Rat Czar needed: NYC Mayor Eric Adams announces $170K job, seeks candidates with ‘killer instinct’

The job description begins with the question, 'Do you have what it takes to do the impossible?'

PUBLISHED DEC 2, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams's office posted a 'Rat Czar' needed job ad as part of the city's rodent mitigation efforts (NYC Mayor's Office, Stock Image, Rob Kim/Getty Images)

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Amid sky-rocketing crime rates and a slew of other problems in the city, Mayor Eric Adams has announced a $170k job for qualified candidates willing to take up rat-killing in New York.

Mayor Adams posted the lucrative job ad on December 1, terming the role the Big Apple's 'Rat Czar', better known as Citywide Director of Rodent Mitigation. The job is for anyone whose key skills and background belong to urban planning, project management, or government work. The position promises a paycheck between $120,000 and $170,000.

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The rats don’t run this city — we do.

And YOU can help us run rats right out of this town as our Rat Czar. If you’ve got a killer instinct apply today: https://t.co/omTB3PLRhH pic.twitter.com/2EtHPcWKv7
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) December 1, 2022

The Democratic mayor, who seems determined in his quest for the ultimate rat-killer, tweeted, "There's NOTHING I hate more than rats. If you have the drive, determination, and killer instinct needed to fight New York City's relentless rat population - then your dream job awaits."

There’s NOTHING I hate more than rats.

If you have the drive, determination, and killer instinct needed to fight New York City’s relentless rat population — then your dream job awaits.

Read more: https://t.co/ybNxcJeJP7
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) December 1, 2022

According to the Daily Mail, in a press conference in October, Mayor Adams said that as he was focused on trying to make New York a livable city, the increase of rodents and fighting for their riddance was up there in his priorities along with crime and inequality.

The 'rat Czar' job description begins with the question, "Do you have what it takes to do the impossible?" It then explains the job requirements of "stamina and stagecraft" along with "swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor and general aura of badassery". PowerPoint knowledge is also necessary if you want to apply, the ad adds.

(NYC Mayor's Office/Twitter) — The job ad (NYC Mayor's Office)

According to the posting, in addition to the leadership responsibilities, the candidate will be required to perform functions including strategy development, project management, public engagement, decisive leadership, research, writing and analysis, and also "Catch and Kill".

The values section of the posting states, "Rats will hate this job. But 8.8 million New Yorkers and your city government stand ready to work with you to reduce the rat population, increase cleanliness, and prevent pestilence."

According to CBS News, a city council member told the news outlet that since 2020, there has been a 71 percent increase in rodent sightings.

According to the job ad, the winning candidate will need to become a New York resident within 90 days of appointment.