News of the rat summons came after Adams last month promised to expunge the citywide rat population — or at least put a dent in it.
But according to a city citation obtained by The Post, the mayor struggles with keeping his own Bedford Stuyvesant home vermin-free.
Adams attended a virtual court hearing Tuesday to contest the summons — after failing to respond to the initial summons then repeatedly missing his court dates, theDuring the hearing, Adams spoke of his long feud with rats as mayor and his efforts as a landlord to mitigate the infestation — including spending nearly $7,000 in March to rid the Brooklyn property of the rodents, the Times reported.
The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings had found Adams in violation of the summons by default since he had missed prior hearings. He used the deputy chief counsel in the mayor’s office, Rahul Agarwal — rather than a private attorney — to contest the findings, according to the Times.The mayor’s home-turf rat battle was detailed a week after the Adams administration
that will force landlords to buy heavy-duty garbage bins to lock out rats if they rack up two or more rodent complaints and reduce the amount of time trash sits out on the street.
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