NEW YORK (AP) — Hate rats? Are you a “somewhat bloodthirsty” New Yorker with excellent communication skills and “a general aura of badassery”? Then you might have what it takes to be the city’s new rat czar.
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Mayor Eric Adams’ administration posted a job listing this week seeking someone to lead the city’s long-running battle against rats. The official job title is “director of rodent mitigation,” although it was promptly dubbed the rat czar. Salary range is $120,000 to $170,000.
“The ideal candidate is highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty, determined to look at all solutions from various angles, including improving operational efficiency, data collection, technology innovation, trash management, and wholesale slaughter,” reads that ad.
The posting is whimsical, but the job is daunting.
New York City leaders have been trying to control the rodent population for generations, with mixed results. Sightings of rats in parks, sidewalks and other places in the city have recently increased.
City rats have survived a multimillion-dollar effort under former Mayor Bill de Blasio that focused on more trash pickups and better housing inspections in targeted neighborhoods. The city also launched a program to use dry ice to suffocate rats in their hiding spots.
Adams, when he was borough president of Brooklyn, once demonstrated a trap that used a bucket filled with a toxic soup to drown rats lured by the scent of food.
Now, the Adams’ administration is looking for a top rat bureaucrat to become the public face of the city’s eradication and education efforts.
“Cunning, voracious, and prolific, New York City’s rats are legendary for their survival skills, but they don’t run this city – we do,” claimed the posting.
Applicants are expected to have a crafty sense of humor and “to lead from the front, using hands-on techniques to exterminate rodents with authority and efficiency.”
how about the rats that come out of jail he can start with them first
If nyc can’t clean up their streets and train stations if garbage and food there is no way to get rid of the rats
I have a young black friend who would love this job. He’s been doing this practically his whole life, and he was born on the streets of New York, so he’ll be great at it! He doesn’t speak English, though, like most cats.
Spreads Lyme disease, leptospirosis, Salmonella and more. Wy dont doc test for this, so many sic out there.
Isn’t the Pied Piper available?
That rat pictured above, did he pay the fare for a train ride?
We need to hire an exterminator who will get rid of the most dangerous rats of them all, and that’s the two legged ones.
The filthy treasonous America hating criminal loving Marxist DemonRats (formerly Democrats), who are out to destroy our once great country.
First hire AOC to train the rat-catchers how to think, breathe and live like a rat.