There are lots of reasons New Yorkers don’t want to go into the office anymore, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams may be trying to resolve one of them with his newest initiative to clean up the city’s streets.
New York City’s Office of the Deputy Mayor launched a job advert this week for a new director of rodent mitigation, unofficially known as the city’s “rat czar.” The post—which will pay between $120,000 and $170,000 a year—is ideally suited for “highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty” candidates who will be tasked with keeping the city’s notorious rat population in check.
