If you have “swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor, and general aura of badassery,” at least three references, and a high tolerance for bad jokes, New York City director of rodent mitigation might be the right role for you
Photo: Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Imagesa “Director of Rodent Mitigation” to work across city agencies and the private sector to address our rat problems. According to the listing posted on Wednesday, the position falls under the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations and the salary range is $120,000 to $170,000.
A bit much. The job comes amidst a greater effort by the mayor and Department of Sanitation to fight rats through branding exercises. Earlier this week, the Department of Sanitationa $48 shirt that says “The rats don’t run this city. We do,” which is itself a riff on Sanitation commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Adams’s press conference announcing that they were adjusting trash-pickup schedules by a few hours, a move they framed as historic.
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