Rat-hating mayor ticketed for rat infestation… once again

That’s New York City mayor Eric Adams, who has made rodent mitigation a priority for his administration.  For added context, excerpts from the reporting by AP News:

The ticket, first reported by the Daily News, was Adams’ fifth rodent violation since he became mayor in January 2022.

Adams, who now lives in Gracie Mansion, the official mayor’s residence, challenged the previous rat tickets he got at the Brooklyn property.

Three were dismissed, but the mayor paid $300 to settle the fourth. Adams told a hearing officer he had spent $7,000 on rat mitigation at the property.

Adams, a Democrat, frequently proclaims, “I hate rats!” and once tried to prove it by demonstrating a device that drowned them in a vat of caustic liquid.

He appointed the city’s first “rat czar” last year after posting a help-wanted ad seeking applicants who could commit to the “wholesale slaughter” of the pests.