They’re determined to catch the rat that tried to kill their rodent. Service workers union Unite Here Local 25 wants a ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The nasty street fight against rats, which has become a symbol of city living, is now finally in New Yorkers’ favor. PIX11’s Kirstin Cole has the story.

You could call it rata-tour-y. New York City has always been at war with rats, from when they jumped from ship to shore in the 18th century to the city’s anti-rat campaign today. Over many decades, ...

New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have cemented their ...

Study finds 18 unknown viruses in New York rats. — -- Rats are a part of daily life in New York as they scurry about subway tracks and garbage heaps. However, even though the creatures been ...

NEW YORK -- Move over pizza rat. Video of a new, hungry New York City rodent is going viral. A rat was spotted grabbing a donut from the subway tracks at a Lower Manhattan station and sharing it with ...

New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways, leaving some residents afraid to let their children walk on sidewalks. Faced ...

This week's frigid weather has many New York City residents shivering, scurrying into cozy spots and feeling sapped. Including the rats. The United States' most populous city has been spared the Upper ...

"Two rats in a given year can reproduce 15,000 descendants," New York City Councilmember Shaun Abreu said. "We have to go at the source." As chair of the sanitation committee, he led the successful ...

The Sanitation Department credits the city's new sealed garbage bins for keeping rats away.