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Residents press Hoboken council over rats, garbage enforcement and local business impacts
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council and administration to take immediate action on widespread rat infestations and overflowing garbage; council and staff described enforcement challenges and pledged follow-up inspections and administrative fixes.
Several Hoboken residents told the City Council during the meeting that a worsening rat problem is harming quality of life and public health; speakers pressed the council to increase enforcement and inspections of garbage and of restaurants or businesses that generate food waste.
Jill Singleton, a neighborhood resident, described persistent rodent burrows and overflowing trash in her neighborhood and urged daily or at least much-more-frequent inspections. "Get rid of the garbage, get rid of the rats," Singleton said, calling for the city to add inspection capacity and stronger enforcement to require compliance with lidded cans and removal schedules.
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