Oh, Rat! An NYC Horror Story 🐀

Entertaining an uninvited guest.

Rat detail of a large painted mural. (Photo by Margaret Vincent)

I’ve lived in New York City for 21 years, and, for the first time ever, I had an actual rat in my apartment.

I know most of you will stop reading right here and now, but this could happen to you too, so consider this a cautionary tale. We live with a reported two million rats in NYC; typica…