Posted on 10/16/2018 1:44:50 PM PDT by Red Badger
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Furious tenants of a public housing project in the Bronx were pleading for help Monday, saying their buildings are overrun with rats — and they’re not kidding. They have the video to prove it.
But we should warn you, the pictures are not for the squeamish.
“I’m traumatized,” tenant Veronica Martinez told CBS2’s Marcia Kramer.
You’d be traumatized, too, if you had the same kitchen as Martinez.
Rats. An entire family of rats, some as big as cats, have taken over, hopping in the sink, into pots and pans. It’s absolutely gut wrenching.
“I should never have to experience not one but seven rats in my kitchen,” Martinez said. “It’s disgusting. All over the stove, the washing machine, they just invaded my apartment.”
And she’s not the only tenant at the New York City Housing Authority’s Claremont Consolidated Houses in the Bronx who are “ratting out” the problem.
“My wife can hardly sleep because you hear them in the walls,” one tenant said.
Asia Clemente’s 1-year-old son was bitten by a rat. She wants Mayor Bill de Blasio to fix the problem.
“If we’re paying you rent we deserve to live like human beings, not live like we’re savages, because we’re not,” Clemente said.
What makes the situation worse is that garbage is left out in the courtyard and the residents say it breeds more rats.
Tenant Marilyn Veguilla took a picture of the garbage there on Monday morning. Of course, it was magically cleaned up before reporters arrived, but some of the opened trash cans remained.
“I got small kids upstairs. There’s about four of us with asthma. We cant be dealing with this kind of condition,” Veguilla said.
“It was as if that family was living in a sewer, infested with rodents. I think we’re sick and tired of seeing the Housing Authority and the city at large treat NYCHA residents as second-class citizens,” Bronx City Councilman Richie Torres said.
Bronx Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson said Mayor de Blasio should see the conditions first hand.
“Come to Claremont Consolidated,” Gibson said, “and see how your residents, how our constituents, are living day to day. It’s not acceptable. You wouldn’t live like this.”
NYCHA agreed, saying it’s now taking steps to deal with the problem.
“Our residents should not have to live in these conditions. We apologize to our residents and will continue to vigilantly monitor this situation,” a spokesperson said in a statement.
The agency said it intends to come up with a comprehensive plan that will include inspections and fixing unsafe conditions.
I’ve seen bigger rats than that. Where I am from we call them Democrat politicians. /s
Certain Rat poison will make them leave to get water. NO STINK
I remember back when I lived in NYC seeing rats as big or bigger than a house cat. They were usually visible on empty building sites that were awaiting construction.
Rent control - you get what you pay for.
Horrible. I cannot imagine stepping into a kitchen like that to trying cooking. Sleeping in such an apartment would be out of the question. I’m aware that I speak as someone who is not desperate for a place to stay. I can’t see staying there for any reason.
This is an instance where the Local News still does a lot of good. The Government Managers aren’t doing their job. Time to make some noise and publicly embarrass them.
Breeding ground for the Hantavirus, which can be fatal to humans.
(Insert eye roll here...)
And they vote Democrat!
Looks like Democrats caucusing.
These are welfare recipients living in section 8 housing, correct?
Yep.................
Get a terrier.Problem solved.
If people would manage their trash and not just throw stuff around there would be less rats.
Back to the Middle Ages I guess. Next comes the plagues.
One option is to import some of those big Florida snakes to eat their fill.
Come to Claremont Consolidated,” Gibson said, “and see how your residents, how our constituents, are living day to day. It’s not acceptable. You wouldn’t live like this.”
Sucks to live in a democrat monopoly.
Shut up and vote for us.
Gordon Liddy grew up in NYC back in the 30’s. He described the rat problem they had then. Some things never change.
My mother told stories about living in a house on a river with huge rats. When they moved in they put rat poison in oatmeal and scattered it in the attic. After they cleaned them out of the house and repaired the house she said they only had to regularly put out something to keep the rats and mice away.
Rat poison and traps work pretty well, for them to be so bad are the tenants just waiting for someone else to do something?
You’re right and the largest of these ‘Rats’ live in the Mayor’s Mansion in NYC and the Governor’s mansion Albany.
It’s GOVERNMENT HOUSING....................
The usual suspects complained and it was opened to everyone.
Within months there was graffiti and broken fixtures.
Roaches took over when people didn't dispose of their trash properly.
Of course, it was all managements fault for not doing proper maintenance.
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