Tag: Rats

  • Memorial Walk

    Memorial Walk

    The East Harlem Committee For Good Government and Progressives Educating New Yorkers, Inc. are currently preparing a memorial booklet to commemorate the lives of our beloved community members who lost their lives to suicide. To make this initiative a success, they are seeking sponsors interested in supporting this meaningful cause. If you would like to…

  • A Letter To East Harlem Politicians From SuperNice Cafe’s Owner

    A Letter To East Harlem Politicians From SuperNice Cafe’s Owner

    hello friends, neighbors, customers, and elected officials, i appreciated the opportunity to speak at least night’s cb11 economic committee meeting with respect to the timbale terrace development plan. we have a unique perspective on this project here at super nice as we are both around the corner from one of lantern’s current projects, prospero hall,…

  • Join Community Voices Heard in Following Black Women

    Join Community Voices Heard in Following Black Women

    Community Voices Heard writes: We are on the precipice of change. President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson signals confirmation of a true commitment to change and representation in our nation’s highest court. We know Black women are an extremely powerful voting bloc, and we also understand the critical role we play in our…

  • Even Bigger

    Even Bigger

    Fast Company is reporting that the urban critters we see (yes, a euphemism for rats) are getting bigger. So it’s not your imagination: Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History are expressing surprise at the results of a new study showing that urban mammals are growing. A quartet of scientists analyzed over 140,000 measurements…

  • Rats!  Back Up

    Rats! Back Up

    The Department of Health (and Mental Hygiene) has finally released their new, improved Rat Portal (which sounds like something you wouldn’t want rats to have access to…). https://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/Rats/ You can go to the portal, select your community district, and look at your block to see where rat complaints, sightings, eradication, and inspections are going on:…

  • Mice and Rats!

    Mice and Rats!

    Yikes! MacKenzie Scott Donates to El Museo and The Studio Museum MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, promised to keep giving her fortune away “until the safe is empty” following her divorce from Jeff Bezos in 2019. Over the past year, Scott has donated some $6 billion to more than 500…

  • Enroll in the Rat Academy (yes, it’s a thing)

    You have likely heard (and perhaps seen) that rats have made a comeback in the COVID era. With so many restaurants closed, or open in a reduced presence, rats have had to head toward residential garbage for their food needs. In New York City, property owners are required (PDF) to keep their properties rat-free and address conditions…