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	The Rat Information Portal (RIP) provides information on rats in NYC. Use this site to make maps and learn about what you can do to prevent and manage rats. Rats can be a property, block or neighborhood problem and require a coordinated response: property owners, tenants, businesses and government need to work together. Please refer to “Working in Your Community” for more ideas.

What's New?

Please visit out our new online map and property look up tool.

ECB Judges now hear the Department of Health’s Pest Control Cases

Notices of Violations (NOV) for Pest Control are now being heard by judges at the Environmental Control Board (ECB). Previously, these tickets were handled by the Department of Health’s Administrative Tribunal. The Department of Health is still the agency responsible for issuing these tickets to NYC residents, but recipients of these tickets will now receive a fair and impartial hearing at ECB. ECB is an independent court that does not issue tickets or conduct inspections and it is not affiliated with the City Agencies that issue these tickets. ECB judges currently hear cases brought by 12 different City Agencies pertaining to laws which keep NYC clean, safe and healthy. Please click the following link for more information: Environmental Control Board website.

For Rodent NOVs issued before January 21, 2011, please report to the Administrative Tribunal for your hearing as scheduled on the NOV.

Green Shield Certification

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recently earned Green Shield Certification of its Rat Initiative, a proactive program that uses advanced Integrated Pest Management to identify, monitor and reduce the presence of rats. First piloted in the Bronx, the Initiative strives to correct conditions conducive to rats, thereby addressing problems at their source and eliminating unnecessary pesticide use.

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