The 'Rat Pack', NYC's New Plan to Get Rats Off City Streets

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Eric Adams announced a new initiative to curb the amount of rats on city streets — and is hoping residents will join his newly formed "Rat Pack."

Volunteers who join the New York City Rat Pack will be given official merch like t-shirts and hats with a rodent logo.

"We're really proud of the city's efforts of going after public enemy number one, and those are those pesky rodents that or have seen far too often. Now we're doing something new. We're recruiting an entirely new generation of the Rat Pack," Adams said during a press conference Sunday in Sunset Park.

"As was sung when I walked up, you don't have to be Frank Sinatra in the crew. It's just a different type of leader to fight the rats, and we want you to join up and become a member of our Rat Pack. You don't need to sing."

To join the "Rat Pack" you will need to:

• Attend a two-hour New York City Department of Health Rat Academy session that will give you instructions on how to deal with rodents.
• Participate in a New York City Service rat mitigation event
• Go out on a rat walk, hosted by the city's own rat czar, Kathy Corradi.

For more information, visit Nyc.gov/service and search “Rat Pack."