August 17th, 2023
Ratopolis: Living with Rats in
the Concrete Jungle
By Daniel Gornik
Stars in NYC
Agenda
1
History
2
What's the problem?
3
What are we doing to address the problem?
4
Why some things don't work
5
What could/should we do?
6
Our realistic goal
Big Apple Pests
Timeline
Where did they come from, Where are they now
1770's
2023
April 12th, 2023
August 12th, 2023
Rats Find New Home
Record Sightings
NYC Rat Czar
Introduced
First Annual Anti-Rat
Day
The Timeline
What's the problem?
Synonymous with problematic
Hurting our businesses, homes, and community
Disease Transmission
Property Damage
Negative Public Perception
Impossible Population Control
What Are We
Doing?
Trash:
NYC
The Block
Rat repellent trash bags
Kept in solid containers
Prevention:
Door sweeps
Rubber mulch
Patching holes
Our
Building
Extermination:
Rat poison
Traps
K&R vs Pests
Let's look at
why some
things don't
work.
Warmer
Winters
Reproduction
Two rats can be
responsible for
1,250 a year
Scale and Reality
Needs a team effort
What makes it so
hard?
Athletic
Nimble
Smart
Taste Testers
Empathetic and
Calculating
Strong chewers
Leave the
poison and eat
the food
What Can We Do?
Repellent and
Extermination
What Can We Do?
Trash
Our Goal
Clean
Persistently working to
establish the finest quality of
life achievable for our tenants
and communities.
Effort
Because who doesn't like clean.
Put our best foot forward.
Long Term
Fighting battles to win the war.
Leaders
Let's be the voice in the community.
Safe
Environmentally and Logistically.
The Mission
Thank You