Could New York City's harsh winter weather end up curbing the number of rats? Here's why experts are saying don't count on it.

As a result of New York’s most severe winter in years, the city may see a drop from it’s estimated 3 million rats ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Unleash the cats. Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa says cat colonies are the answer to New York City’s rat problem. On Sunday, Sliwa outlined his plan to continue the ...

NEW YORK (WPIX) – A New York City resident says she’s being kept awake each night by the sound of rodents outside her window. Public housing resident Kanielle Hernandez said the rat problem at the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Unleash the cats.

Furious parents in a ritzy New York City neighborhood demanded that feral cats be unleashed to manage the booming number of rats that have taken over their kids' playground. Families on the Upper West ...

Editor’s note: The video aired on April 13 after Katie Corradi was appointed as the New York City rat czar. NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City will have to continue its ‘War on Rats’ without one of its ...

UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- The New York City Department of Sanitation thought it was doing a good thing when it took hundreds of litter baskets off the streets. But on Wednesday, Mayor Bill ...

New York Mayor Eric Adams has waged a years-long campaign against the city’s rats, dubbing them “public enemy number one” and even appointing a “rat czar” to tackle the problem in 2023. But with the ...