Lifelong Rodent Hater Will Earn $155,000 a Year as NYC’s Rat Czar

New York Mayor Eric Adams, left, introduces Kathleen Corradi, center, as the city’s first-ever citywide director of rodent mitigation, also known as the rat czar.Photographer: Bobby Caina Calvan/AP

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April 12, 2023 at 12:57 PM EDT

New York City’s long-awaited rat czar has arrived.

Kathleen Corradi, who previously spearheaded the Department of Education’s rat reduction efforts, will become the director of rodent mitigation, New York Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday.

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