Liam Quigley

1 week ago | gothamist.com | Liam Quigley

A Harlem lot that has sat vacant for more than a decade has become so infested with rats that city attorneys persuaded a judge to let them in so that they can clean it up and exterminate the vermin. The petition in Manhattan Supreme Court shows the lengths the city will go to as it wages Mayor Eric Adams’ war on rats.

1 week ago | gothamist.com | Liam Quigley

New York City Parks Department Commissioner Sue Donoghue will step down at the end of May after three and a half years of overseeing the city’s sprawling parks system, including more than 30,000 acres of green space and most of its beaches. Donoghue announced her departure in a message to staff obtained by Gothamist, thanking the department’s workers, affectionately referred to as “parkies,” for their dedication.

2 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Liam Quigley

Mayor Eric Adams is winning the war on rats — at his Brooklyn home. For the first time since 2023, inspectors found no evidence of vermin at the mayor’s Bedford-Stuyvesant rowhouse, according to health department records documenting an April 8 visit. "As you may have heard, I hate rats, and I’m proud to have won my latest battle against them," Adams said in a statement. Adams has made reducing the city’s rat population a key administration initiative.

3 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Liam Quigley

The future of Mayor Eric Adams’ “trash revolution” — which centers around getting piles of trash bags off city sidewalks and into containers — is as uncertain as the outcome of this year’s mayoral election. The initiative has been the most notable policy push by the sanitation department since Adams took office in 2022. Since then, the city has mandated businesses as well as residential buildings with fewer than 10 units to put their trash out to the curb in bins.

3 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Liam Quigley

Bicyclists who enjoy pedaling down the Rockaway boardwalk will have to detour to a nearby bike lane for a 35-block stretch this summer, according to the parks department. Starting Memorial Day weekend, bicyclists approaching the boardwalk during most of the day will be detoured to the Shore Front Parkway bike lane between Beach 108th Street and Beach 73rd Street.