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Rat Mitigation Zones

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Rule status: Adopted

Agency: DOHMH

Effective date: July 7, 2023

Proposed Rule Full Text
Ch.-35-NOI_Establishment-of-Rat-Mitigation-Zones_4-3-23.pdf

Adopted Rule Full Text
Ch.-35_NOA_Rat-Mitigation-Zones_6-7-23-1.pdf

Adopted rule summary:

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene hereby adopts rules governing the creation of Rat Mitigation Zones as mandated by Local Law 110 of 2022.

Comments are now closed.

Online comments: 231

  • Manny Cartagena

    Totally agree with the Rat mitigation zone designation plan it’s about the time many are held accountable for their trash disposals. I live on the Lower East Side at Gouverneur Gardens , and a NYCHA complex and surely it can use improvements

    Comment added April 6, 2023 9:00am

  • Taneia Lamar

    Please come to west 145th street between 7th and 8th Avenues. I have to stomp and shake my keys to get them to run.

    Comment added April 24, 2023 7:37pm

  • Steve Flack

    My name is Steve Flack, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. As a resident, I can tell you that we have a tremendous rat problem, and we need as much help as possible in dealing with this.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.
    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Steve Flack
    430 Sterling Place Apt 3B
    Brooklyn NY 11238

    Comment added April 26, 2023 11:32am

  • Heather Hamilton

    My name is Heather Hamilton, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Multiple rats routinely cross sidewalks near my apt.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 27, 2023 7:04am

  • Teresa Solomita

    My name is Teresa Solomita, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    The tree pits in Prospect Heights are full of rat holes, the outdoor eating areas provide free housing to the rats. When I walk my dog, I see dead rats, live rats and rat droppings. My bike rides include averting potholes AND dead rats.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 27, 2023 7:12am

  • Katherine Chew

    My name is Katherine Chew, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I seal my garbage appropriately, but there are still rats around my front door and curb. As I walk and bike in my neighborhood there are squished rats along the street and sidewalk. They are under cars and around the front of houses all night.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you

    Comment added April 27, 2023 11:43am

  • Meghan McGinty

    My name is Meghan McGinty, and I am a 40-year resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238. I have lived in 11238 for 40 years (born and raised here). In my 40 years, we have never had such a bad rat problem. I see rats every day I walk down the street. Too often trash is put out and not picked up according to the schedule. I save food compost scraps but the new compost bins are almost always full when I go to deposit compost forcing me to put the scraps in the trash, which is much smellier and attracts rats. We need the fixed compost bins picked up more frequently. All of 11238 needs to be included in the rat mitigation zone so a comprehensive approach based on data informs our neighborhoods rat problem.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 27, 2023 5:44pm

  • Shaye Roseman

    My name is Shaye Roseman, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Rats are a regular sighting between Underhill and Washington Avenues. In fact, it’s almost impossible to walk the block between them after sundown without a rodent encounter or two. This is despite the community’s efforts to organize neighbors over the last several years. The problem is larger than we can handle on our own- action and additional resources are desperately needed.

    Comment added April 27, 2023 10:07pm

  • Megan Hertzig-Sharon

    My name is Megan Hertzig-Sharon, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238.

    I am a member of SCRAM, the Sterling Place committee dedicated to rat mitigation and awareness so, I am acutely aware of the ongoing problems in Prospect Heights. While we have made significant strides on our block- particularly the extensive use of bins, the rats continue to be an issue on the block and throughout our neighborhood. We need targeted, comprehensive intervention to adequately deal with the problem.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 7:21am

  • Richard Harkness

    My name is Richard Harkness, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I say this based on my experience on early morning walks in my neighborhood. While it was initially amusing to see my neighbors nearly pulled from their feet because their dog has lunged at a passing rodent — it has happened often enough that I have to acknowledge that there is a rat problem that has to be addressed.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 8:02am

  • Warren Hagist

    As a resident of Crown Heights, I support the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and ask you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238. Bedford Avenue, Rogers Avenue, and several cross-streets (such as mine, Saint Johns Place) are havens for rats, and are nearly unwalkable many nights. I regularly hear the scream of a surprised passerby as a rat jumps out of curbside trash; I myself had a rat run onto my shoe. In addition to rat mitigation, I think trash should stay in the garbage bin until picked up by DSNY! This is the only city I’ve ever seen that puts the bag on the curb…

    Comment added April 28, 2023 10:36am

  • Lisa Maldonado

    My name is Lisa Maldonado, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I live at 295 St Johns Place, between Underhill and Plaza and I observe rats on a daily basis. I see them in the hedges in front of my building and my neighboring buildings, in the street, and long the sidewalks.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 11:10am

  • J Calder

    As a long time resident of Prospect Heights I am writing to support the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and to strongly urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries of the zone to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238. Rats have become a common sight on our streets, in our yards and in our parks and the huge, ongoing sewer and water main replacement project in our neighborhood has only made the rodent problem worse.
    Data from an analysis of 311 calls shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11238, where I live, has ranked within the top 5 with the greatest number of rodent complaints in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. Since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. These areas must be included in any plan to mitigate the rat crisis in our neighborhood.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 11:20am

  • Brooks White

    My name is Brooks White, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. About one month ago NYC responded to my 311 call about rats from the Berm on Plz St East in Prospect Heights, as well as on St John’s Place by 285 and on the side of 60 Plaza St East. It worked for a couple of weeks but they are back again. Last night while walking my dog I sighted 4, 2 at the front entrance to 285 St John’s. They also come from buildings on south side of St John’s Place between Underhill and Plz St East. It is a daily occurrence.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 11:20am

  • Lillien Nathan

    My name is Lillien Nathan, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I see rodents on the street every single night and this impacts my quality of life greatly.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 11:29am

  • Jay Crockett

    PLEASE, include all of 11238 in the Rodent Mitigation Zone. I live on Prospect Place between Carlton & Vanderbilt in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I have been here for 40 years and the rat problem has NEVER even come close to what it is now. I don’t know of anyone on this block that does not have an issue with rats – some on their own property and some on neighboring properties. And, I almost forgot, in cars, too. People start their engines and the rats come dashing out. UGH. The culprits in the past were the apartment buildings on the block with their mounds of trash, now it is a problem, a big problem,for all the brownstones as well. Please help us!!

    Comment added April 28, 2023 11:57am

  • Andrew Saunders

    My name is Andrew Saunders, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The combination of parkland at Grand Army Plaza, numerous restaurants, mass transit and road construction has made Prospect Heights Rat Heaven!!!!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you – Andrew

    Comment added April 28, 2023 12:35pm

  • Katherine Shaw

    My name is Katherine Shaw, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. We have battled a rat infestation under our brownstone stoop for over two years, and they have made holes into the exterior walls of our house, and continuously bring outside trash back with them. We work closely with an excellent exterminator, but the issue cannot be resolved.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you so much for your help!

    All the best,
    Kate Shaw

    Comment added April 28, 2023 1:15pm

  • Jennifer Hunt

    I live on Prospect Place between Carlton and Vanderbilt. We must be considered in the rat mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 1:23pm

  • Erica Lessem

    My name is Erica Lessem, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238. Every evening, I walk home and see rats covering the street, despite my building taking good sanitation practices. It’s alarming and disgusting; especially as I’m planning to give birth to a new New Yorker soon, I worry about the sanitation conditions for my future child. When my friends come from out of town to visit, they are really grossed out and it is not the impression of our wonderful city I want to give!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 1:27pm

  • Kimtoya Williams

    My name is Kimtoya Williams, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. It has become not uncommon to walk on my block and have to jump out of the path of very large rats scurrying along the sidewalk and into the bushes. I fear it’s only a matter of time before I start to see them inside my building and God forbid, inside of my apartment.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you for your consideration.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 1:55pm

  • Scott Dvorin

    I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I’ve seen rats in our neighborhood and on our block repeatedly over the last few years, even in broad daylight, and the situation is completely out of control.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 3:01pm

  • Michelle French

    My name is Michelle French, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I’ve lived on the same block since 2004 — 19 years — and I’ve never seen such an awful, persistent rat infestation as I have the past 2+ years — it’s horrifying to live with this level of rats in the streets, sidewalks and front and back gardens.
    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.
    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you for your consideration!

    Comment added April 28, 2023 3:48pm

  • Bryce Covert

    My name is Bryce Covert, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rat population is so high in this neighborhood that last year a number of them burrowed in a flower bed outside of my building, not typically a place they would seek to live. I live on the first floor with windows overlooking the bed and could hear the rats coming and going at night. My daughter likes to play in front of the house but I feared she would come in contact with rat droppings. Our building had to dig up the entire bed and replant it with chicken wire to prevent rats from burrowing there. It has helped alleviate our particular problem, but there are plenty of other places on our block and in this neighborhood where rates are still actively burrowing.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 3:49pm

  • Sharon Combs

    My name is Sharon Combs and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The presence of rats in our community has been an ongoing issue for years.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. I urge you to include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Your consideration is deeply appreciated.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 4:55pm

  • Daniel Evans

    My name is Daniel Evans, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules but urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and, most importantly, 11238 (my home zip code). I have had numerous memorable encounters with rats during my time in the neighborhood, including one instance where a rat, fleeing a fight with another rat, bolted through our front door and then had to be herded out. There a significant structural issues in the noted zip codes that this designation will help focus attention on.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 should be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan, so I would please ask that you review the matter and include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 5:00pm

  • Eileen Lawrence

    My name is Eileen Lawrence, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. It’s very disconcerting to have rats darting from under cars parks, running across sidewalks, and digging holes in the beautiful garden in front of my coop. People literally stop to smell the roses. Rats should not ruin the experience.

    Thank you very much for you consideration.

    Best,
    Eileen Lawrence

    Comment added April 28, 2023 5:28pm

  • Raphael Schmutzer

    My name is
    Raphael Schmutzer, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I cannot spend one evening comfortably walking down my street on St John’s Pl without hearing and seeing multiple rats. It’s extremely unsettling.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thanks,
    Raphael Schmutzer

    Comment added April 28, 2023 5:31pm

  • Julie Whitaker

    My name is Julie Whitaker, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. After a construction project took over my block last year, I am always seeing rats. We need as much help as possible in dealing with this.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 5:58pm

  • Alexandra Destin

    My name is Alexandra Destin, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I currently cannot take my small dog on walks in the evenings or take out my garbage in the late afternoons because of the infestation.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 7:00pm

  • Julianne Coates

    My name is Julianne Coates, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rat infestation in Prospect Heights is extremely significant and impacts our daily life. Rats have nests in the tree beds all around the neighborhood, including in front of my own building, and it is common to see rats run to/from residential trash cans, even during the daylight hours. Just yesterday my toddler was admiring some tulips in a neighbor’s front garden and a rat suddenly emerged from under the nearby trash cans. I had to grab my child and get her away. It is way too close for comfort and totally disgusting, especially seeing the squished rats in the streets. The mitigation is urgently needed throughout the entire neighborhood.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 8:59pm

  • Judy Goldfarb

    Hi, my name is Judy goldfarb and we partially support the RMZ proposal and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include 11216 and 11238. I literally need to instruct my kids to scoot around dead rats in the street and sidewalk and see countless rats when I’m out after hours. Also, my car has had wires eaten by rats and same goes for numerous neighbors.

    Comment added April 28, 2023 9:12pm

  • Omar Moustafa

    My name is Omar Moustafa, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Each night our street becomes a rat highway. Too many to count. Our neighbors are quite conscientious about keeping our front yards and sidewalks clean yet the rats are everywhere. They also nest in the backyards of buildings. There is no escape.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 7:09am

  • Melissa Madzel

    My name is Melissa Madzel, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rat infestations on St. John’s Place have significantly impacted our quality of life and the ability for our children to play outside.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 8:32am

  • Bill Keays

    My name is Bill Keays, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    I own a home on Prospect Place in Prospect Heights that is next door to a 35 unit apartment building. For the 23 years that I have lived at this property the virtual smorgasbord of trash that this apartment building generates has been a scourge on the block. Until recently the building maintained only 6 trash receptacles for the 35 units. The building generated far more trash than those receptacles could handle, resulting in frequent overflow of the cans which the super would then empty into black trash bags and pile in front of the building until the next trash collection day. (I tried to enclose a photo of the situation that was taken on the morning of Sunday, April 16th at 11AM; but your site would not allow it. That means that this mountain of trash, at least 15 large black trash bags, would sit there, providing a feast for the local rat population for at theist 29 hours (Monday 8PM) when it could be placed on the curb for collection. This is a regular occurrence.) As a result of this trash situation of my neighbor, rats have constantly burrowed into my front garden, (their property is concrete) living on my property while feasting at their trash. I have spent thousands on exterminators and eradication efforts over the years but fear that the rats will never disappear until this building…and many others like it…are forced to deal with their overflow trash in a responsible manner. In a recent conversation with the super, his solution was for me to rip out my garden and make it concrete too, accepting no responsibility for the mess the building is creating. As much as I despise the thought of doing that I am starting to seriously consider it as I am at wits end as to what to do. I should add that my wife and I generate little trash and never have any outside the house until collection time, so there is nothing for the rats to feed on on my property. I might also add that because the burrows are in my garden, I have been cited by the Health Department for violations; which have quickly been dismissed when presented with evidence of the situation. The fact that I will be cited for a situation over which I have little to no control, disincentivizes me from reporting the conditions to the City; which does not help anyone. I wish that the health inspectors would do a better job of assessing the entire situation before assigning blame to any particular property owner.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 10:53am

  • Carolyn Lehman

    My name is Carolyn Lehman, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I’m constantly seeing rats while walking around my neighborhood both during the day and at night. They’re really gross and they make walking on my block (St John’s between Washington and Underhill) a very uncomfortable experience.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 10:56am

  • Hanna Kim

    My name is Hanna Kim, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights/Crown Heights (right at the border). I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Every day I see numerous rats on our street, both during the day and at night. There are so many at night I refrain from going out if at all possible. My neighbors have seen rats in their homes and cars. This is a public health hazard.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 12:29pm

  • Sarah Schmidt

    I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I’m writing to support the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    Our co-op on Eastern Parkway between Underhill and Washington has been battling rats for several years. Last summer, my young daughter was kept up at night hearing them squeal and fight in the garbage cans outside of her bedroom window. The garden on our property was recently infested with a two large burrows after rats from the two neighboring buildings’s courtyards were allowed to proliferate and overrun the sidewalks. Rats also managed to establish burrows in the sidewalk tree beds. Getting rid of these burrows has been costly and difficult for our co-op, and we are always at risk of more infestations despite our vigilance.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you,
    Sarah Schmidt

    Comment added April 29, 2023 1:09pm

  • Carol Morrison, Prospect Heights Rat Task Force

    My name is Carol Morrison and I am writing in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules. However, as a resident of Prospect Heights and as a member of the Prospect Heights Rat Task Force. I urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries of the Mitigation Zone to include Prospect Heights (zip code 11238), in its entirety.

    The Rat Mitigation Zone must include Prospect Heights’ 11238: this community is severely infested with rodents. Of particular concern are three densely populated blocks—extending from Eastern Parkway to Sterling Place between Washington and Underhill Avenues (with dubious distinction given to St. Johns Place). This section of Prospect Heights has a high concentration of privately owned apartment buildings regrettably operated by grossly negligent or absentee landlords.

    This specific area within Prospect Heights has other challenging features: it has fewer co-operatives, some HPD buildings, and many storefronts, all of which contribute to the neighborhood’s chronic rodent infestations. The unprecedented number of 311 calls, decrying rodent activity in this neighborhood, attest to the severity of the problem, but does not fully explain it.

    The map of Prospect Heights on the NYC rat portal https://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/Rats/ makes it clear that this area is far more than a problem site: it has many rat reservoirs—places where rats can breed in huge numbers—like the unique vacant passageways connecting our backyards and streets. These passageways, along with infested tree pits, open wire baskets provided by New York’s Department of Sanitation, and overflowing refuse from local restaurants with outdoor dining huts (without enclosed flooring)—a phenomenon of the pandemic—have contributed to an exponential increase in the rat population.

    Eastern Parkway, Lincoln Place, and especially St. Johns Place between Underhill and Washington Avenues are plagued with serious infestations.
    After three years of isolation caused by COVID-19, residents, like me, are once again outside only to find themselves confronted by vermin. This situation demands the rat-fighting measures offered by the Rat Mitigations’ preventative interventions and enhanced compliance mandates. Specifically, this initiative can force property owners to comply with sanitation regulations and fine those whose properties fail inspections within The Rat Mitigation Zone. This proposal also ensures the coordination efforts of related city agencies.
    We have many bad actors in our community: One frequent offender located at 392 St. Johns Place. This particular rental facility had its most recent inspection by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) on March 15, 2023, and 80 other visits by the same agency since 2015. In sum, those who oversee this property are notoriously remiss in their duty to provide adequate (hole free and lidded) refuse collection and extermination services. When I walk by 392 St. Johns Place, I see multiple rat burrows throughout what would be their front lawn. This lack of civic responsibility is not unique to 392; there are many other offenders, most notably the managers of the properties located at 364 and 369 Lincoln Place. Here, too, open rodent burrows are clearly visible. But two buildings located at 95 Eastern Parkway and 326 Lincoln Place act as the “mothership” for rats. These dwellings are connected by a pathway that allows rats to move freely through Lincoln Place. The apartment building at 95 Eastern Parkway is perhaps more than a mothership: it’s an aircraft carrier! These pathways must be exterminated on a regular basis, yet no one is taking responsibility to provide this essential service. In the absence of regular extermination, the rat population increases exponentially.
    When I say exponentially, I’m not being hyperbolic. Female rats go into heat every five days. Their heat cycle begins in the evening and lasts all night. The fertility of rats lasts until the age of 18-24 months when they enter menopause. If rats have mated successfully, the average gestation time is 21-23 days. Females can become pregnant again two days after giving birth. In other words, female rats can become pregnant every month, all year-round, giving birth to as many as 18-20 pups in a single litter. In three years, a female rat can give birth to approximately half a billion pups. https://misfitanimals.com/rats/rat-reproduction-and-breeding/
    The above-mentioned section of zip code 11238 is also beset by absentee landlords. Without the enforcement of NYC’s sanitation laws, these absentee landlords remain unwilling to address the rat-infestations in the buildings they own and profit from. The calculation they make is both simple and cynical. It is cheaper to pay the rare, and ridiculously low, fine issued by DOHMH or DSNY than to maintain their property and keep it rat free. Even cleaning the garbage area with bleach or water is viewed as too much of an expense. My commentary is factual. For the past five years I have watched these landlords neglect their properties with impunity.
    People living in the neighborhoods I’ve described have been reporting an astounding number of rat sighting. That has been substantiated by DOHMH’s city inspectors who have documented twice as much rat activity in 2022 than in previous years. Thus far, the city’s policy on rat mitigation has been an abysmal failure.
    Going forward, the Municipal Rat Management Program must implement a more effective policy; one that shortens the period between the issuance of DOHMH’s abatement notice and their taking responsibility for placing rodenticide baits and other forms of rodent control in affected communities. This would mean including resources, funding and abatement purchasing dollars, including an increase of inspectors to DOHMH. The very capable leadership of Ms. Caroline Bragdon, Director of Neighborhood Interventions for Pest Control Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has supported the Prospect Heights Rat Task Force but what is required, is to provide her office with funding, real dollars and real science to study what works, and implement pilot projects to test interventions for efficacy.
    As we all know too well, rat reproduction rates are staggering, and global warming will only increase the length of their reproduction season. So, let’s act now! We honor that Mayor Adams has appointed Jessica Tisch, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation, and Ms. Kathleen Corradi, City-wide Director of Rodent Mitigation. Please know that the Prospect Heights Rat Task Force offers our area as a walk-through to share our experience as –people on the ground—who can identify opportunities and barriers to creating a viable strategic inter-agency coordinated plan for rodent mitigation.
    In closing I ask again that the City Council advocate to extend the boundaries of the proposed Rat Mitigation Program in Prospect Heights. Clearly, it must include the most densely populated blocks from Eastern Parkway to Sterling Place between Washington and Underhill Avenues.
    It is my belief that a truly effective Rat Mitigation Program requires a multi-departmental collaboration. This collaboration must be able to: inspect buildings with garbage problems, share the NYC database to investigate complaints about rat sightings, and hold to account landlords and property owners who violate sanitation laws.
    Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
    Sincerely,
    Carol Morrison LCSW, CASAC M.C.,
    Prospect Height Rat Task Force

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  • Eric Small

    My name is Eric Small, and I am a resident of prospect heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    In my block alone, we have had a constant battle with rats for years. Much needed construction in the area as well as growing population, has made a bad problem even worse. A few years ago it was bad enough you walked the streets at night and entered the gate to your home and you were likely to encounter a rat. Now, for those of us with backyards, we are finding burrows and digouts between properties. Since last year we have, on more than one occasion, encountered rats in the backyard. These are backyards where older family member sit and children play. This year, myself and my neighbors on both sides, had to hire exterminators to come out and treat rat nests in two of the four backyards. As I am sure you know, rats bring with them filth and disease. For the elderly and children this could be deadly. It is not uncommon for us to find rat droppings in and around our backyard on any given occasion. It has gotten so bad, my senior citizen mother cannot enjoy the use of her backyard during the summer. The cost of mitigation efforts as well as the fear these creatures has made this a huge problem for our family.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 2:04pm

  • Tzvi S.

    My name is Tzvi S. and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. This community is severely
    infested with rodents. Of particular concern are three densely populated blocks—extending from Eastern Parkway to Sterling Place between Washington and Underhill Avenues (with dubious distinction given to St. Johns Place). This section of Prospect Heights has a high concentration of
    privately owned apartment buildings regrettably operated by grossly negligent or absentee landlords.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    This situation demands the rat-fighting measures offered by the Rat Mitigations’ preventative interventions and enhanced compliance mandates. Specifically, this initiative can force property owners to comply with sanitation regulations and fine those whose properties fail inspections within The Rat Mitigation Zone. This proposal also ensures the coordination efforts of related city agencies.

    Thank you,
    Tzvi S.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 2:43pm

  • Meryl Small

    My name is Meryl Small, and I am a resident of prospect heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    As a brownstone owner for many years in this neighborhood, the backyard is one of the most important areas of my home. In our home during the summer 65% of any given day is spent in the backyard. One day last year when I looked out of my bedroom window onto the yard I witness three or four rats running up and down, jumping and having fun, which put me in a state of shock and unbelief. Since that time we have found a couple of nests and a number of borrows which were treated by extermination more than once. This year we are still seeing them because everyone in the area.must work together to eliminate them.I would like to be kept informed about what is being done to help eliminate these creatures.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 4:31pm

  • Valerie Saunders

    My name is Valerie Saunders, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. When I walk home in the evening from the Q at 7th Avenue/Flatbush across Sterling Place rats are darting past my feet. It is so disgusting and frightening. Please help!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 7:06pm

  • Nathaniel Marunas

    Glad to see Prospect Heights included as one of the designated Rat Mitigation Zones, but disappointed that the area described as “Prospect Heights” is mostly Crown Heights and NOT Prospect Heights. There is a gigantic rat infestation that starts with the berm around Plaza Street East and Eastern Parkway that extends eastward and northward toward the border with Crown Heights. If this mitigation effort misses out on these areas (particularly the corner of Underhill Avenue and St. John’s), a major opportunity to beat back the rodentine horde will have been missed. Please expand that Prospect Heights RMZ to actually include all of the neighborhood. In fact, why not have two—one for PH and one for Crown Heights which ALSO has a massive rat infestation. Thanks for your time and consideration in reading these remarks.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 7:17pm

  • Praveen Vajpeyi

    As a long time resident of Prospect Heights, I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I was shocked to learn that our neighborhood may not be included in the Rodent Mitigation Zone — when, all one has to do is walk down one of our blocks to find them running around with casual indifference towards humans (they surface more in the evenings, it seems) . So much so, when we heard “sounds” in our walls — we promptly called exterminators to ensure they were no rats running around (we have a few infants in the building. Still not sure if there were rats or mice in the walls).

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 29, 2023 7:46pm

  • Leslie Yazel

    My name is Leslie Yazel, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    In our building at 431 Sterling Place we have small children who play on the stoop and in the back and too often encounter rats burrowing in the garden and interrupting their play. We had to completely renovate our trash area at our expense to mitigate and would like the city to do its part in including us in the zone.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.
    Thank you!

    Comment added April 30, 2023 8:13am

  • Faye Rimalovski

    My name is Faye Rimalovski, and I am a 20+ years resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rat situation in our neighborhood is atrocious and it’s multiple daily occurrence for me to see rats at any time of day or night when walking in the neighborhood. We desperately need help mitigating the rat situation here in Prospect Heights.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 11:25am

  • Dana Szarf

    My name is Dana Szarf, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. It is unbearably scary for my daughters to walk home at different times during the day and always fear a rat can walk on their shoes or just run in front of them. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 12:02pm

  • Madeline belkinn

    Rats are all over the streets where I live, plaza street east. Hordes in sunset park, where my daughters live – no responses despite numerous reports to 311.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 12:30pm

  • Andrea Fallin

    My name is Andrea, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today to support the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. My young children and I have often encountered rats crossing our paths on our street en route to school.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 2:39pm

  • Martha Desbiens

    My name is Martha Desbiens, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Our building has been in a constant battle with the rat infestation on our block, resulting in nearly every single building resorting to paving over their front gardens. Several people in my building have also had hundreds of dollars in rat damage to their vehicles parked on the block.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 2:54pm

  • Daniel Levitan

    My name is Dan Levitan, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, where the rats rule. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    There are people here who insist on walking in the streets because the rats so dominate the trashcans and sidewalks. I am not joking!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 3:41pm

  • D Philips

    My name is D Philips, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. It’s nearly impossible to walk around after dark without bumping into several rats. I work long hours and am often coming home after dark and don’t enjoy worrying about the rats on my walk to and from the subway. They create unsanitary conditions in our neighborhood and throughout the city.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 4:30pm

  • Mike Fissinger

    My name is Mike Fissinger, and I am a resident of Crown Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 5:07pm

  • Sarah Heard

    My name is Sarah Heard, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. My block has been overrun by rats for years now. My building, and neighboring buildings have tried many mitigation approaches, but the problem remains undiminished. It is not possible for individual buildings to solve the problem, as the rats do not respect the borders between buildings. I must walk in the street after dark to avoid rats running over my feet. After several disturbing encounters with rats, I now know that the sidewalk on my block is not safe to walk on. I have reported rats to 311 so many times, with no meaningful results, that I have given up reporting.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Please, please, please do something about the rats in ZIP code 11238.
    Thank you,
    Sarah Heard

    Comment added April 30, 2023 5:36pm

  • Bethany Gilmore

    My name is Bethany Gilmore, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Just this week, I picked up a dead rat in my backyard. A month ago, I opened my bottom front door and a rat ran right past me and under my stoop. While I’m taking steps with pest control to treat my property, this is a neighborhood issue. Unless solved, rats will continue coming in my front and back yards.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 7:54pm

  • Jesse Hendrich

    My name is Jesse Hendrich and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today as the Chairperson of S.C.R.A.M. (Sterling’s Committee for Rat Awareness & Mitigation) in full support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. Since the beginning of the pandemic and the switch to eating primarily in the home and outdoor dining (both creating more organic waste and food for rats), our block association (S.P.B.A.) and anti-rat committee (S.C.R.A.M.) has worked tirelessly and in cooperation with neighbors, local civic organizations, our city council person’s rat task force, the DOH, and others to combat the rodent population explosion in our neighborhood. We have worked as a committee to encourage proper disposal of food waste (in bins with lids or composting sites) as well as the removal of most harborage. And yet, the rats persist in great numbers. S.C.R.A.M. demands that the city help us!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    The proposed rat mitigation zone lists the name of our neighborhood (Prospect Heights). But the map excludes us (ending at Washington Ave). Please honor your written words and include us in the true boundaries of our neighborhood, which should be included in its entirety in the proposed rat mitigation zone. Thank you.

    Comment added April 30, 2023 10:40pm

  • Elizabeth Enschede

    My name is Elizabeth Enschede and I am a resident of NEIGHBORHOOD. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. For years I have watched rats scurry over the sidewalk around my home amd under or over my feet as I walk through my day. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 6:04am

  • JUSTIN

    Please include all of 11238 zip code in the rat mitigation zone. We have a serious rat population across our neighborhood that needs a serious response.

    Thank you for your efforts.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 8:06am

  • Ruth Browne,

    My name is Ruth Browne, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in full support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    It has become not uncommon to walk on my block (Lincoln Place) and have to jump out of the path of very large rats running along the sidewalk and into the bushes. My horrible experience of having a rat run across my boots is not only terrifying and is a fear that I have constantly when I arrive home each night. It is only a matter of time before I start to see them inside my building and or inside of my apartment.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 9:27am

  • Arpita Bose

    My name is Arpita Bose, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I support the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules, and I urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I live on Plaza Street and have noticed numerous rats on my street, including areas in the berm, the tree pits, and around the overflowing trash cans.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 10:09am

  • MONA SCHNITZLER

    My name is Mona Schnitzler, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. Dead rodents are a regular occurrence on our Sterling Place block. And they are digging burrows in all of the front gardens. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 10:13am

  • Jenna Moss

    My name is Jenna Moss, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    The situation is awful – rats scamper across the sidewalk past dogs and babies and one must run in the other direction constantly. Please, I beg of you, this is unsanitary and needs attention.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 10:21am

  • Rachel Magida

    My name is Rachel Magida, and I am a resident of PROSPECT HEIGHTS. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    All the street construction on Park Place and soon Vanderbilt is disrupting all the rats and making rat sightings even more common.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 10:33am

  • Martin Nowlan

    My name is Martin Nowlan, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, St. Mark’s between Carlton & Vanderbilt. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.
    We’ve had rats in our garbage containers, rat feces on top of the garbage containers, evidence of rats trying to eat into our very thick garbage containers. I’ve also had rat feces in my car engine. I know 2 people who have had wires in their car eaten by rats.
    I’ve been a resident in this neighborhood for 20 years and its been a problem for many years and needs to sorted out.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 10:58am

  • Sarah Deschenes

    My name is Sarah Deschenes, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. The rat problem in our neighborhood is horrendous and rats can be seen at all hours of the day and night. Many buildings in our neighborhood are not well cared for by landlords and those tenants are forced to live with rats in and around their homes.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    After three years of isolation caused by COVID-19, residents, like me, are once again outside only to find themselves confronted by vermin. This situation demands the rat-fighting measures offered by the Rat Mitigations’ preventative interventions and enhanced compliance mandates. Specifically, this initiative can force property owners to comply with sanitation regulations and fine those whose properties fail inspections within The Rat Mitigation Zone. This proposal also ensures the coordination efforts of related city agencies.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 11:15am

  • Julia Bryant

    Regarding adding the streets of saint marks between carlton and vanderbilt to the rat migration zone: My comments are as follow, the rats in the neighborhood can be so prolific that a number of my neighbors are unable to leave their home once it is sundown. Or then or before sunlight.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 11:25am

  • Jeff Kopay

    My name is Jeffrey Kopay, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. 

    With increased construction in the area, Prospect Heights has become a “rat hot spot” and we need increased mitigation efforts to combat the problem. The current situation is unacceptable as we are on the verge of a public health crisis. As New Yorkers we all deserve to live in a rat free New York City and its start with your help.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.  

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you for your help making Brooklyn a clean, safe place.

    Jeff Kopay – Lincoln Place

    Comment added May 1, 2023 11:29am

  • Chris J Meleski

    Draft Testimony:

    My name is Chris Meleski, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. Just today I cleaned an entire rats nest out from under the stairs. I’m constantly seeing them at night on the streets and our backyard. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 11:31am

  • Roz Parr

    My name is Roz Parr and I have been a resident of Prospect Heights since 1999. I am writing to you today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules. I urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. This community is severely infested with rodents. Two days ago, I surprised a rat hiding under a rubber mat covering a hatch in my front yard. Rat sightings on our streets are a daily occurrence, often in close proximity to local restaurants and children’s day care centers.

    Others have written about the 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson which shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints.

    I won’t repeat the stats, but it’s clear both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes must be included in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Sincerely,

    Roz Parr

    Comment added May 1, 2023 11:37am

  • Kamy Wicoff

    Please include ALL of 11238 in the city’s rat mitigation zone. For many years now, our block — which long-time residents have told me used to be rat-free — has been overrun by rats. Residents can’t walk a dog or traverse the street at night without seeing rats scurrying through tree beds and over the sidewalks. Rats have chewed up car engines, and I have personally watched rats jump across my stoop, fight in the street, and destroy our tree beds, flowerpots, and sidewalks. Despite the efforts of SCRAM, our block association’s committee dedicated to rat-abatement, the infestation of the neighborhood at large is too much for us to address as a small group. We need help from our city!!!! This is too big a problem for residents to address, and while we have gotten many people on our block to use cans with lids to dispose of garbage, and assisted them in finding help when their yards and homes have been overrun, we can’t get this problem under control without city help. PLEASE INCLUDE PROSPECT HEIGHTS in the rat mitigation zones!!! As the data show, our zip code, 11238, has been in the top zip codes in the city for years for complaints and we are a logical (and urgent) target for this initiative.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 11:42am

  • Allen Zerkin

    My name is Allen Zerkin, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I am writing in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules, but I also want to urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238 in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 11:48am

  • Katherine Huyett

    My name is Kate Huyett, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Our neighborhood has a major rat issue despite a very active block association effort to combat.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:02pm

  • Sabrina Fondren

    My name is Sabrina Fondren, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:08pm

  • Joyeux F Noël

    My name is Joyeux Noël, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Despite significant efforts on the members of our neighborhood community, the rats have been a persistent nuisance throughout the last 3 years.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the top ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:14pm

  • Jonathan B Gold

    Draft Testimony:

    My name is John Gold and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I have seen so many rats running through the streets, around the trash, into treebeds. Please please please help take care of this issue. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:26pm

  • Mary Shuford

    My name is Mary Shuford. As a resident of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, I support the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules. However, I strongly urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. There are not only regular sightings of rats in our streets and significant evidence of rat habitats in our street tree beds, but also rats are regular visitors to our homes and backyards. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you for supporting our efforts to eradicate the rats in our community.

    Sincerely,

    Mary Shuford

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:27pm

  • jillian steadman

    My name is Jillian Steadman, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I used to love walking around our neighborhood with my dogs in the evening, now it’s a total nightmare! I hate to leave the house when it’s a garbage/recycling eve. It’s not nice and they have invaded every area-my stoop and back yard too!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:40pm

  • Carol Krakowski

    My name is Carol Krakowski, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I am writing in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I live across the street from the Pacific Park project and frequently come across rats in the streets of my neighborhood while walking or biking through the area and it’s horrifying. This problem must be stopped and as an area with a massive rat problem our entire zip should be included in the plan. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11238 has ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you for your time and consideration.

    Best, Carol

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:40pm

  • Claire Hapke

    My name is Claire Hapke, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights (11238). I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. The amount of rats in our streets is staggering. This of course brings rat poison onto our streets, which I’m worried my dog might accidentally ingest. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you!

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:41pm

  • Rachel Bonsignore

    My name is Rachel Bonsignore, and I am a resident and homeowner in Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I was quite surprised to hear our neighborhood was not included in the original zone as we have had repeated rat and mouse problems in the entire time I have been living here, so much that many of my dedicated neighbors have spent countless hours of their personal time on assessment of these issues and strategies to mitigate the rodent population here.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:43pm

  • Carter Page

    My name is Carter Page, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. My block has been battling rodents for the last couple of years, and appreciate the city’s partnership and support on this important issue that impacts quality of life, health, and safety.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:47pm

  • Cecilia Reboursin

    My name is Cecilia Reboursin , and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. We’ve found rats under our stoop and in our backyard. We need help!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:48pm

  • Anurag Heda

    My name is Anurag Heda, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. [Insert sentence describing experience with rats — an anecdote or general concern.] An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the seconad most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:58pm

  • tiffany lu-heda

    My name is Tiffany Lu-Heda and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. [Insert sentence describing experience with rats — an anecdote or general concern.] An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the seconad most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 12:59pm

  • Erica Herman

    My name is Erica Herman, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    I have had a number of rat encounters: live rats scurrying across my path when I’ve been walking my dog in the evening, even as early as 7pm, and in early mornings, as well as dead rats as well; my building’s perimeter is riddled with rat holes; and my community garden is also full of rats and rat holes.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you for your attention and action. We, as much as you, want to rid NYC of rats. Including the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238 will go a long way towards doing this.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 1:08pm

  • Susan Fein

    My name is Susan Fein, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I frequently see rats in the evening scurrying down the sidewalks on Prospect Place from Washington Avenue to where I live, which is between Vanderbilt Ave and Carleton Ave. It’s not a very pleasant walk.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 1:10pm

  • David Blythe

    My name is David Blythe, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Rat sightings are a daily experience and with all the construction going on with the sewer lines on Park Place, the population has been both displaced and has exploded. Before this construction, rat sightings were much less common.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 1:18pm

  • Letena Lindsay

    My name is Letena Lindsay, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I’ve lived in Prospect Height for 20 years and have seen an explosion in the rat population in my neighborhood in recent years. It is not simply a nuisance; it is a health concern.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 1:31pm

  • Andrew Condell

    My name is Andrew Condell, and I am a resident of prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. There are rats burrowing holes in the trees outside our building and I found a lat week I found a rat in my basement. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 1:44pm

  • Henry Flax

    My name is Henry Flax, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of ZIP code 11238.
    The rats that inhabit the berms of Grand Army Plaza cross Plaza Street East on a regular basis and have infilitrated the gardens of the buildings, creating deep holes and burrows. These are dangerous and unsightly.
    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11238 has ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. Since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.
    Cordially,
    Henry S. Flax, Ed.D.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 1:50pm

  • Raphael

    My name is Raphael Myrthil, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. Prospect Heights must be home to the largest outside eating event in NYC and it’s also surrounded by a number of large developments that are displacing the old rat’s nest that were along Atlantic Ave rail yard. These changes are sending the rats to our front and back yard to create homes. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 2:02pm

  • Rachael Grygorcewicz

    My name is Rachael Grygorcewicz, and I am a 43-year resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238. I have lived in 11238 for 40 years (born and raised here). In my 40 years, we have never had such a bad rat problem. I see rats every day I walk down the street. Too often trash is put out and not picked up according to the schedule. I save food compost scraps but the new compost bins are almost always full when I go to deposit compost forcing me to put the scraps in the trash, which is much smellier and attracts rats. We need the fixed compost bins picked up more frequently. All of 11238 needs to be included in the rat mitigation zone so a comprehensive approach based on data informs our neighborhoods rat problem.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 2:09pm

  • Paige Balchunas-Walker

    My name is Paige Balchunas, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.
    Seeing rats running on sidewalks is unavoidable and gets worse and worse. I am afraid to go out at night on trash nights. St John’s between Underhill and Washington is by far the worst. I once walked in the middle of the street home bc rats were everywhere- saw over 10 in less then have a block. I am afraid to go into my trash area bc of the rats that some out at night. They are effecting my mental health and the city must do more to stop them.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 2:13pm

  • Ally Mintz

    My name is Ally Mintz, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, living at 408 Saint Johns Place, 11238. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and URGE you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238. I sadly, detest walking down my block at night as I run into at least 8 rats/night. This is no way to live!!! And something must be done!!!!! PLEASE I BEG YOU include the block of Saint Johns Place between Underhill and Washington into your mitigation zone!!!!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you very much,
    Ally Mintz

    Comment added May 1, 2023 2:30pm

  • David Webb

    My name is David Webb, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights.
    I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of Prospect Heights.
    I’ve lived in Prospect Heights for 14+ years, and the rat problem has gotten increasingly worse. The past several years have been particularly bad.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 2:31pm

  • Ellen Edelman

    My name is Ellen Edelman, and I am a resident of the Prospect Heights neighborhood. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238’

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    Although neighbors in our neighborhood have organized and provided information and actions to this problem, we cannot do it alone. We need the back-up of the City and all City agencies.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 2:37pm

  • Tricia Rieger

    My name is Tricia Rieger and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. One of the many reasons we need to have the Rat Mitigation Zone in all of 11238 so as to ensure that our streets are consistently washed by DSNY, with water and that the DOT issues tickets for those cars that are blocking the cleaning of our streets. 

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.  It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 2:53pm

  • Victoria Dunning

    My name is Victoria Dunning and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    From my personal experience, I see at least one, and usually multiple, rats any time and every time I am walking between 5pm and 10pm in the vicinity of Eastern Parkway (near the Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum subway stop), Plaza Street/Grand Army Plaza, Vanderbilt Avenue and vicinity (St John’s Place, Underhill Avenue, Lincoln Place, and more). When walking, I actively avoid scaffolding, trashbags, trash cans, and untended landscape areas. I recently had out of town guests who saw 2 rats on our short walk to a nice neighborhood dinner. The best of this neighborhood is also a contributing factor — the Eastern Parkway median, the bike paths, Vanderbilt Avenue, the subway, the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Central Library, and the weekly farmers market at Grand Army Plaza mean we have high pedestrian traffic and high trash volume beyond that of the immediate residents. This problem must be addressed for the health and sanitation of this community – its residents and visitors.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Please include this critical area in the Rodent Mitigation plan.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 2:58pm

  • Victoria Dunning

    My name is Victoria Dunning and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    From my personal experience, I see at least one, and usually multiple, rats any time and every time I am walking between 5pm and 10pm in the vicinity of Eastern Parkway (near the Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum subway stop), Plaza Street/Grand Army Plaza, Vanderbilt Avenue and vicinity (St John’s Place, Underhill Avenue, Lincoln Place, and more). When walking, I actively avoid scaffolding, trashbags, trash cans, and untended landscape areas. I recently had out of town guests who saw 2 rats on our short walk to a nice neighborhood dinner. The best of this neighborhood is also a contributing factor — the Eastern Parkway median, the bike paths, Vanderbilt Avenue, the subway, the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Central Library, and the weekly farmers market at Grand Army Plaza mean we have high pedestrian traffic and high trash volume beyond that of the immediate residents. This problem must be addressed for the health and sanitation of this community – its residents and visitors.

    I see that my neighbors have included the data case to include this critical area in the Rodent Mitigation plan.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 3:03pm

  • Phillip Godzin

    My name is Phillip Godzin, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    We need a more focused city effort to help deal with our rat infestation. We need more smart compost bins, as all the bins in our neighborhood regularly fill up daily. We also need more containerized trash so that we don’t leave giant bags of garbage on the sidewalk for hours at a time for rats to feast on. Shifting the hours did not make a dent.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 3:08pm

  • Justin L

    I would respectfully comment on the proposed rat mitigation zones and request that the zone covers the entire 11238 zip code. Our building has incurred several thousands dollars worth of expense in rat mitigation and we would appreciate the cities assistance.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 3:20pm

  • Yvonne Holmes

    I have been a long time resident of Prospect Heights. In the last 5 years I have seen my beloved neighborhood being taken over by RATS!
    I am writing to ask that the Prospect Heights neighborhood be included in the Rat Mitagation Zone. This area is home to Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and the Brooklyn Museum. We have many residents , visitors and tourists that come to these establishments. It would be a bad look for them to have to see rats running wild on our streets and in our trash.
    Thank you

    Comment added May 1, 2023 3:29pm

  • Emily Dindoffer

    My name is Emily Dindoffer, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 5:44pm

  • Donna Whiteman

    Please please extend the rat mitigation project past Franklyn avenue. There are rats all over these streets. All the avenues from Franklyn to Flatbush are dotted with restaurants and cafes. These wonderful eateries contribute to the massive influx of rodents. The on going construction on the streets between Washington and Flatbush have contributed to the area being inundated with these awful critters. Our children are often terrified to walk the streets. The diversity in housing in Prospect Heights would make an excellent test subject for the rat mitigation project. Please include all of 11238

    Comment added May 1, 2023 6:04pm

  • Irene Khin Wong

    I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I , irene khin write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries …

    Comment added May 1, 2023 6:44pm

  • Mark Cole

    I am a resident of Prospect Heights Neighborhood. I write in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Our residence has personally experienced a rat infestation in the past which was difficult to abate. Other buildings next to us have a continuing current problem. The other day I passed an apartment building on St. Johns that had so many rats in the front area that people were stopping to gawk as if it was a zoo. It is a serious infestation that we are all fighting every day.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 7:11pm

  • Elizabeth Solomon

    My name is Elizabeth Solomon, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. We are very clean building, purchase and use closed trash bins, and really try to keep things tidy. Yet still, unfortunately due to the problem in the neighborhood have had at least two rats in our basement.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you for your consideration.

    Sincerely,
    Elizabeth Solomon

    Comment added May 1, 2023 8:12pm

  • Kelly Titus

    As a 20 year resident of Prospect Heights I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. We have a tremendous rat problem, and we need as much help as possible in dealing with this.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 8:13pm

  • Yvette Pasqua

    Draft Testimony:

    My name is Yvette Pasqua, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I frequently see rats on our sidewalk while waiting for my daughter’s school bus in broad daylight. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 9:18pm

  • Nick Karr

    My name is Nick Karr, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I dread walking down the block from the train to our apartment because of the abundance of rats in Prospect Heights, more than anywhere else I’ve lived in NYC over the past decade plus. In the daytime the presence of rat nests are apparent to anyone who pays any attention, yet it feels like limited attention is paid to the issue (to date) except some vigilant neighborhood volunteers. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 10:16pm

  • Renee Holmes

    We have a severe rat problem in 11216, from Franklin Avenue to Throop and all blocks in between those cross streets. Most homeowners and buildings are trying their best to help eradicate this problem but we need help. Many homeowners have replaced gardens with cement but the rats are still coming. The rats are tunneling in city tree beds. Residents clean and disinfect, collapse and fill rat holes every day but the still appear. Local parks are overrun with rats so much so that there was a reported outbreak of leptospirosis at a local dog park last summer. There is a lot of construction going on in the area causing more rats to appear. The subway stations in the area, A/C and G train have rats. Rats are in cars and homes. Many of the rats are not eating or dying from the rat poison. Most of the houses, buildings and businesses have rats poison boxes. We need the city’s help. The rats are too comfortable. They are a health hazard to humans and pets. The are an environmental hazard as well. We need birth control for the rats. We need to have the rats’ nests filled with carbon dioxide to kill the nest. Please add 11216 to the rat mitigation zone. Thank you.

    Comment added May 1, 2023 10:46pm

  • Diana Kyrwood

    Draft Testimony:

    My name is Diana Kyrwood and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    We have repeatedly had to put up sheet metal barriers around our building to prevent rats from entering our property. Rats are rampant on our block and pose a significant health risk to our community. We have been working hard as a community to minimize rat infestation but we need support from the city. In addition, many NYC residents and tourists come to this area to visit the significant cultural landmarks and institutions we have here – NYPL Central Branch, the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, the Brooklyn Museum of Art. By protecting our neighborhood you are protecting a vital part of the NYC economy.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    PLEASE reconsider and include our zip code in the mitigation zone.

    Diana Kyrwood

    Comment added May 2, 2023 8:02am

  • Kippy Joseph

    I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I watch Rats, in broad daylight and at night, walk across sidewalks, nest in garden areas, and generally act like they own the place, which from the numbers it seems they do. To not include our neighborhood in its entirety would be more than discourteous – it would show the city is not using evidence-based decision making.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    With thanks for your efforts and a plea to include us,
    Kippy Joseph

    Comment added May 2, 2023 8:32am

  • Tim Hunsinger

    My name is Tim Hunsinger and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. We are constantly seeing rats on our block – walking down the street at night you can constantly hear them rummaging around in bushes and planters, and we’ve seen them sneak into our building and get into common areas. Just the other night when my wife and I came home from dinner, there was a bloated dead rat right outside our building door.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 9:12am

  • Lenora Suki

    My name is Lenora Suki and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    Our coop and the entire block have experienced large and difficult to control rat populations as a result of nearby construction and landlords not controlling pests and garbage, among other issues. I’ve had a rat run directly over my foot out of nowhere with no apparent fear. It’s out of control.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thanks for your attention.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 12:42pm

  • Peter Cobos

    My name is Peter Cobos, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. There is significant construction on our block and I have seen rats leaving the construction site and around the block.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you.
    Peter

    Comment added May 2, 2023 1:57pm

  • Charles and Susan Blank

    My name is Charles Blank, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 2:24pm

  • Linda Adamson

    Hello,

    My name is Linda Adamson, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I support the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include all of Prospect Heights and the entire zip code 11238. I walk in the neighborhood three to four nights a week after dark and every time I’m crossed by at least one rat, and usually multiple rats, despite seeing rat poison boxes in almost every buildings front yard. I’ve even start to see them come out during the day, unsurprising given the extensive roadwork underway on Park Place! An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you for your time and attention on this matter!

    Linda Adamson

    Comment added May 2, 2023 2:24pm

  • Muqu Karim

    My name is Muqu Karim, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I see rats in our apartment building, in the streets oustide and as I walk into the subway. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 2:36pm

  • Amanda Oprysko

    My name is Amanda Oprysko, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I see rats in my home and all over the neighborhood. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 2:42pm

  • Colette Brown

    My name is Colette Brown and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    Rats are an historical problem in NYC, but we need not accept them as a consequence of living in NYC. As a homeowner and active voter, I want to live in a better city that acts in the belief that we all have the right to live in a rodent free city. MY zip code has always been ground zero for this scourge and due to the diligent community activism of its residents, we alerted NYC to the severity of the problem and began the discussion that has culminated in the establishment of a “Rat Tzar”. While this is wonderful progress, the rodent problem in 11238 and 11216 remains one of the worst quality of life detriments in these neighborhoods today in 2023.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    I implore you to not forget 11238 or 11216 in your improvement plan. Thank you for your attention this this matter. Colette Brown, Brooklyn, NY 11238

    Comment added May 2, 2023 3:04pm

  • Steven Epstein

    My name is Steven Epstein and I am a resident of NEIGHBORHOOD. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. [Insert sentence describing experience with rats — an anecdote or general concern.] An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Steven Epstein
    10 Plaza Street East
    Bkyn, NY 11238 My name is Steven Epstein and I am a resident of NEIGHBORHOOD. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. [Insert sentence describing experience with rats — an anecdote or general concern.] An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Steven Epstein
    10 Plaza Street East
    Bkyn, NY 11238

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    Comment added May 2, 2023 3:07pm

  • Ellen Kolikoff

    Hello,

    My name is Ellen Kolikoff, and I am a resident of 10 Plaza Street E, across the street from the berms at Grand Army Plaza. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    At night, and even during the day sometimes, I see rats on Plaza Street. Just a few nights ago, walking from Washington Ave near Eastern Parkway returning to my home, a baby rat and then a large one ran right in front of me, perhaps 10 feet away. This supports the analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson showing that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Sincerely,
    Ellen Kolikoff

    Comment added May 2, 2023 3:17pm

  • Carol Steuer

    My name is Carol Steuer, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    On an errand today in the neighborhood, I saw 4 dead rats in the streets. On St Johns Place there are many apartment front lawns with dozens of rat holes. Rats scurry around day and night around the Plaza Street berm. Clearly there is a rat problem in our neighborhood.

    Please include the 11238 ZIP code in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 3:34pm

  • Suzanne Pettypiece

    My name is Suzanne Pettypiece, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. Every summer we hear passers-by squeal from seeing rats. Several years ago the actually chewed through our basement floor and made their way into our walls. We had to pave over our green area to get rid of them. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 4:58pm

  • Kate Gardner

    My name is Kate Gardner, and I am a resident of Lincoln Place in Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238 — and not discriminate against neighborhoods of multi-dwelling buildings and Section 8 housing. I have actually had to kick away rats as I make my way down the sidewalk. Terrifying!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    After three years of isolation caused by COVID-19, residents, like me, are once again outside only to find themselves confronted by vermin. This situation demands the rat-fighting measures offered by the Rat Mitigations’ preventative interventions and enhanced compliance mandates. Specifically, this initiative can force property owners to comply with sanitation regulations and fine those whose properties fail inspections within The Rat Mitigation Zone. This proposal also ensures the coordination efforts of related city agencies.

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    Comment added May 2, 2023 5:45pm

  • Hae-Lin CHoi

    My name is Hae-Lin Choi, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I am very concerned about the increase in rats in our neighborhood. There are rat burrows basically in every little green area on our street.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date).

    Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated into the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you!

    Comment added May 2, 2023 6:21pm

  • K. Batuta

    I am a long-time resident of Prospect Heights in Brooklyn, NY. I support the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    Some of my personal recent experiences include: I came out of the Grand Army Plaza subway a few months ago to find a rat hanging on the fence. I have also seen rats on the track in the same subway station. I was walking on Eastern Parkway a few weeks ago and came upon a dead rat on the sidewalk near a tree pit. My understanding is that the analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from Council Member Crystal Hudson supports my anecdotal experiences in that it shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 6:41pm

  • Arvin Shapiro

    I cannot believe that my zip code 11238, which had substantial numbers of requests for assistance treating this problem, has been ignored. I’d like to know the rationale behind this decision
    Thank you
    Arvin Shapiro

    Comment added May 2, 2023 6:44pm

  • Suzanne Forrester

    To Whom it may concern,
    I am a resident of Prospect Heights where rats have been running rampant for well over a year now, leaving residents afraid to walk at night, afraid to take out our garbage and afraid to go into our gardens.

    My property faces the back of apartment buildings on St John’s Place between Washington and Underhill Avenues, and the rats enter out gardens from the buildings, where garbage is not being handled properly.

    We feel like we are under attack and hopeless about whether we will ever get this situation under control despite our efforts to put our garbage in bins with lids etc.

    Being designated part of the Rat Mitigation Zone would at least let us know that we are not in this fight by ourselves.

    We would greatly appreciate you considering our neighborhood for this intervention.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 7:46pm

  • Donna Wilson

    My name is Donna Wilson, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. Our neighbors have, with a few negligent landlord exceptions, made extraordinary and collaborative efforts to reduce food waste and garbage that attracts rats, but our efforts must be supported by a multi-agency approach to be effective against this burgeoning population of vermin. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you for your consideration

    Comment added May 2, 2023 8:09pm

  • Jessica DuLong

    My name is Jessica DuLong, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    The rat infestation in our neighborhood has scared our kids (who’ve developed rodent phobias), spread germs and garbage debris, and inhibited free and easy movement down our streets.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second-most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year.

    ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 8:57pm

  • carmen castillo

    My name is Carmen Castillo, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I constantly see rats outside my building , and this should not be a weekly occurrence.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 9:26pm

  • Tia Breakley

    My name is Tia Breakley, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Over the past several years, various blocks of Prospect Heights have experienced construction to upgrade municipal water infrastructure. This construction has resulted in a marked increase in rodents. Having lived in Prospect Heights for over 2 decades, I can honestly say, the past several years have presented an unprecedented rodent problem. Trees and greenery areas have been burrowed and become infested, rats have become a daily sighting and last year, a rat burrowed into the plant at the top of my stoop and had babies — disgusting.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 9:34pm

  • Cassandra Metz

    My name is Cassandra Metz, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. As a longtime resident, I can personally attest to the troubling uptick in rat activity on our block – – Sterling Place, between Vanderbilt and Underhill Avenues – – due to the nonstop construction of residential buildings and replacement of the water lines. After receiving a fine from the city (which is absolutely outrageous given that we cannot control neighborhood construction) and several attempts with an exterminator and traps, we finally decided to dig up and replace our entire front yard, including the area under our stoop, in an effort to reduce the rat activity. This was a hefty expense and substantial inconvenience, but it was better than the alternative of opening our front door and seeing rats scurrying throughout our yard on a regular basis.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 10:02pm

  • Judith Sethi

    My name is Judith Sethi, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rodent problem on our block and in our neighborhood is out of control. We see rats daily. Every evening when we walk the dog, we watch rats running across Plaza Street East to and from our building and the Berms. Last weekend, I saw a dead rat and a live rat in our building’s street level garden.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you so much for your focus and help on this matter.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 10:42pm

  • April Gu

    My name is April Gu, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I have lived in the neighborhood for nearly ten years and have seen a marked increase in rat activity during that time to the point where I am forced to walk down the middle of the street before garbage collection days in order to avoid rat activity. It is not uncommon for me to see rats when I am taking out the garbage in the building’s common area. This tracks with what I have heard anecdotally from my neighbors as well the statistics.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you.

    Comment added May 2, 2023 11:49pm

  • Li Xian

    I am a resident of Prospect Heights (zip code 11238) and I’d like to recommend this zip code be included in the rat mitigation zone. The rat infestation problem in our neighborhood has been out of control – I’ve had rats run across my path many times and I hear them rustling in the trash, flower beds, and front lawns. It’s really affecting the quality of life in our neighborhood for both residents and business owners. Please do not ignore our neighborhood!

    Comment added May 2, 2023 11:53pm

  • Art Chang

    My name is Art Chang and I am a resident of the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. It’s virtually impossible to walk down the street in the evening without nearly kicking a rat. Rats have infested our front gardens, the tree pits adjacent to the sidewalk, and even our backyards.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 1:28am

  • Benjamin Pearcy

    My name is Benjamin Pearcy, and I am a 30 year resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I have lived in this neighborhood since 1993, but since the pandemic, I have noticed a marked increase in the number of rats I see. On my block, I see rats every day, while out walking the dog or walking to and from work. I also see them in my car’s engine, with evidence of nesting.

        An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

        It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 6:11am

  • Wendy Tsang

    My name is FIRST LAST, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I encounter rats every night when I walk my dog. On a good night, it is 1 rat. On a bad night, it can be up to a dozen. I’m now so accustomed to seeing rats that I’ve started to think they are cute but the reality is that they carry diseases and I am constantly fearful that my dog will catch one and become ill.

    My dog, Bambi and I both thank you for your consideration!

    Comment added May 3, 2023 7:02am

  • Brad Shepik

    My name is Brad Shepik, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. We have had up to 10 burrows in the back of our building. Last summer we had to pour new concrete to plug all the holes. We have bait stations all around the front and back of our building that are completely emptied every month. There are times when I will encounter up to five rats crossing my path while walking from one end of my block of Sterling Pl to the other (Underhill to Washington). We regularly find “flat rats” all throughout the neighborhood that have been run over by cars. We have them (Rats not Mice) in the building periodically and have had to treat the inside of our walls 3 times with rozol. We are doing everything we can to mitigate them, keeping walks clean, cleaning any rat feces found outside the building and cleaning with bleach, installing new covered plastic trash containers, using the city compost bins. We need help, the rats are a public health issue.
     
    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. 
     
    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 7:20am

  • Zachary Halbrecht

    My name is Zachary Halbrecht, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Rats once ate my car engine wiring (engine harness) while it was parked on the street on our block. This caused enough damage to prevent the car from starting and was an expensive repair! ($4000) Yikes. I am not the only one on the block this has happened to.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 7:24am

  • Denise DeYonker

    Not sure why Prospect Hgts is not included in the proposal, but the rat problem here has been increasing since the proliferation of construction in this neighborhood. So 10 years at least now. It’s time to include us in the rat mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 7:52am

  • Zach Kuperstein

    My name is Zach Kuperstein, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. As I walk my dog in our neighborhood, every single day, I see rats in the gardens, under cars and around trash cans. My dog notices as well and tends to chase after them. I’m concerned about the safety of my dog and others if they were to catch a rat and get a disease from it.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 8:11am

  • Jennifer Bleyer

    My name is Jennifer Bleyer, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I HAVE A COLONY OF RATS LIVING UNDER THE TREE BED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, I HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT MYSELF AND NOTHING HAS WORKED!!!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 8:14am

  • Adam Gordon

    My name is Adam Gordon, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. Put simply, we have rates – lots of them. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 9:08am

  • Nicole Lisa

    My name is Nicole Lisa, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I live at 430 Sterling Pl near the corner of Washington Ave and you can’t go out in the evening/night without one or more rats crossing your path or seeing them hanging out on the sidewalk. There are so many rats they’re a common sight in playgrounds in the neighborhood during the day. We’ve done a lot to make sure we’re not giving rats places to live by changing over to sidewalk trash bins, closing up holes in our walls and putting mesh in recessed basement windows. We need the city to match our efforts to drastically bring the rat population down.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 9:08am

  • Racquel White

    My name is Heather Hamilton, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Multiple rats routinely cross sidewalks near my apt.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 9:46am

  • Jean Campbell

    My name is Jean Campbell, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. During the pandemic, our block experienced a huge increase in rat sitings. Our block formed a rat committee to educate our neighbors on how to mitigate rat population by containerizing garbage and minimizing food source. A rat nested in our front planter which we had to rat proof. Despite our efforts, I do not see a decrease in rat population.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 9:51am

  • Patrice A. Hall

    My name is Patrice Hall, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238.

    The rodent problem in 11238 – that was already intolerable – has continued to worsen over the past few years. It used to be that you need only be vigilant from dusk to dawn lest a rat run across your path or feet. Now it is not unusual to see rats strolling across our streets in broad daylight!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 10:09am

  • Jessica

    I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. We regularly steer our stroller around live and dead rats on the way to and from daycare.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 10:11am

  • Jasmine Nielsen

    My name is Jasmine Nielsen, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I’ve lived on this block for 21 of the past 25 years, and have never known the situation we’ve been facing for the past two years.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 10:31am

  • Dave

    My name is Dave Werner and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11238. We encounter rats daily.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:09am

  • Mike Trapanese

    My name is Mike Trapanese, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. The rat population has been living large, especially on St. Johns St. and the area around Stroud Park. We humans are outnumbered. Our individual efforts are no match for this unruly horde and we desperately need a coordinated approach to fight back.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:10am

  • David J Reiss

    My name is David Reiss, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. We are constantly struggling with rats, even though local homeowners engage an exterminator on a regular basis.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:14am

  • Dr. Jeanne Theoharis

    My name is Jeanne Theoharis and I live in Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rat problem in the neighborhood has steadily gotten worse. We hardly ever walk down the street at night without seeing rats. For awhile, I called 311 but it didn’t seem to do anything so I haven’t called in more than a year and I know others who haven’t as well. We’ve tried many building and block remedies but they are no match for the volume of rats.

    On top of that, an analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan–and that the calls represent a deep undercount of neighborhood concern. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:15am

  • Isolde Brielmaier

    My name is Isolde Brielmaier, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Our street is infested with rats and rat nests (and feces!) and I see them regularly running around the sidewalk, burrowing in our trees and trash bins during both the daytime and night.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:15am

  • CJ Santaniello

    My name is CJ Santaniello, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Rats have taken over tree beds, burrow under the sidewalks (opening them up for collapse), and are attracted to the obscene amount of dog feces that is not picked up.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    – Thank you

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:16am

  • Ethan Gracer

    Hi! My name is Ethan Gracer, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights on Lincoln Place. I support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules, and strongly suggest that you amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I see rats running across the sidewalk, often within a few feet of me, most nights when I’m walking just a few blocks home from the subway.

    Others have posted the data demonstrating the need for a solution in the 11236 and 11238 zip codes. Please add them to migration zone. Thank you.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:17am

  • Karen Plafker

    Greetings! I am a resident of Prospect Heights and am writing both in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and to urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11238. We have rats scrambling in the streets, running in and out of trash areas (even those with enclosed bins), burrowing into tree pits.

    Given the analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson, it’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include us!

    Thank you.
    Karen Plafker

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:18am

  • Herbert Eisenberg

    My name is Herbert Eisenberg and I am a resident of Prospect Heights and live on Eastern Parkway near the subway, museum and botanic garden. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. It is unfortunately not uncommon for me to observe rats scurrying on Eastern Parkway, near the park, subways and most often near the residential buildings. It is upsetting and scary to repeatedly fearless rats on our walk home.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:38am

  • Sarah Viner

    My name is Sarah Viner, and I am a resident of north Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Rats in prospect heights are not only a health and safety issue, but are also causing financial damage to property. We recently had to replace a wire in the engine of our car after it was chewed through by rats. This was costly and also dangerous as we tried to drive the car not knowing that any damage had been caused.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:41am

  • Nathalie P.

    I am an 8-year resident of Prospect Heights, and I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I have personally witnessed (and heard countless disturbing accounts of) the rat problem in our neighborhood, especially at night. I am fortunate to live in a building that has gone to great lengths to keep a clean, healthy environment for our residents, including a costly re-landscaping of the building entrance. The coop residents burdened this cost to mitigate neighboring rat issues from spilling over into our immediate footprint, but we need an organized initiative lead by the city to bolster our individual efforts before it’s too late.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:44am

  • Veronica Chan

    My name is Veronica Chan, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:45am

  • Brianne Hendrickson-Smith

    My name is Brianne Hendrickson-Smith, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights (11238). I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Almost anytime I go out after dark on garbage nights I see rats. Our building has many rat traps, and I have still seen dead rats on the common patio where my kids play.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:48am

  • Tara Prout

    My name is Tara Prout, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. There has been an uptick in rodent activity in the area and I am personally concerned about the damage, and associated repair costs, to my vehicle as rats are chewing through wires, depositing trash in engine blocks, and sometimes taking up residence in people’s cars. I have found rat feces in my engine area and know of others who have had repair bills in the thousands of dollars to either remove rat carcasses from their cars or replace damaged wiring.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you for your time and consideration.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:48am

  • Hana Nakamura

    My name is Hana Nakamura, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Our neighborhood is riddled with rat holes and it is not a problem individual home owners can combat on our own although we are trying!

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:55am

  • Sean Shannon

    My name is Sean Shannon, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Every day a return home from work usually includes dodging a rat or rats due to the rampant rat problem.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:56am

  • Siobhan Devine

    My name is Siobhan Devine, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rats are a constant presence on our block, even infiltrating the garage and eating into a neighbor’s car. Constant attempts to eradicate them by our building have been unsuccessful. We need a neighborhood-wide approach.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 11:57am

  • Lena Opper

    Yes! A rodent mitigation plan! My name is Lena Opper and I live in Prospect Heights, BK. I am thrilled the city is planning the Rodent Mitigation Zone rules. However, it does not including the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238 is a gross oversight. I love Prospect Heights and hope to continue to live here but the rat population makes a healthy lifestyle untenable. This beloved neighborhood consistently has some of the worst rat activity in the city. They are a disturbance and I walk in the middle of the street in order to avoid them, preferring the risk of getting hit by a car than walked over by a humongous rat (or two). Friends and family are afraid to visit me at my home or neighborhood because of the rats. Zip codes 11216 and 11238 must be included in the Rodent Mitigation Zone.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 12:16pm

  • Sailaja Sastry

    I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. [Insert a sentence here describing your experience with rats – an anecdote or general concern.]

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 12:16pm

  • Virginia Freire

    My name is Virginia Freire, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. There has been a growing rat population in this area exacerbated by the pandemic, restaurant closures, and major construction in our area. Not only do we regularly see rats in front of the houses, but they have also been spotted in backyards and some homes have had rats take up residence under stoops. This is a public health concern and the scope of the situation has grown to something that individual homeowners and renters cannot address on their own.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you.

    Best,

    Virginia

    Comment added May 3, 2023 12:40pm

  • Matthew Agronin

    Matt Agronin, resident. I live on Bergen St (Washington & Underhill AVes) in Prospect Heights 11238. The rat problem is horrendous. We don’t have quality trash cans like other neighborhoods with bids, we don’t have any street cleaning so trash is everywhere, and we have such a serious rat problem that droppings can be found on the sidewalks, all over doorsteps, and rats are scurrying throughout the day – not just at night. We pay far too much money per month for rat abatement and poison but it feels like the city is not doing their part.

    I write today in serious and hopeful support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 1:01pm

  • Kyle Matthew Hamilton

    Hello,

    I’ve lived at 701 Park Place, Brooklyn NY 11216 for over a decade now. In just the past month and a half, I’ve killed over 50 (!!!) rats with various traps due to the incessant build-up of rats nests in our neighborhood. A building next to ours (703 Park Place) has been vacated for the ten years I’ve been living next door, and is one of the many properties on our Bedford Ave / Park Place street corner that has become a haven for rats. The issue has gotten so bad that we and other neighbors can’t even set out our trash until right before the city’s trash maintenance arrives early in the morning because the rats are destroying everyone’s trash bags within’ minutes of setting them out. Otherwise, garbage is strewn everywhere and maintenance will pass up all left-over trash – leaving the rat problem to persist. Any ideas on how to address these problems would be appreciated. Thank you!

    Best,
    Kyle

    Comment added May 3, 2023 1:06pm

  • Willa

    My name is Willa Vail, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. When walking my dog both during the daytime and at night, she has chased after (and nearly caught) several rats. Rats harbor leptospirosis, a disease fatal to dogs and transmissible by rats. Please help keep our neighborhood’s people and pets healthy.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you,

    Willa

    Comment added May 3, 2023 1:17pm

  • Amit Sethi

    My name is FIRST LAST, and I am a resident of NEIGHBORHOOD. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. [Insert sentence describing experience with rats – an anecdote or general concern.]

    I understand from neighbors that there is plenty of data to show that 11238 is a very popular area for rats right now. We have the Grand Army berms on one side that provide a habitat for rodents, while Park Place, Sterling Place, Underhill, and a seemingly endless selections of nearby streets are being torn open to replace water lines and sending them scurrying out onto the sidewalks at all times of day. Grand Army Plaza itself now is fully under construction. However, one doesn’t need to see data to know the prevalence of dirty rats – simply walk more than one block, day or night, and you will see rats as big as your foot boldly running around. It’s gross, it’s bad for people and dogs, and your neighborhood deserves to be on the list.

    Thank you!

    Comment added May 3, 2023 1:36pm

  • Yalin Uluaydin

    My name is YALIN ULUAYDIN, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. In the past 3 years the amount of rats has jumped and we see one more or less everyday in our yards. Every spring to fall we have two dozen or more rats trapped in the backyard traps or bait stations and has reached ridiculous levels that we can’t keep up as a building.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.
    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 1:43pm

  • Rob

    My name is Rob, and I am a resident of the area of Prospect Heights NOT included in your Rat Plan. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rat infeststation in my area is increasing every day. I have seen them both in day and night. I’ve complained to no avail. To ignore this request is another example of red-lining services to neighborhoods of color. The stats below don’t lie.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 1:56pm

  • Nathon Turner

    My name is Nathon Turner and I am a resident of Crown Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. In my time as a resident of this neighborhood, I have encountered numerous rats on various streets at all hours of the day. This includes even having a rat run into my ankle on a city sidewalk.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 2:30pm

  • Polly J Thistlethwaite

    Please put the neighborhood reflected by the zip code 11238 into the rat mitigation zone. Our zip code has one of the highest rat complaint rates in Brooklyn, and the rats jump out on the sidewalk of St John’s Pl between Washington and Underhill all the time. It’s a big problem! There are visible holes in the gardens on that block where the rats are, and they’re always out at night and sometimes in the daytime foraging. Our neighborhood has also one of the highest rates of participation in the new composting program. People are making an effort to reduce edible material in the trash to get rid of the rats. Please help us.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 2:50pm

  • Jennie Connery

    Please include Prospect Heights in the mitigation zone. We live on St. John’s between Underhill & Washington and it’s been incredibly bad for several years now, with no real signs of improvement.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 3:00pm

  • Jennie Connery

    My name is Jennie Connery, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. We see rats crossing our sidewalks daily.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 3:02pm

  • BRH

    I live in Prospect Heights and my street has a severe rat problem. Please widen the rat mitigation zone to include the 11238 and 11216 zip codes. I am about to have a child, and one of my biggest concerns is how to push a stroller down our street while dodging the many rats we see on a daily basis. We need targeted interventions now to get rid of the rat infestations between Washington and Underhill Avenues. Please widen the map to encompass the 11238 and 11216 zip codes. Thank you.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 3:03pm

  • Daryl Hornick-Becker

    My name is Daryl Hornick-Becker, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights (zip code 11238). I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rat sightings in our neighborhood are constant, and unavoidable.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 3:10pm

  • Avery Wolff

    My name is Avery Wolff, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Currently, rats run my block and my greater area generally. I am consistently forced to walk in the street as I live in fear of having a rat run over my feet when walking on the sidewalk. I also have serious concerns for the safety of small dogs as the rats are aggressive and quite large. Furthermore, rats rip open trash bags left out on trash day and leave the sidewalk littered with trash. This is disgusting and is disrespectful to our beautiful neighborhood. I encourage the city to continue its plan for containerization so that New Yorkers have a sanitary place to dispose of household trash. This is a simple solution.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 3:42pm

  • Clarice Meadows

    My name is Clarice Meadows, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, and have been a resident of both the Prospect Heights and Crown Heights neighborhoods for over 20 years. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    Due to all the construction, rat populations have skyrocketed over the years. If new buildings are being approved year after year, rat mitigation needs to be included in that plan. I have seen rats on the street, in hedges by buildings regardless of their trash set up, and in back yard areas, especially when construction was going up.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you for your time.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 4:11pm

  • Beulah Towns

    My name is Beulah Towns and I’m in agreement with the Rat Mitigation zone designation plan, I urge you to amend the boundaries to include 11238, 11217. Construction in our area has increased the rat population 100 percent.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 4:11pm

  • Sofia Balters

    My name is Sofia Balters, and became a resident of Prospect Heights a little over a year ago. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. As a new member of this neighborhood, I see it as imperative to address the rat population here. I have heard from my neighbors that they have made significant individual efforts to address the issue, but we also need the help of the city through inclusion in the proposed zones. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 4:13pm

  • Nick Duble

    My name is Nick Duble, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238. We generally see at least 20-30 rats nightly on our block just while walking home and they have become dangerously in afraid of humans.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. 

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 4:26pm

  • Amy Sokotch

    My name is Amy Sokotch, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 4:41pm

  • Emily Antoniades

    My name is Emily Antoniades, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Every night we walk our dog we see multiple rats scurrying from underneath cars, out of holes in the dirts, and in garbage bags. It’s a nightly terror and there is rat poop everywhere.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you,
    Emily

    Comment added May 3, 2023 4:44pm

  • Stonie Darling

    Please add the full prospect Heights neighborhood to rat mitigation zone. The number of rats I see daily while walking my dog is shocking. I fear that if you only concentrate on the surrounding areas our neighborhood will be overwhelmed with even more rats.
    Thank you,
    Stonie Darling

    Comment added May 3, 2023 5:14pm

  • Scarlet Neath

    My name is Scarlet Neath, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the entirety of ZIP codes 11216 and 11238. I have had several horrific experiences with rats in my neighborhood, including one where a rat ran over my friend’s foot. It is a constant fear when I take out the trash or walk my dog at night. I see visible rat holes all over the streets that should be plugged. I spend a lot of time in other neighborhoods that are definitely not as bad.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 5:16pm

  • Teo Staeva

    My name is Teo Staeva, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The rat problem in my neighborhood is significant and requires an urgent approach to effectively address it.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you,
    T Staeva

    Comment added May 3, 2023 7:14pm

  • James Hill

    My name is James Hill, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rat Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. My block (St Johns Pl between Washington and Underhill) is extraordinarily infested with rats. They have burrowed into almost every piece of soil/yard/trees and can be seen running on the sidewalks at all hours of the day. During the night, they are so numerous that they have run into my feet while walking. The situation is completely out of control and in dire need of remediation.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rat complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rat complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Best,
    James Hill

    Comment added May 3, 2023 7:15pm

  • Clementina Dioguardi

    I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. We have personally been affect by rats being present in our building’s common areas near playgrounds where children under 10 play. This is growing health concern that we would like to raise and address. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 8:33pm

  • Kathryn A Lisa

    My name is Kathryn Lisa, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I live at Sterling Pl near the corner of Washington Ave and you can’t go out in the evening/night without one or more rats crossing your path or seeing them hanging out on the sidewalk. There are so many rats they’re a common sight in playgrounds in the neighborhood during the day. We’ve done a lot to make sure we’re not giving rats places to live by changing over to sidewalk trash bins, closing up holes in our walls and putting mesh in recessed basement windows. We need the city to match our efforts to drastically bring the rat population down.
    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.
    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 8:47pm

  • Anna Lin

    Please consider extending the rat mitigation zone to include St Johns St and Lincoln St between Washington and Underhill. We have a significant rat problem. Multiple rats run across my path nightly when I walk on St Johns. Thank you

    Comment added May 3, 2023 8:58pm

  • Cheryl Rozier

    My name is Cheryl Rozier, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The combination of parkland at Grand Army Plaza, numerous restaurants, mass transit and road construction has made Prospect Heights Rat Heaven!!!!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 9:12pm

  • Kiyoko Panzella

    My name is Kiyoko Panzella, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. My block is overrun with rats. Most of the yards and tree wells have large rat holes, and sightings are almost daily. About once a week I encounter a dead rat on the street. My neighboring building in particular has had an ongoing problem for at least the two years that I have lived here. Their alleyway is full of construction debris, dog feces, and various other garbage, and has become a breeding ground for rats. Numerous calls to 311 have done nothing.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 9:51pm

  • Praveen Ramamurthy

    My name is Praveen Ramamurthy, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. With a lot of construction happening on our block, I see rats on the streets regularly. An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 9:53pm

  • Leah Vickers

    My name is Leah Vickers and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I have seen a significant increase in the number of rats in Prospect Heights since the pandemic began, including on my block, which used to have minimal rat activity and now is a rat party zone.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 10:04pm

  • Emily Gordon

    My name is Emily Gordon, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Multiple rats routinely cross sidewalks near my apt.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 3, 2023 10:18pm

  • Heather A.

    I live on the boarder of Prospect Heights and Crown Heights and the rat problems have increasingly grown worst over the last few years. We have a nest between our building and our neighbors and we have repeatedly tried to cover and fill in the whole but to avail. We also have a monthly exterminator come to add poison to the outdoor rat trips but that also doesn’t appear to be helping. Many sidewalk tree pits and the concrete in the sidewalk is torn up by rat holes.

    We need help dealing with this in our neighborhood.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 12:14am

  • Catherine Henry

    My name is Catherine Henry, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. In the past three years, I and my teenage daughter have had many, many unfortunate run-ins with the overwhelming number of rodents on our streets and our block. I have walked down the block at night dodging rats that are running between garbage bags and basement cavities. She has opened a garbage bin to discard our household trash and had a rat jump out at her! I’ve stood on my stoop with key in hand and had rats run straight across my feet. They are everywhere! Yes, we have never called 311 to complain because we have not believed anything can be done about the situation (plus, the pandemic…) but it doesn’t mean the situation isn’t BAD.

    Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Thank you!

    Comment added May 4, 2023 12:52am

  • Anthony Guarisco

    My name is Anthony Guarisco, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. Rats are running rampant in my neighborhood and need immediate action. The longer nothing is done about the the worse the problem is going to become.An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 6:27am

  • Elizabeth Scheel

    We need this in Prospect Heights, where rats are everywhere!

    Comment added May 4, 2023 9:01am

  • Lia Weintraub

    My name is Lia Weintraub, and I am a resident of Crown Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. The other day, I was walking around my neighborhood and a rat ran right into my shoe. We have trash bins in front of our building in a little hut that we call the rodent mansion.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 9:16am

  • David Forbes, PhD

    My name is David Forbes, PhD, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 9:18am

  • Row Kiefer

    Dear the City of New York,

    Thanks for giving me this opportunity to voice my concerns.

    There is a big rat problem in Bushwick. My roommates and I all work from home and we were without Wi-Fi for 1 week because rats chewed through our exposed wires. Our management company refused to cover or move the wires, so they’re still exposed and outside. We were forced to work from libraries, coffee shops and friend’s apartments which was very inconvenient and stressful.

    A few months ago, I accidentally stepped on a rat, which was pretty disgusting.

    I see rats running through Bushwick every day. I can hear them when I sleep. I love this neighborhood and it didn’t used to be like this.

    I think Bushwick should be prioritized as a Rat Mitigation Zone.

    Thank you,
    Row

    Comment added May 4, 2023 9:30am

  • Ami Schwartz

    My name is Ami Schwartz, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Just last night, I had to side step scurrying rats while walking on my block. There are rat holes in tree pits and frequent droppings next to residence buildings.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 9:33am

  • James Schiano

    The rat problem in Bushwick is unlike anywhere else in the city. Please help us with it!

    Comment added May 4, 2023 9:45am

  • Chetan Reddy

    My name is Chetan Reddy and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238.

    I routinely see rats on the sidewalks and in the streets, even during the day. There are visible rat burrows in many tree pits and gardens. Please help!

    Comment added May 4, 2023 10:07am

  • Amanda Stambrosky

    Bushwick should be a rat mitigation zone walking down troutman st Starr st or Jefferson st between Wycoff and bushwick ave I see so many rats. I’ve had them jump out at me multiple times.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 10:13am

  • Caroline Jane Prugh

    My name is Caroline Prugh, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. In our 20+ year residence in this neighborhood, we have seen an increase of rats on the sidewalks and building courtyards.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Sincerely,
    Caroline Prugh

    Comment added May 4, 2023 10:23am

  • randi silberman

    Hello. I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. I’ve lived at my address for 18 years. For 5 years, the area was somewhat rodent-free (which was a huge plus after moving from the rat-challenged upper west side. Year-after-year the rat population is growing more aggressively. Now, I can’t walk my dog past 7 PM without having to dodge rat after rat. It is dangerous and unsanitary!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone. Thank you!

    Comment added May 4, 2023 10:48am

  • Kenneth Marable

    My name is Ken Marable and I am President of the Lincoln Civic Block Association. We cover 6 blocks including, Lincoln Place, New York Avenue, St Johns , and Brooklyn Avenue, we are in full support of the Rat Migration zone program. As active as many of my Crown Height neighbors are in trying resolve rat infestation, we believe that this city focused effort will offer additional resources to help address the problem. In order to complete the work All of Zip code 11216 and all of zip code 11238 require inclusion.
    In our particular are, Olohi Torah , located on Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue, has been an ongoing and persistent ” bad actor” since 2012 regarding garbage dumping and disposal. Despite many years of promises to cleaning their dumping area and getting a dumpster or at least trash can to dispose of and store trash, they have done nothing.

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  • ken marable

    As a resident impacted by rat infestation, I believe that all people and institutions should be held accountable for there actions or inactions. After several attempts to ask for change They should be required to make the change, or the city make the change for them. For example, If your sidewalk had a crack, the inspector, after several attempts to get you to fix the problem would have it fixed for you. This method of operation does not hold true regarding rat mitigation efforts, directed at institution, schools, or apartment buildings privately or publicly owned.
    This method of operation should change and all should be held accountable.

    I am full support of the rat mitigations zones which should include all of zip code 11216, and all of zip code 11238

    Comment added May 4, 2023 11:03am

  • Peg Byron

    I have lived in Prospect Heights for more than 20 years. We have a justly famous park as well as verdant berm areas and wonderful open streets and restaurants – no surprise we also have a huge rodent population!
    Please amend the neighborhood boundaries for the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone to include the full area of Prospect Heights/Crown Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11238 & 11216.
    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort to address rats and the conditions that cause them” must include these very dense Brooklyn neighborhoods.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 11:06am

  • Giles Clement

    My family has lived at 270 Brooklyn Ave and we have an enormous rat problem. I’ve killed 15 in the past three weeks in our back yard. The problem we’re facing is that no matter how many of them we kill, more keep appearing. We and other neighbors on the block do our very best to adhere to the cities reasonable rules about garbage containment and set out times.

    While we’re doing our best, the Oholei Torah Yeshiva and associated businesses at 667 Eastern Pkwy have an unconfined dump located at 278 Brooklyn Ave. They use a 20×30′ fenced in yard to store bags of garbage for an entire week. Most weeks this pile reaches six feet high, so around 140 cubic yards of food and other waste. On Fridays the Sanitation Department comes and hauls off two truck loads of garbage but between Fridays there’s a free-for-all buffet of fresh food for the rats. Any time you walk by that yard there’s rats running around feasting on trash.

    This is not a new problem, the Yeshiva has had an unconfined garbage storage lot for as long as we’ve lived here but until recently it was located next to their front entrance at 699 Eastern Parkway.Last August they moved this dump around the corner onto 270 Brooklyn Ave and the neighborhood rat problem escalated dramatically.

    Beyond the rat issue, it’s also a health hazard as theirs garbage juice flowing down the sidewalk and street forcing us and our neigbors to walk around the filth. As summer begins this is going to stink to high heaven and reduce the quality of life for us as well as the kids who attend the Yeshiva.

    We have contacted the Yeshiva repeatedly and asked them to do something to rectify this situation and for years they keep telling us that they’re almost ready to put a dumpster or containment system in place. That never happens.

    I would really appreciate any help in resolving this issue and having the Oholei Torah Yeshiva join the rest of the neighborhood in trying to make this a healthier place to live.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 11:42am

  • Camille Czerkowicz

    My name is Camille Czerkowicz, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. Our neighborhood has become overrun with rodents since the pandemic. Every tree-pit and garden space seems to have rat holes that we are working hard to control, but cannot seem to stop.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 1:48pm

  • Charles Clinton

    My name is Charles Clinton, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. A rat recently ran over my foot when I was seated at a crowded outdoor restaurant on the Underhill. They have no fear!

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 2:02pm

  • Rita Parikh

    My name is Rita Parikh, and I have been a resident of Prospect Heights for 20 years. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip code 11238. I live on Park Place between Underhill and Vanderbilt, and I observe rats on a daily basis on my block, which never happened before the last few years. I see them running on the sidewalk at all times of day. Please help us.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 2:10pm

  • Eve Thomson

    My name is Eve Thomson, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. [Insert sentence describing experience with rats – an anecdote or general concern.]

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.

    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 3:44pm

  • Stephanie

    Dear the City of New York,

    Thanks for giving me this opportunity to voice my concerns. There is a big rat problem in Bushwick. REMOVE THE RATS. THEYRE GROSS AND SCURRY AROUND AND SCARE ME AT NIGHT. Tourists also regularly visit Bushwick and this isn’t a good representation of our neighborhood to have hoards of rats terrorizing the the sidewalks.

    I can hear them when I sleep 3 floors above, haunting us. I love this neighborhood and it didn’t used to be like this.

    I think Bushwick should be prioritized as a Rat Mitigation Zone.
    Thank you,
    Stephanie

    Comment added May 4, 2023 3:45pm

  • Raul taunay

    There are too many rats around bushwick, and I feel they are getting bigger. It’s a problem that needs solving.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 4:13pm

  • Paul Lau

    Hi: I am a small business owner on Washington Ave in Crown Heights. The rats issue has became an increasing problem in our neighborhood. They dwelled and bred under the outdoor dining sheds. It is also unsanitary to dine above the rodent colony.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 4:15pm

  • Leslie Hart

    My name is Leslie Hart, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. As a resident, I can tell you that we have a tremendous rat problem, and we need as much help as possible in dealing with this.

    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year.
    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 6:00pm

  • Perri Fagin

    My name is Perri Fagin, and I am a resident of Prospect Heights. I write today in support of the proposed Rodent Mitigation Zone rules and urge you to amend the neighborhood boundaries to include the full area of Prospect Heights and the entirety of zip codes 11216 and 11238. My block, St John’s Pl btwn Underhill & Washington, is plagued by rats and underground rat burrows. At night, we clap our hands loudly as we walk down the street so that rats scurry away before we approach. Dead rats sometimes appear in our lobby and on our sidewalks. It is a public safety and health hazard, and we need this rat mitigation zone so badly.
    An analysis of 311 data from New York City’s Open Data portal from the Office of Council Member Crystal Hudson shows that ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 have been among the two ZIP codes citywide with the greatest number of rodent complaints. ZIP Code 11216 ranked in the top 5 with the most rat complaints in 2018, 2020 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022, and 2023 (so far year to date). Since 2010, it has averaged the second most complaints of any ZIP code with 597 per year. ZIP Code 11238 has also ranked within the top 5 in 2018, 2019 (1st), 2020, and 2021. And since 2010, it has averaged the fourth most rodent complaints of any ZIP code with 542 per year. 
    It’s clear that a “data-driven, coordinated, multi-agency effort there to address rats and the conditions that cause them” would show that both ZIP codes 11216 and 11238 must be incorporated in the city’s rat mitigation plan. Please include both the 11216 and 11238 ZIP codes in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights rodent mitigation zone.

    Comment added May 4, 2023 7:28pm