NEW YORK — New York City’s rat-hating mayor has once again been ticketed for a rat infestation at his Brooklyn property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mayor Eric Adams’ latest ticket was issued by a city health inspector May 16 at a row house he owns in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The inspector observed fresh rat droppings and a rat burrow \u201cat the front left base of the staircase of the property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ticket, first reported by the Daily News, was Adams’ fifth rodent violation since he became mayor in January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He can contest the ticket July 7 before an Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesperson for Adams, Liz Garcia, said in a statement, \u201cThe mayor prides himself on keeping his property clean. He will review the summons and follow all standard procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adams, a Democrat, frequently proclaims, \u201cI hate rats!\u201d and once tried to prove it by demonstrating a device that drowned them in a vat of caustic liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He appointed the city’s first \u201crat czar\u201d last year after posting a help-wanted ad seeking applicants who could commit to the \u201cwholesale slaughter\u201d of the pests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adams, who now lives in Gracie Mansion, the official mayor’s residence, challenged the previous rat tickets he got at the Brooklyn property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three were dismissed, but the mayor paid $300 to settle the fourth. Adams told a hearing officer he had spent $7,000 on rat mitigation at the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n