Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa says cat colonies are the answer to New York City's rat problem. On Sunday, Sliwa outlined his plan to continue the war on rats. In addition to sanitation, ...

Niles police expressed satisfaction with a pilot program begun in August to “deputize” five feral cats to control the rat population, a police official told Pioneer Press. Now, the department says it ...

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News 12 visited various bodegas in the Bronx and found that not every store had a cat - but all of the employees agreed that cats help keep the rats out. The Department of Sanitation says citywide rat ...