If there’s one thing New Yorkers can bond over, it’s rat sightings across the city. Former Mayor Eric Adams oversaw reforms that he called a “trash revolution," which mainly involved getting piles of trash bags off city sidewalks and into bins. And this did seem to make a difference. There has been a drop of reported rat sightings. 

Bobby Corrigan, a long time city rodent biologist, talked with WNYC's David Furst about the rodent we all live alongside in the city.