SQUEAKY CLEAN: Bobby Corrigan, head of the Bronx rat-inspection program, on the hunt.
Meet New Yorks Pied Piper - The Rodentologist Gets To Work
January 14, 2008 — Bobby Corrigan smells a rat.
As the country’s leading rodent expert - and the city’s newest full-time employee - Corrigan walks the streets of The Bronx around Grand Concourse and 167th Street, and points out all the signs of rats.
He pulls out his flashlight and investigates small burrows in front yards, gnawed trash bags and teeth marks in garbage pails.
“There are definitely rats here,” he says, pointing out low shrubbery and lines of parked cars, all cover for the rodents.
New York City reached an all-time low in 2006, the Health Department reported today, as the number of deaths fell to 55,391 — down from 57,068 in 2005 and 60,218 in 2001. Mortality declined in eight leading categories, including diabetes, HIV, chronic lung disease and kidney failure. The only leading killer that increased significantly was substance use (up 8%).
Heart disease and cancer remained the city’s biggest killers, claiming 21,844 lives and 13,116 lives, respectively. The figures come from the latest Annual Summary of Vital Statistics, the definitive registry of births and deaths in New York City.
The Annual Summary also provides new details on New Yorkers’ life expectancy. Those figures, based on 2005 data, show that women’s life expectancy rose by 2.5 months, reaching a record 81.3 years. Male life expectancy held steady at 75.7 years in 2005, while overall life expectancy increased from 78.6 years to 78.7 years.
A New York Yankees fan, Matthew Mitchell, is suing the Bronx Bombers, claiming he went to games and watched players who were “artificially enhanced.”
Fan Sues Yankees .. Not Happy With Attending Game To See Doped Up Players
The New York Yankees boast to be the team “Where Players Become Legends.”
Now, one die-hard fan is questioning the integrity of their catch phrase — in court.
Matthew Mitchell is suing the Yankees for $221 — the exact amount he paid for tickets to five of the games he attended between 2002 and 2007. His claim is filed under “failure to provide goods paid for.”
“I’ve been a fan forever, and now, there’s evidence — based on the Mitchell Report and common sense — it’s clear to me that what I was seeing was not a baseball game,” said Mitchell.
SQUEAKY CLEAN: Bobby Corrigan, head of the Bronx rat-inspection program, on the hunt.
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