Rat problem in NYC

New York City is trying to crack down on the big rat problem across the city.
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[@Otter-Destruction]

I just saw a woman step out of cab and throw a half eaten pizza on to the street with paper dish and all. People are the problem.

[@TOOMUCHSAUCE91]

I am clueless as to why new york is so expensive when it's so filthy

[@AmericanThunder]

Democrats.

[@jonathancarter4817]

​@@AmericanThunder *capitalism

[@georgewagner7787]

So the mayor's answer is to put trash out later instead of making people use cans? Just means they miss breakfast

[@share201lllll]

🤣🤣🤣 Sad But So True

[@Katana_00]

Bingo

[@operationlull3742]

cops hate people that work or go to school. Anything to extort them or make their lives horrible. Makes sense

[@yapandasoftware]

NY has a rat problem.. Of the Democ variety...

[@Badbostonbitch]

That and could make more frequent trash pick ups instead of once a week it needs to be like 3x with an infestation that bad.

[@thedaily30]

NOW this is a problem? In 2022? Lmao have these people just moved here?

[@MrWfurman]

Ny is a trashy Democrat 💩🕳️....🤣

[@dsgodfater28]

if they are 2 leged CHARGE THE COUNTRY THEY COME FROM

[@Ymf207]

@@dsgodfater28 ah yes because that would solve the problem good thinking!

[@J8u21]

I remember the time when i visited NYC back in 2012, i saw A LOT of rats at the subway tracks. Nasty

[@CheGuevara-uf4pm]

just most just moved there because of gentrification, especially to places like Harlem, the bronx and Brooklyn where the rats always been out like that but its a problem now because white people now live in those areas

[@tchlin]

I've been saying we had a huge rat problem forever here. Get rid of the politicians already!

[@maryannehui]

The sewer rats aren't the issue, but the 2 legged pests roaming the streets and in politics in NYC

[@bobloblaw9791]

Got eeem

[@nobody-hp7fg]

There's a lot of 2 legged pests living in sewers

[@FeralWorker]

From Australia, those trash bag piles just look insane. Bags need to be in containers--plastic or metal--with lids, that the city provides to all residents. Something taxes are meant to guarantee.

[@wc9885]

Same in the UK. All rubbish it normally in bins now and not piled up

[@trenchrock]

Bins everywhere in Canada as well. No wonder they have a rat problem.

[@ph0uad]

@@trenchrock You probably live in a suburban, rich area. Where I live we put the trash out in bags just like in new york -- no bins

[@this1betterwork]

These restaurants rather throw tons of food away to the rats, but won’t feed the homeless.

[@RyanJohnson-pz4tb]

why should they feed drug addicts instead of rats.

[@user-et6se3hl1v]

I like that lady she said people got to clean up after themselves. Like when I saw a young woman poop 💩 in the doorway of a restaurant and left it and ran off. I think society is beyond being civil it’s a whole new breed out there.

[@hellybellybelly]

Yes, this will definitely fix the rat problem! Especially the part about writing reports. Maybe put up some "no rats" signs.

[@avayalde6902]

Hahagahahahagahaha !

[@elMore1107]

Rat King !!

[@brad4058]

😂😂😂

[@lovewenwin]

Lol

[@attilakovacs2231]

What about to sanction them?

[@B7957395]

Those rats look a lot bigger than the rats we have here in downtown Atlanta 😢

[@anti-narc1343]

You just saw the regular ones Real nyc rats wear timbs and chains and they ready to get down

[@MPPharaoh]

@@anti-narc1343 For Real Son. Yknowwhatimsayin B. 😂😂😂😂

[@AliAli-gk7rf]

@@MPPharaohdon’t forget dem raccoons be totin straps

[@nycdrake7410]

“Rat problem in NYC”…No shit🤷🏾‍♂️😂

[@ms.jackson3816]

Okay... So I'm in Queens and the area has soooooo many stray cats it's not funny, I have yet to see a rat while out at night. Brooklyn used to have so many strays as well and then they said nope take the cats away and nowwww we have a crazy rat problem. Rats are literally chilling on the steps of brownstones in some of the most expensive neighborhoods, we walk in the street. PA has this thing where you build these little cat homes for cats for the winter because it's less expensive and less harmful than pest control and poison.

[@heatwave2.0]

This has been a problem for years. Why are they talking about it now?

[@josesosa3337]

Probably a distraction in my opinion.

[@tenidaska9984]

they getting bigger and bigger

[@normanalvarez5751]

Elections that's why

[@srodriguez721]

I’m so glad that I left NY… there are too many reasons to list. All I can say is that.. the Red pill I took woke me up and I’m not turning back.

[@0ut1and3r]

im starting to get depressed here...

[@srodriguez721]

@@0ut1and3r That’s exactly how I felt for the last couple of years before I left. I have been in Florida for the last 12 years and honestly , I haven’t felt depressed since.

[@1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew]

Now you say red pill. But when men say red pill and vote red women get in the way. Do us a favor tell your friends to help NY and vote red

[@srodriguez721]

@@1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew Trust me, I tell everyone who will listen.

[@srodriguez721]

@@kadhijasanders It’s a term well known by those of us that woke up to the lies of the Democratic Party .

[@superrunnerx1]

They are forgetting that the homeless will toss the garbage everywhere and more mess and you can't control that

[@joylynch5204]

Lots of people who are not homeless are careless with their trash

[@LordHaveMurcielago]

How those things seem to never touch the third rail in the subway is beyond me!

[@JeezWhiz1]

They can actually sense the energy coming from those rails,,,something we can't do

[@LordHaveMurcielago]

@@JeezWhiz1 wow! That’s insane!

[@FreeHat]

Rodents are smart. They probably saw one get fried and knew to avoid it from there.

[@greg2142]

Oh they do, and it's a spectacular sight to behold.

[@thegameksk]

You have to make the connection to get shocked. If you just touch the 3rd tail nothing will happen. If you touch the 3rd rail and the open track you get fired

[@alileevil]

With the amount of work these politicians do during election year, NYC needs to have elections every year.

[@hyunsunjung1816]

Today I took the train from east broadway, and a rat was running on the platform. Now I see this on the news.

[@dtraversodt]

For real ...I too just yesterday saw a rat almost a footlong on a platform next to someone waiting for next train

[@dd4850]

@@dtraversodt 🤯

[@MrWfurman]

Because New York is a trashy Democrat 💩 🕳️....🤣

[@rollzolo]

At least they don't rob, shoot, or push innocent people on the tracks.

[@dtraversodt]

@@rollzolo Rats so big I almost pushed one myself

[@kk2ak14]

Rats were here always, before and after cov

[@effytraveler6155]

We need tickets for littering as train stations have food and liquid containers on the floor. We need increased pick ups. We need to have better sources of trash cans and pick ups. I seem to be one of the few people who holds their trash to a can. They get full quickly and pile to the floor. Give money to Sanitation.

[@1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew]

Tickets? You don't get it. We need jail. Death penalty and deportation.

[@Patricia-om3vo]

Some people are just slobs they have no manners just bring a small bag with you to put your garbage and throw it in the garbage pail. The people that don't are lazy dirty slobs

[@TradeInfinitum]

@@1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew for littering? im sure u would get the death penalty. since u obviously would had littered in the past 24 hours...

[@khadijakhan4501]

@@1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew what does deportation have to do with this problem? How would “deportation “ help??? 😂😂😂😂😂 🤡 🤡

[@marekkolenda2803]

Makes rat epidemic in laboratory and rates reduce to Zero in NY

[@motherlessblues1565]

You think the rat keeps time ? So they will not go to the kerb until 8 PM ? Please !! Maybe Mayor could put some standby shelters out there ( for the rats ) while they wait for bins at 8PM

[@rooroo5363]

They actually do keep time. Just like you and me. Just like you make SOME decisions based on TIME, they do also!

[@mini-qx9gx]

So weird, I live right outside of Chicago and visit frequently... I have very rarely seen rats and they are usually seen hiding in dark alleys. I have been to NYC *ONCE* in February of 2020 and witnessed more rats than i could count on both hands running around the mountains of trash lining the streets and the subway tracks. Interesting

[@DJEmpress333]

That's because Orken is lying. Not only have I NEVER seen a rat in Chicago after living here for close to 8 years, Chicago does not leave bags of trash piled up on the street like NYC does. Of course Chicago has some parts which are very sketchy but even those parts aren't allowed to have bags of trash piled up anywhere. I've seen a few mice running across the train tracks but have yet to see one rat. I'm not saying there aren't rats in Chicago but I haven't seen any and there definitely isn't more rats than NYC, not even close. Or LA for that matter. Chicago is a Top Green City well-known for how clean most parts are.

[@mini-qx9gx]

@@DJEmpress333 exactamundo Pamela! Well said

[@commonsense3921]

Chicago is actually pretty clean for the most part, I never seen a City that looks and feels completely different from it’s reputation, Chicago is beautiful.

[@davidturner7717]

Chicago fines home owners who don’t put trash in the garbage cans

[@eldritchpumpkinghost2968]

Chicago has more rats but they are concentrated in smaller areas. NYC has rats that go wherever they want. Orkin is not taking into account the distribution of the Rats in the cities for some reason.

[@bobbib5779]

once upon a time they had a stray cat and dog problem now a rat problem you got rid of the predators of the rats so now they roam free makes sense to me

[@dtraversodt]

This is why hawk farms should be on rooftops of high rises. Sadly the raccoons and stray cats are so busy fighting each other that rats walk by and laugh

[@daubabylon]

if people were a bit more cleaner and not be throwing garbage around the problem would diminish.

[@Todd.T]

There is one area in Toronto where people stack bags of garbage out on the street like in the video. Guess what they have problems with? Outside the city, everything is locked up in cans. Residential garbage is picked up on a specific day and nobody puts their garbage out earlier, if you do, the raccoons will tip it over and throw the garbage everywhere and it make the area look like shite as every day is garbage day. None of the rats can get in my garbage cans. During the pandemic, the rats left the cities and came to the suburbs. I bought an electronic trap and killed all the mice and rats that came into my shed. Over 21 of them. I threw the dead rats and mice in a specific spot and the raccoons ate them. Three neighbors got cats. In 2022 there were zero rats or mice in my shed. I was going to move to exterior traps that just broke their necks and dropped them outside so I didn't have to empty the other traps. I had wifi enabled battery powered traps that told me when there was a dead critter in there. I used some fatty BBQ to get them to come to the free lightning ride. NYC needs to stop letting people toss garbage around like it's medieval times. They also need to get traps that feed the mice and rats poison that will be carried back to their nests and kill the other rats. They need to fine people and businesses that open the front door and toss out garbage bags on the sidewalk. People need to get personal and their own traps My neighborhood was cheering me on. If we all had traps like mine we would easily nuke as many as 300 rats per night in my small subdivision. I have killed more than one probably as much as three in one night. The racoons and skunks ate the rats and mice. The coyote ate the skunks and the raccoons. The foxes ate the squirrels. Once the food dried up, no coyote and no fox.

[@aphillips5376]

What electric trap did you get. My town has a known huge rat problem they are not addressing. I have used snap traps but are interested in the electrical one you used.

[@Todd.T]

@@aphillips5376 Victor Smart Kill. Mine is the WIFI version that tells you that you have a kill via an app. They have other cheaper models that don't tell you, so you would have to keep checking them. Just turn them on an angle and the rodents slide out. There are other ones that will kill outside and empty themselves via gravity so the rats don't come inside, but they cost more.

[@bonefishgrill6382]

lmao, this been a problem for decadesssssssss

[@DKWiseman]

It's not a rat problem, it's a human problem

[@jenniferwills9752]

Hear hear! The human world is a mess

[@Erixebus]

It would help if the trash company would make sure that all the trash goes into the truck and not all over the street. Also doesn't help that those who are digging for cans rip holes into all the bags and make a mess.

[@TheConscienceOne]

Amazing a 5 year old can solve the rat problem but they can't smh. Probably allowed bc one day they might have to eat those rats.

[@germaingarvelo6366]

This is ridiculous where I live I actually seen a huge rat they aren’t trying there best to better the city we all need to come as a community and make the city great again if you live in poverty if you live in a luxurious home apartment no matter where we all need to be responsible for our actions and stop throwing garbage and leaving in downstairs for sanitation who shows up when ever they want we need to clean our city make it what it use to be once a better place for the environment for new borns for people who actually care who agrees with me

[@Caracaraorangeberry]

please use punctuation

[@Daonechilling69]

@@Caracaraorangeberryu too bud

[@draco2xx]

they been slacking for the past century wtf😂

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Adams is declaring rats illegal. Just like guns are illegal. That should help, rriigghhtt?!

[@rhuttrho88]

@Dennis Plum No guns for anyone!

[@Screenwriting]

Phew, politicians are on it!

[@shnobi24]

I thought they were talking about politicians

[@michaelorosz272]

Same thing.

[@georgewagner7787]

LOL. best one today

[@lionelhutz5137]

I think NYC should create a cat brigade to patrol the streets. 🐱

[@Lzrdman91]

They should call it P*ssy patrol

[@TheSkete]

Why on Earth are people giving them WATER!?

[@Piffydaily]

I belong here just as much as you do! - Rat wearing NY baseball cap🐀🧢

[@pdalaigh]

So what about the rats in City Hall?

[@EsmeraldaWolfsbane7777]

😂🤣😅👍🏻🤣😂😅

[@jerrymartin3965]

They're not as bad as the human rats living in NYC.

[@emiljawad5777]

NYC bruh it’s a joint effort we need to make sure everybody gets the credit they deserve for this

[@nicolesempio4919]

In London there are foxes that monitor rats😅 perhaps would be a good idea to introduce foxes in parks there too?😂

[@danamiller2233]

Unleash a bunch of feisty cats....

[@GIJew]

They should just put up "Rat-Free Zone" signs, since that works so well with guns!

[@bpo4736]

When rats are fed more than the homeless 🙃

[@EsmeraldaWolfsbane7777]

Rats lives matter!!!!

[@choklit4u]

So you mean to tell me they let TRASH pile up like that even after the panda 👀

[@ocl4586]

Was recently in NYC for 6 nights and saw 5 rats. More than I’ve seen in the last 6 years anywhere else.

[@NoNo-iz8hd]

Garbage piled up everywhere and several containers that provide water for the rats.

[@Purecarbo]

Just get me all the cats from the kill shelters, A haul trailer, and a month of time. I’ll bring my own truck and equipment.

[@albertsantos9966]

I had one but it was a pet. She was vaccinated. She now runs around with God in his kingdom. 🌥

[@EsmeraldaWolfsbane7777]

💚

[@dachanist]

Breaking News: NYC is thinking about getting garbage cans

[@derekbuxton6626]

NYC needs volunteers to dispose trash, not just the ones who get paid to do it.

[@MaryJane.007]

“New York is a brand” says Mayor Adams…

[@EsmeraldaWolfsbane7777]

NYC💩brand...

[@ProfessorKenneth]

Say trash pick up is Monday morning 8am, you should put your/ our trash out Monday morning at 6 am 2 hours. The night before is daft because 8pm compared to 4 on isn't making any difference. I still say put the trash out 2 hours before they pick it up.

[@RaeHenning-Stephenson]

I was really wondering what happened to my stash of giant mega- rats, after they vanished mysteriously one day.

[@jamesmuehlbauer4187]

Aww 🥰, it's a NY SQUIRREL 🤣

[@bomboclatgardener4490]

Rats are needed underground if u want it or not

[@abroadwiththeburrells]

The rats in NYC are nuts, but to this day, Rome is the most rat infested city I've ever witnessed. I remember about 5 in the evening, they would be out running in droves. In broad daylight!

[@saltminer9120]

We dont call them rats, we call them Democrats

[@biggjford2716]

im from the south and its safe to say that i will never go to NY in this lifetime.

[@shabazzx6381]

He need to be more concerned about the crime problem in NYC...

[@miguelcondadoolivar5149]

Both problems are connected. Littering creates an unclean city, which bring rats, which worsens living conditions, which increases crime. Civil conciousness about hygiene is necessary to fix the problem and, thus, to solve one, you must solve the other.

[@Latina-Texan]

Why is there so much trash every where?

[@sokisoko_]

those rat poison filled plastic rocks didn’t even work, the ones by Astor place have rat burrows right next to them 😂

[@christopher_martin]

There is a bigger rat problem in Washington D.C.....mainly the White House !

[@sdlock83]

I'm setting up rat sanctuaries in several blocks of NYC! They're highly smart and affectionate.

[@CasaFuenteOrange]

I’ve never even been to NY and I knew they had rats the size of Shaqs feet since I was born.

[@2KGrind09]

i visit NYC and not see a rat the entire time, I visit Chicago & they are all over the damn place 😬

[@dtraversodt]

I heard they love the Lake Michigan and Michigan Ave areas at night

[@leelaural]

my dtr had a lot in her backyard in Portland.....her neighbor who had lived there for 25 yrs said it was the worse she ever saw....

[@ForeverLuxeDesigns]

You probably didnt get on the train

[@ayusuatika3688]

Pinocchio 🤥🤥, even Haboub/Socialites ☯️ saying there more more more more more home+less in there

[@DJEmpress333]

Stop lying.

[@marymastromauro8164]

Leave out rat poison, buckets of water with antifreeze

[@Davidgon100]

Where will the dumpsters go? Manhattan has no alleys.

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

Unbelievable that a nice city like New Yuck with so many people crammed together placing their waste on the sidewalk would have a rat problem.

[@jayarnold8883]

Remember the plaque ? Clean up your mess New York....

[@MrParis215]

Out In the Daytime like squirrels bruh... 😳🤦🏾

[@dtraversodt]

Just like we have all these outdoor dining fixtures why can't retail strips have huge metal sidewalk trash compactors?

[@ceciliaolivieri5395]

You can make it better but you CAN'T stop rats. They are everywhere, they eat EVERYTHING and not just food.

[@deborahenderson1395]

That's just the politicians in their other form.

[@IngefromGraz]

I totally agree with you!

[@nathanc30]

That many people were never supposed to live in such a small area. The same thing in Indian cities

[@corineusa1454]

Why the word salad? By the time the overhaul is complete, New Yorkers will be able to claim a rat as dependents next year. LOL!!

[@GKelley-gn1ul]

i thought this was about migrants

[@loikiillkkkka9162]

Street hamster lives matter

[@anaromello]

It should be illegal to leave rubbish bags on the streets. Why don't they have bins?

[@KB-si5fx]

The rats aren't the ones shoving people in front of trains tho.

[@steviejohnson378]

How the hell does Chicago have a worse rat problem than NYC. Someone is lying.

[@DanFreeman723]

NY has too, too many people. No actual way to keep up with all that trash. Not meant to be...

[@selimkaptan669]

You need stray cat population.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

So, the new crop of city government candidates are already going public!

[@loudertv8676]

So you're telling me the city pays these people to come up with the dumbest ideas. That's disappointing

[@ForeverLuxeDesigns]

And they want thousands for tiny apartments!

[@1gostgarden]

Washington DC needs to get on board with this starting with Hilary Rotten Clingon

[@brianmoore493]

Imagine that, Rats proposing legislation for rats

[@romanc.5074]

Yeah, rats that walk on two legs.

[@richsnslave2718]

This is just dumb. What difference is it gon make if thr trash is out for 10 hours vs 14hrs. It's still a whole 10hrs for rats to feast. Why not put it out an hour b4 the trash man comes and put traps all around the cans. I mean if you gon take an aggressive approach they gon have to do better than this!

[@100Aurangzeb]

Rats on two feet are more dangerous than the one on 4 feet.

[@conejita]

Girl its either you get attacked by a person or a rat what a mess not to mention what else could be going on oof

[@wmonger]

They keep voting them in. Oh, you're talking about the little rodents.

[@donaldbrooks9588]

infestations usually increase when they are fed leaving trash out makes it easier for them to eat

[@rtel123]

Almost every city I know has switched to totes with lids, picked by by mechanical arms on a truck. An antiquated system here, to throw loose trash bags, and a more expensive labor intensive system to pick them up by hand. And most cities provide a separate tote for recyclables like cardboard. What a waste of NYC landfill! City-owned totes pay for themselves within months by cutting labor costs and worker injury insurance. Not to mention- fewer rats!

[@atticusgq]

Too many people in NYC that's the problem

[@ericvogt3993]

Sounds like New Yorkers are going to be playing Vermintide for real soon.

[@tyronejones7470]

Im in FL with bugs, gators and snakes and a whole list of wild life rats not a big deal.

[@EsmeraldaWolfsbane7777]

I visited Florida in 2014 and saw shit I had never seen before in my life giant cockroachs running after me and they can fly, frogs in the shower, snakes outside I left in two weeks I couldn't do it my heart couldn't handle it everyday was like something out of horror movie.🤯😱

[@dtraversodt]

I'm suprised with all the ships that dock in and around Miami that they don't make the top 10 rat list

[@badpiggies988]

They should encourage people to get pet cats for their homes and crack down on littering

[@midwestdawg83]

Cats. Not Rats. Stronger Together 🎉