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This article was originally published on Jul 29 at 4:54pm EDT by THE CITY This story is the product of a collaboration with the Documenting COVID-19 project at Columbia University’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation. A group of researchers charged by New York City with scouring human sewage for signs of the coronavirus — and its many mutating variants —…

After the Centers for Disease Control recommended people mask up in areas where COVID-19 transmission is on the rise, local leaders are weighing what to do next. Chris Glorioso reports.

The training involves teaching rats to identify scents associated with decomposition.

As more New Yorkers try to get back to pre-pandemic routines after more than a year, so are their neighbors in the sewers. According to New York City’s 311, there were over 2,900 complaints about rodents in March. That’s an 80% surge compared to last year when the city went into COVID-19 lockdown, Bloomberg first reported. This year’s complaints are…

As more businesses reopen and more New Yorkers are out and about, the rats have also returned.

A hungry horde of rats overtook an upper Manhattan Chipotle last month, forcing the burrito chain to temporarily close the location after employees say they were forced to take matters into their own hands to try to beat back the infestation.

A hungry horde of rats overtook an upper Manhattan Chipotle last month, forcing the burrito chain to temporarily close the location after employees say they were forced to take matters into their own hands to try to beat back the infestation. At least four workers at the Washington Heights restaurant say they were bitten by rats in the last few…

Rats aren’t just a big city problem anymore it seems, as some Long Island residents the furry rodents are running rampant in certain towns — and it may be a result of the COVID pandemic

Rat complaints are piling up in one part of Long Island. Homeowners say rats are rifling through their garbage and invading their backyards! They believe they know the source of the problem. Greg Cergol reports from Salisbury where one lawmaker has a new plan of action.

New York City restaurant owners already struggling with limited business are now facing another issue: rats. With indoor dining put on hold indefinitely due to COVID-19, outdoor dining is the only other option, aside from takeout and delivery, restaurant owners like Giacomo Romano have to keep their business afloat. But the owner of Ciccio, an Italian restaurant in SoHo, says…

As New York City restaurant struggle during the pandemic, having to move to outdoor dining and takeouts only, rats are giving them another problem. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Pizza rat. Henny rat. Avocado rat. And now, pandemic rat? There are reports of rats running much freer than usual in New York City, and Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday the city is going to have to take action. The subject came up after a 1010 WINS journalist asked De Blasio, at his daily news conference, about reports of…

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the virus forced the city to refocus efforts, but it won’t let the rat population get out of control.