New York City wants to hire a ‘rat czar’—and could pay them $170,000 per year - CNBC
New York City is hiring a leader to fight against residents' common enemy: rats.This week, the NYC Mayor's Office posted a job listing for a "citywide director of rodent mitigation," or as a city hall spokesperson dubbed it, "a rat czar." The director, who will receive an annual salary between $120,000 and $170,000, will be expected to develop strategies, manage projects and lead teams against the city's rodents.New York is the country's "second-rattiest" city, according to pest control company Orkin's most recent annual rankings.The city is topped by Chicago in Orkin's rankings, which has held the "rattiest city" title for eight consecutive years now — but New York rodents have a special place in the cultural zeitgeist.That's no reason to keep the rats around, according to the city's new job posting."But the rats don't run the city.