Rat Inspections

Rule status: Proposed

Agency: DOHMH

Comment by date: September 14, 2026

Printable Version of Proposed Rule Text
Ch.-41-NOI_Rules-Relating-to-Rat-Inspections_8-12-26.pdf

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is proposing to add a new Chapter 41 to Title 24 of the Rules of the City of New York to establish rules for determining whether a building has passed or failed an inspection for rats pursuant to Local Law 8 of 2026

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Monday Sep 14 - 10:00am EDT

Date

September 14, 2026
10:00am - 11:00am EDT

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Long Island City New York 11101

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Online comments: 2

Liliane Martin

Back Yards full of junk attract rats and construction sites displace them. My Building is the back to a construction site and in the last few weeks rats have been seen at night. Something should be done to exterminate the rats before starting a new construction project, particularly when it is on a unmaintained backyard in which people have been dumping garbage for years.

Comment added August 15, 2026 5:56pm
Suzanne Reisman

I’m a graduate of the NYC Rat Academy and Sanitation Foundation Trash Academy, as well as a member of the NYC Rat Pack. I also have a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University, and I offer a walking tour covering 400 years of sanitation history in NYC. As I teach my clients about sanitation – including rat population management and mitigation – we discuss the various signs of rat activity and infestations. All of the items cited in the proposed rule change are signs that DOHMH know are issues with rats that need to be mitigated to protect public health. We see these conditions on our tour all the time. I know that these sites have been reported to the City because I track them in the NYC Rat Portal. This rule change is important and must pass. This is best practice and should be clearly stated.

Comment added August 16, 2026 12:28pm

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