Mayor Eric Adams says New York City is winning the war on rats

Mayor says calls about rat sightings dropped after changes implemented

NEW YORK -- Mayor Eric Adams says New York City is seeing success in the war on rats.

In the last two months, there's been a 20% drop in calls to 311 to report rat activity.

Some areas saw a 45% drop in rat sightings.

The city says reducing the time trash is allowed to sit on curbs and more trash containers have helped reduce the number of rats.

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