Back to the rat problem.

Last week I posted about the rat problem on 28th Street between 9th & 10th Avenues (Should we just go ahead and solve NYC’s rat problem? — High Line 28 Block Association). As I said then, I raised the problem with Susan Numeroff, who is the president of the West 400 Block Association, which is a few streets below us in Chelsea. Susan in turn raised the problem with the NYC Health Department in the context of planning a virtual “Rat Academy” training for both her and our block associations. That training was put on yesterday by the Health Department and was designed to teach residents and property owners about rat prevention methods.

During the training, the Health Department put on screen the above “Block Summary Report” for Block 726, which is Chelsea Park. It basically says that the Health Department has treated the Chelsea Park block three times for the rats, with the last time being on January 15, 2021. Additionally, the presenter of the training, Martha Morales, informed us that our problem has been forwarded up the chain to the Health Department supervisor for our area. I’ll post any further updates here.