NYC Mayor Eric Adams Fined Over Rat Infestation At His Property

Brittany M. Hughes | December 8, 2022
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New York Democrat Mayor Eric Adams has been hit with a fine over a rat infestation at his own property – even as he continues to tout his own rat-fighting policies throughout the rest of the city.

According to this, Adams is contesting a $300 fine his own administration levied against him for the rodent problem at a townhouse he owns on Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, where inspectors found “fresh rat droppings.” The city’s health department then sent him a summons on May 10, which he reportedly ignored, landing him with a court hearing. He recently dialed in to contest the fine, claiming he never saw the summons.

Oh, but it gets better.

Adams told the court he’d already spent nearly $7,00 fighting off the rats in the building, and had even used a rat-killing device he’d promoted on a video back in 2019 when he was president of the Brooklyn Borough. He now claims he shouldn’t be penalized given his efforts to get the rat problem under control, claiming the penalties are meant to punish people who openly ignore the rules.

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I wonder if that excuse would fly for anyone else?

Adam’s own fight against The Man comes after the city has already plunked down millions to fight the some 2 million rats estimated to now live in the city, as residents complain about the pests chewing through electrical wires, getting into trash, spreading diseases, and generally wreaking havoc on people and personal property.

“Currently New York City is spending $4.9 million on rat mitigation, and last year New York City spent $281,000,” Brooklyn District 37 Council Member Sandy Nurse said earlier this year.

But Adams might have a problem even bigger than a family of rats squatting in his rental property. To deal with his pesky little legal issue, it turns out he enlisted the help of mayoral deputy chief counsel Rahul Agarwal, the tax-paid lawyer in the mayor’s office who filed the motion to vacate the charges. Government watchdog groups say that’s a big no-no because official government lawyers are paid to deal with official government business, not elected officials’ personal problems.

Then again, it seems Adams doesn’t think the rules apply to him.

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