New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control.

Council Woman Susan Zhuang is introducing a measure to help cut down on wait times citywide for 311 complaints, including for issues with rats. Zhuang says the measure was drafted in response to ...

New York City officials have tried multiple ways to decrease the rat population, from dealing with garbage and treating rat-prone areas with birth control to flooding rat tunnels with carbon monoxide.

This neighborhood is totally rat-tled. Rat sightings are trending down citywide but some neighborhoods are seeing massive spikes — with one area in Queens hit with a 119% increase in 311 ...