Absolutely no one likes a rat, a city official said on Tuesday, demanding $1.5 million be restored to the budget to be help control what he called Manhattan’s horrific rat problem.
Seeing vermin running amok on city streets and in subway tunnels is a turn-off for tourists, said Manhattan Borough president Scott Stringer.
“They don’t want to come here and share their vacation with a New York City rat,” Stringer told Reuters.
True dat. More via Reuters.