For decades, New York sidewalks were awash in piled-up black plastic rubbish bags, some of which doubled as housing projects for the city’s other inhabitants. “I’ve kicked bags of garbage in New York ...

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 ...

A coalition of rattl-ed Brooklynites living on notoriously rodent-infested blocks are pleading with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to bring in a new rat czar – after their calls for the city to renew the ...

In a city that never sleeps—and never seems to run out of rats—Suzanne Reisman has found her calling. Her “Garbage & Rats in NYC” walking tour reveals the city’s trashy underbelly in ways both ...

The New York City Council committee on sanitation and solid waste management passed a vote 7-3 in favor of expanding a West Harlem containerization pilot program to the rest of the city at a hearing ...