NEW YORK (AP) Every New York City mayor has waged war and mostly lost against one of humanitys most cunning and enduring foe: rattus norvegicus. But has the citys vilest enemy, better known as the common brown rat, finally met its match?

Mayor Eric Adams introduced a former elementary school teacher and anti-rat activist as his new rat czar on Wednesday. Officially, Kathleen Corradi, the mayors new hire, will be known as the director of rodent mitigation.

Corradi is tasked with battling the potentially millions of rats lurking in myriad urban nooks and crannies, subway tunnels and empty lots.

Hers is a new job, which the city advertised with a help-wanted ad seeking applicants who are bloodthirsty, possess killer instincts and could commit to the wholesale slaughter of rats.