New York City official who in May 2023, as a deputy commissioner of sanitation, spearheaded a strict, data-driven programme to contain rubbish and fight the city's rat infestation. Under the programme, known as "containerisation", 70% of buildings in the city—including all smaller ones and commercial premises—are now obliged to use rat-resistant bins with lids. A pilot in Hamilton Heights, in West Harlem, yielded good results. Reported monthly rat sightings have been dropping. Tisch later became the NYPD's top cop. She resigned from her role as rat tsar with no explanation.
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.