Who is Kathleen Corradi? New York City’s director of rodent mitigation

In New York City, rats are frequently seen running between subway tracks and smelling around trash bags on streets. The fight to get rid of these rats has lasted for a while, but on Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams finally revealed the answer!

Four months after the city published a joking advertisement seeking “somewhat bloodthirsty” candidates for the position, the city has finally appointed a rat czar.

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Who is Kathleen Corradi?

Kathleen Corradi is the woman who has been appointed as New York City’s official rat czar. She is the first director of rodent mitigation for the city, and her job is to eradicate the vermin infestation there. Prior to this, Corradi was an urban sustainability expert who used to work at the city’s education department.

“Our new Rat Czar Kathleen Corradi has so many strengths, but most importantly: she HATES rats,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams wrote in one of several tweets introducing Kathleen Corradi.

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Based on her LinkedIn page, Corradi has approximately ten years of professional expertise as a sustainability manager and has served as the director of space planning at the Queens branch of the education department.

Corradi created the zero waste schools program in New York City while working for the Department of Education. She also coordinated and implemented pest mitigation strategies across over 120 public schools, which led to 70% compliance with the Neighborhood Rodent Reduction initiative. Overall, she took charge of the agency’s efforts to reduce rodent populations.

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The New York Times reports that the expert in waste management will receive $155,000 per year. Her formal position is director of rodent mitigation, according to a statement from Mayor Eric Adams’ office. As per reports, there are already some efforts in place to attempt to decrease the number of rodents that roam the streets of New York City.