Rats! NYC mayor ticketed for rodents at his property once more | Nationwide

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams vowed Wednesday to fight his own city hall — again — after being convicted of rat charges at his Brooklyn townhouse.

A city health department inspector had issued two new subpoenas last month, just a day after the Democratic mayor appeared remotely before a hearing officer on Dec. 6 to dismiss a $300 subpoena about rats on his property.

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