Gothamist: Forget the DOH, News Teams are Patrolling for Rats

Howard Meinhardt

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:11:21 -0500

Picture a news headline: "NYC CAUGHT WITH PANTS DOWN, RATS GNAWING AT ITS VITALS"! Like terrorists, by the time you find why they are there, the destruction has already taken place, and it is now a TRAGEDY! Remedies are available to NYC. Multi-catch rat traps, etc., however, NYC hasn't budgeted money to buy them. Also, along with the rats, enjoy their fleas and remember The Black or Bubonic Plague carried by their fleas! Help is available. See www.thepiedpipercorp.com

Dave

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:25:56 -0500

does anyone know whether the department of health inspects grocery stores as well? as far as vermin goes, that's probably worse. people need to eat, just don't necessarily need to eat out.

MM

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:41:29 -0500

When is the city going to start taking responsibility for the rat problem. Seems to me like the DOH is simply passing the buck. Maybe, just maybe, they'll take the money they get from these fines and pay for the extermination of the rats. This is a CITY problem, not a RESTAURANT problem.

Brightliner

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:16:32 -0500

Four better words: legalize cats in restaurants.

Daniel

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:22:01 -0500

One word: Awesome. If anything people should start realizing that freaking out because rats are icky is dumb. Rats are everywhere, and you still drink your Dunkin' Donuts every morning, and you're FINE. So what if a mouse pooped in Brooklyn? Dominick De Marco makes fucking great pizza. On the other hand, thinking of papparazzi chasing down restaurant rats at 2am is so much more interesting than catching pictures of overexposed celebrity vaginas. This whole fiasco rocks.

look above u

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:17:14 -0500

You know what's scary? Hearing rats scurrying around inside a suspended ceiling. Imagine if one falls on your head.

tj

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:47:45 -0500

three words: legalize garbage disposals (...for commercial establishments)

edEx

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:31:05 -0500

Since no one else will: here's a link to a list of outstanding health records for restaurants throughout the city: nyc.gov/html/doh/html/rii/rii-goldenapplelist.shtml

Lug

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:48:13 -0500

It's NY. Rats are in EVERY restaurant. And in your basement and walls too, with their friends the Roaches. They pay rent too, so leave them alone.

Tim

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:45:01 -0500

I've worked in tons of restaurants in NY...some of the nicest. Guess what?? THEY ALL HAVE RATS AND ROACHES. The only difference is how well they are controlled--through pest control and hygiene precautions. So shame on Inside Edition and Fox 5 for their typical sensationalism about NY's ubiquitous rat problem--especially showing the restaurant Fish, which is local, and of excellent quality.

smitty

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:29:26 -0500

One of my friends had a giant rat run over her foot when she was wearing sandals (in the summer, obv). It was gross to her/hilarious to everyone else at the time.

Jen Chung

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:12:08 -0500

I know there are rats in NYC, but I prefer to simply see pictures of them. When I see them on the street, I try to block them out of my mind after I shriek.

TomInChelsea

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:57:10 -0500

Rats are everywhere here. Just turn off the lights and wait. Big deal! The City needs to do more to keep them under control. Sanitation hasn't been one of the Bloomberg Administration's strong points. The streets are dirtier than they've been in years. Penny wise and pound foolish as the saying goes.

nisey79

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:43:24 -0500

Ewwww, that Dunkin' Donuts is right by my apartment and I get coffee there sometimes :(

always right

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:33:41 -0500

whoa whoa whoa, there are... RATS? IN NEW YORK!? NEWS!