"This week, Adams signed Executive Order No. 63, which formally establishes the Mayor's Office of Rodent Mitigation, the first stand-alone mayoral office in city history devoted entirely to rats. It's the bureaucratic capstone to Adams' much-publicized "War on Rats" and it answers a lingering question many New Yorkers have asked since the city appointed its first "rat czar" two years ago: what actually happens next?"
"Rather than trapping rats itself, the office's job is coordination. It sets citywide strategy, pushes agencies to close the gaps that allow infestations to thrive and makes sure that sanitation rules, enforcement, landscaping, housing maintenance and pest control contracts work together. It's less "exterminator with a net" and more air-traffic controller for every city agency that touches trash, soil, buildings and food waste."
The Mayor's Office of Rodent Mitigation formalizes a city-level office focused exclusively on rodent control. The office centralizes oversight and coordination among agencies that previously handled rodent issues separately, including Sanitation, Health, Parks, and NYCHA. A mayor-appointed director will set citywide strategy, push agencies to close gaps that enable infestations, and ensure sanitation rules, enforcement, landscaping, housing maintenance, and pest-control contracts align. The office will not perform extermination directly but will manage cooperation across agencies and programs. The office will lead public education and outreach through Rat Academies, volunteer rat walks, and the NYC Rat Pack, and will work with academic and pest-management partners testing new tools.
Read at Time Out New York
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