[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] So many rats regularly lurk on a sidewalk in Brooklyn that it is the humans who avoid the rats, not the other way around. A Manhattan avenue lined with trendy restaurants has become a destination for foodies — and rats who help themselves to their leftovers. Tenants at a public housing complex in the South Bronx worry about tripping over rats that routinely run over their feet. New York has always been forced to coexist with the four-legged vermin, but the infestation has expanded exponentially in recent years, spreading to just about every corner of the city.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2019 09:01 UTC