There’s a rat czar and we are her foot soldiers Woodside: Having landed in New York City as an immigrant in the late 1980s, I can vividly recollect my horror when I first witnessed armies of rats frolicking on the subway tracks fearlessly, in plain sight. In fact, they were not tiny, cartoon-like figures and were far, far away from the fantasized Mickey and Minnie Mouse, for their size and aggression was intimidating. It has been well more than three decades that I continue to be a part and parcel of this beautiful and vibrant city, the epitome of diversity,...