"As of Wednesday, six raccoons and a cat have tested positive for rabies on Staten Island since the start of the year. These six raccoons make up a third of the 18 testing positive in the city so far in 2025. Ten of the raccoons testing positive were located in Queens and two were found in Brooklyn, the department shared. In the latest effort to distribute oral rabies vaccine baits, the New York City Health Department, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, is targeting areas of Queens, Brooklyn and select areas of northern Manhattan."
""The NYC Health Department is prioritizing oral rabies vaccines (ORV) in Brooklyn and Queens to coincide with efforts taking place in Nassau and Suffolk counties in order to interrupt transmission in a growing number of rabid raccoons and prevent spillover to other animals,""
""NYC Health monitors rabies activity across NYC. All animals testing positive for rabies are posted on our website here https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/rabies-stats.page. Pet owners are reminded to keep their pets up to date with rabies vaccination, and all New Yorkers should report any animal with signs of rabies by calling 311.""
Staten Island will not receive oral rabies vaccine baits even though six raccoons and a cat tested positive for rabies there since the start of the year. Those six raccoons represent one-third of the 18 rabid animals confirmed citywide so far in 2025. Ten rabid raccoons were found in Queens and two in Brooklyn. The New York City Health Department, working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Parks and Recreation, is deploying ORV baits in Queens, Brooklyn and parts of northern Manhattan through November. Pet owners are urged to keep rabies vaccinations current and report suspect animals to 311.
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