Posted on 01/12/2024 12:05:06 PM PST by lowbridge
Shocking video showed what appeared to be more than a dozen rats scurrying away from underneath a homeless person’s blanket in a New York City subway.
The video shared on TikTok by @six4bk718 showed a blanket against the wall toward the end of a subway platform.
From afar, it appeared that there was a person sleeping underneath the blanket, but not only that, a few rats were seen scurrying away.
The person recording the video approached the blanket and called out to the person underneath. When the person began to stir and lift the blanket, over a dozen rats ran out from underneath.
3.2 million rat sightings reported in NYC in 2023
Rats are a top public concern along with crime, homelessness and exorbitant rents.
In 2023, residents have called in almost 3.2 million rat sightings to the city's 311 service request line, just shy of the record number of complaints in 2021.
To combat the city’s rat problem, New York City Mayor Eric Adams introduced a new Rat Czar in April 2023 and even changed trash pickup times.
"Rats are smart, they are resilient," said Adams. "Many of us live in communities where rats think they run the city."
No traps nor poisonous bait have fully succeeded in reducing their numbers. Rats have thrived in subway tunnels and burrows within empty lots and city parks.
"Rats have proven to be one of the most formidable opponents that humans have faced. Here in New York City, we’re locked in a constant battle," said Councilmember Erik Bottcher, whose district includes Times Square.
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BBQ time. Rats are a great source of protein esp the larger NYC ones.
That came to my mind also.
Since so often here on Free Republic we call Democrats rats, we always have to wonder, what sort of rodent is being referred to, when people talk about rats.
That guy needs a coupla cats.
Well, we shut down their lab in Wuhan and this makes an excellent lab for experimentation. This time they will have plausible deniability.
Covit was bad just wait and see what crawls out of the NY subway. Illegal aliens are another source of excellent virology.
It has everything to do with political parties. See? I can say stuff too.
The smart people are getting out. It's natural selection. Imagine what it will be like when it's left entirely to the morons!
piing for great Justice!
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