mamdani’s ‘containerization’ program brings bins to boroughsEdward Helmorein New YorkSat 8 Aug 2026 09.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleIs New York finally winning its war on rats? Or are New Yorkers’ vermin neighbors merely adapting to changing circumstances and, at least in some neighborhoods, staying out of sight?With an estimated one rat for every three people, New York’s long-running rat war…
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