A building, center, owned by New York Mayor Eric Adams, located at 936 Lafayette Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, is shown Wednesday Dec. 7, 2022. Adams is such an enemy of rats that he once called a press conference to demonstrate a contraption for drowning them in poison, finds himself contesting a $300 fine issued by his own administration over a rat infestation at the building he owns in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
NYC Mayor Rats
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has scored a split decision with a hearing officer dismissing one summons while upholding another issued by a city inspector citing him for not doing enough to keep rodents at bay from his Brooklyn townhouse. Noting the thousands of dollars Adams has invested in addressing his rat problems, the hearing officer on Tuesday credited the mayor for taking “credible” steps to control the rat population at his rental property. Through his spokesman, the mayor says he’s “grateful” one of the summonses was dismissed and said he was considering his options for the other.
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