Meet Kathleen Corradi, NYC's First-Ever Rat Czar

Kathleen Corradi has been appointed as New York City's first-ever director of rodent mitigation, tasked with reducing the city's rat population. The job description called for someone with "the drive, determination and killer instinct needed to fight the real enemy: New York City's relentless rat population." Corradi, an educator and sustainability expert, will oversee the city's existing army of rat experts and lead efforts to address the increase in rat sightings documented by city inspectors last year.