“People think it would go to the Parks Department, but it became a police thing, you know, who's going to get the first 911 call? Police officer,” Mays told the outlet.īefore smartphones, turning back (or forward) the clocks used to mean something. Mays described the beekeeping aspect of his police work as “seasonal” in an interview last year with Gothamist. Robert Travis took over as lead beekeeper for Officer Darren Mays, who had previously worked with another NYPD beekeeper. The New York City Police Department employs beekeepers to respond to 911 calls about swarms of bees. It’s a sticky job, but someone’s gotta do it. The role will report to Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi. “The ideal candidate is highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty,” reads the job posting, which contradicts its use of “somewhat” with phrases like “wholesale slaughter” and “rats are not our friends – they are enemies that must be vanquished.” If you’ve got the killer instinct and strong public policy or urban planning-related experience, you could be looking at a salary in the $120,000 - $170,000 range. Okay fine, the official title is “Citywide Director of Rat Mitigation.” But the new job posting for the unofficial rat czar – which marks the latest step in Mayor Eric Adams’ attempts to starve out the city’s formidable rat population – might as well be advertising for a Five-Star General in the War on Rats. Here are some of the other odd jobs in New York City government – including a few the city is now hiring for. Gothamist reported on Wednesday that the city is hiring what officials referred to as a “rat czar” who will be tasked with the very serious undertaking of mitigating the city’s out of control rat population, but who is asked to bring a “swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor, and general aura of badassery,” to the position. Such an oversight is especially egregious given the array of intriguing and bizarre positions on the payroll.
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“I’m hoping that today will bring a healthy change and teaching people how to deal with the garbage,” McDaniels said.A few weeks ago, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams addressed the city’s current problems with hiring and retaining employees, saying, “We don’t do our best when it comes to tooting our own horn about the work.” Residents are happy for the extra attention, because even with the rule changes, they still are seeing many rats.
The Harlem Rat Mitigation Zone is one of four mitigation zones, which will get additional funding to combat rats. Officials say the rule changes are already having the desired impacts, with 20% fewer calls of rat sightings reported since the rules took effect. Today, we're going to cut off their food source and reduce their habitat, take away the places they can live while caring for the street and making this block feel and appear differently,” Corradi said.Īmong the other tips, the Department of Sanitation reminded people of the new times to put out their trash, and also informed them how the use of containers prevents rats from getting into trash bags. Composting is another tool that keeps food out of bags so rats cannot feed. “Rats need food, water and shelter to survive. She was one of several community members taking part in the efforts Saturday to get the rats out.Īs part of the Anti-Rat Day of Action, Kathleen Corradi, the first-ever director of rodent mitigation in the city, was joined by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of Sanitation and community organizations to tell neighbors what they can do to prevent rats. Multiple ones just running,” said Ruth McDaniels, president of the BUFNY II/Harlem Street Tenants Association. “We've had rats the size of crocs just running up and down the street, like a croc shoe. The city celebrated its first Anti-Rat Day of Action on Saturday.
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