Subway Rats Scapegoated

Gene Russianoff, staff attorney of the Straphangers Campaign, noted that in a recent survey riders reported seeing rats on about 1 in 10 subway platforms. He compared seeing rats in the subway to seeing “an abandoned lot” or a broken window. “It doesn’t give you a sense of confidence that people in charge of the system are really in charge of it,” Mr. Russianoff said.

Really? We’re going all broken windows on rats in the subway? That is some total baloney! As much as I’m not a fan of people eating kung pao chicken on the subway, banning subway eating has almost nothing to do with controlling the rat population of the tunnels. Still, please, leave the stank food at home.