GOOD LUCK!

New York City names its first-ever 'rat czar'

(Thanks to Annette, Peter Metrinko, Al Barkafski and Barry Nester)

Comments

[cfjk]

Glad to hear that they've given up on the idea of having a mayor.

[Rod]

cfjk, I though that *was* the mayor. They just renamed the position.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Weird. I thought our first Rat Czar was Ratso Rizzo.

[The Ghost of ETA Hoffman]

When the Mouse King gets wind of this, the Rat Czar better have her nutcrackers ready.

[klezmerphan]

Key quote:
"Kathleen Corradi has been named the city's director of rodent mitigation.

"You’ll be seeing a lot of me and a lot less rats," Corradi said Wednesday after she was introduced by Mayor Eric Adams."

Two points:
1. "[D]irector of rodent mitigation" - seriously??

2. "You’ll be seeing a lot of me and a lot less rats,"

New Yorkers may be seeing fewer rats, but I doubt any of those rodents are planning to lose weight.

[Pullet Surprise]

"Rats are a symptom of systemic issues, including sanitation, health, housing, and economic justice." Is she referring to rat's rights here? Rats have a right to clean sanitation, good health, good housing, and economic justice (huh?).

[Clankie]

I suppose it's just a coincidence that tsar is a anagram of rats.

[keith in tampa]

@klezmerphan, fewer vs less is a pet peeve of mine, thanks for the correction!

I hope the city buys a big spotlight with a rat-shadow to alert the rat-czar

[The Real Barry]

When will Florida name an iguana czar?

[nursecindy]

I wonder if NYC has ever thought about getting some cats.

[George Costanza]

So the NYC Rat Czar will try to free the rats from economic un-justice by offering them all jobs delivering pizza?

[Ralph]

I assume the Pied Piper won't work in NYC because the politicians there are too unreliable.

[Steverino]

Oh Rats!

[Pullet Surprise]

Uh-oh. Already this sounds like a certain country that also had czars in its history and is now trying to reabsorb one of its breakaway countries.

So now there is a local czar who declares time to take back New York from the rats. I think it is not nice to try and fool Mother Nature - these rats likely read the blogs on this website and call for unity to all creatures that have battled the humans for dominance. E.g., squirrels, feral pigs, snakes, alligators, beg bugs, chiggers, and the like. We will have real troubles, I predict, when all these creatures unite. Oh, and I left out one giant prodigious force - cockroaches.

Just can hear them say one day "We got your czar right here."

[Mickey & Minnie]

When you wish upon a czar, makes no difference who you are...

[Pullet Surprise]

"The rat czar everywhere, the rat czar everywhere."

"I am the rat czar, where are the rats?"

"They're everywhere."

[ChrisinVa]

I smell a rat.