Adams says it’s the rats!
Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams says New Yorkers are fleeing the state in record numbers due to the rat infestation, cost of living, and COVID.
Nearly 102,000 residents fled New York last year —the most in the nation.
“Some people who have children and families decide they want to go to a place where their children can play outdoors, larger green spaces, you want to see animals — you don’t see animals except for rats in New York,” Adams said when asked about the plunging population data.
“So there’s a combination of things,” he said, adding: “And we are getting rid of those rats, by the way.”
Adams appointed the first “rat czar,” but admits cost of living is also out of hand.
“I think there’s a combination of why people are leaving the city. The cities have become unaffordable and, you know, people who left the city during COVID for a short period of time and some decided that they no longer want to come back into cities,” Adams said.
“You [also] have the remote work option where you don’t have to be in an office space to do the job. You can do it from wherever and so there’s a perfect storm of reasons that cities are losing their population.”
“At one time you may have lost, you know, 20,000 here, 15,000 here and now when you start to add up all of those dynamics, it’s a different way of life,” he added.
More over at The New York Post:
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