New York City finally found its new rat czar. She’ll be paid $155K a year to get rid of the 2,000,000 rats in N.Y
Kathleen Corradi, a former elementary teacher. “You’ll be seeing a lot of me and lot less rats”.
To deal with the growing rat menace, New York has appointed its first-ever “rat czar,” with Kathleen Corradi as the city’s director of rodent mitigation. Kathleen, who has been working with the Department of Education for the longest time, has now been appointed to deduct the population of rodents. She has vowed that the city will be seeing more of her and less of rats. She said:
“Pizza rat may live in infamy but rats and the conditions that support their thriving will no longer be tolerated in New York City. No more dirty curbs, unmanaged spaces or brazen burrowing. There’s a new sheriff in town. And with your help, we’ll send those rats packing.”
She switched several jobs but ultimately joined the NYC Department of Education, first as a sustainability manager for six years and then as Director of Space Planning before becoming the city’s rat czar. Her experience in fighting rats at the university level has managed to get her the position of the city’s first-ever rat czar.
Every New York City mayor has waged war — and mostly lost — against one of humanity’s most cunning and enduring foe: rattus norvegicus. But has the city’s vilest enemy, better known as the common brown rat, finally met its match?
Mayor Eric Adams introduced a former elementary school teacher and anti-rat activist as his new “rat czar” on Wednesday. Officially, Kathleen Corradi, the mayor’s new hire, will be known as the director of rodent mitigation.
Corradi is tasked with battling the potentially millions of rats lurking in myriad urban nooks and crannies, subway tunnels and empty lots.
Hers is a new job, which the city advertised with a help-wanted ad seeking applicants who are “bloodthirsty,” possess “killer instincts” and could commit to the “wholesale slaughter” of rats.
“When I first saw this job posting, I wasn’t sure if it was real. ‘Blood thirsty’ is not a word you usually see in a job description and it’s certainly not a word I usually (use to) describe myself,” Corradi said in a news conference at a Harlem park.
Kathleen Corradi has a LEED Green Associate license from the US Green Building Council. She has completed her education at Eckerd College and City College of New York. She started off her career in July 2010 as a coordinator of environmental initiatives. Corradi later moved on to teaching roles, as she was a science teacher at Success Academy Charter School.
She also developed New York’s Zero Waste School program, which became the nation’s largest zero-waste program, reaching over 350,000 students. She also led the agency’s zero rodent reduction efforts, as she actively coordinated with the officials who led the pest mitigation plans across 120 schools. Her efforts led to a 70% decrease in the number of rodents in the area.
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