Back to the rat problem.
Still talking about the area on 28th Street between 10th & 11th Avenues.
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.
Should we just go ahead and solve NYC’s rat problem?
Pictured: 28th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues (is particularly bad).
This new block association has started out with some rather ambitious projects, including trying to build a community garden out of the vacant lot on 29th Street and 10th Avenue. We need to continue raising the bar here, and so our next project will be to just go ahead and get rid of all the rats in New York City.
Not really, though perhaps we can play a small part in helping with the problem. I imagine most residents would agree that 28th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues is particularly bad with rats. I raised this issue with Susan Numeroff, the leader of the West 400 Street Block Association, and last week she sent an email to a contact at the NYC Health Department notifying them that the area, along with a few other Chelsea areas, is problematic.
Also, Susan has organized a Rat Academy Training for next Tuesday from 5-7pm that will teach us about rat prevention methods. It will be put on by the NYC Health Department. You can click the image above to register for the training, which will take place over video. I will be in attendance.