{"id":302720,"date":"2026-10-09T00:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T00:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302720\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T00:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T00:28:17","slug":"city-council-passes-resolution-targeting-rat-infestations-in-lower-northeast-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302720\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council passes resolution targeting rat infestations in Lower Northeast Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia City Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling on multiple city departments to coordinate efforts to address rat<\/a> infestations in the Lower Northeast section of the city.<\/p>\n

Resolution 260819 calls on the Departments of Public Health, Licenses and Inspections, and Sanitation to work together to address the issue.<\/p>\n

The action comes after residents in the Mayfair neighborhood reported significant rat problems<\/a> on the 3000 block of Magee Avenue.<\/p>\n

Anne Campion-Marotta said conditions were especially severe before the city intervened.<\/p>\n

“At its worst, it was terrible. You couldn’t go back there. They were running rampant, like 15 to 20 rats at a time,” Campion-Marotta said.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Northeast Philly residents plead for help tackling rat problem: ‘They’re just everywhere’<\/a><\/p>\n

Campion-Marotta said the city took action after the issue was highlighted in April, helping residents clear debris and placing poison traps in the alley.<\/p>\n

“The back of our house is much better than it was,” she said.<\/p>\n

Residents in other parts of Northeast Philadelphia say rodent infestations remain a concern. On the 4800 block of Oxford Avenue in the Oxford Circle neighborhood, Terrance Ellington described rat activity in the area.<\/p>\n

“They go from there, the grass there, to over here,” Ellington said.<\/p>\n

Sanitation workers also reported dealing with rat problems regularly. Steffon Poole, a sanitation worker, said unsecured trash contributes to the issue.<\/p>\n

“Real bad. And they big, like New York. You ask me? These people out here feeding the rats,” Poole said.<\/p>\n

While the resolution directs city departments to work together on the problem, details of how the coordinated effort will be carried out remain unclear. Still, some residents welcomed the move.<\/p>\n

“I’m glad they are doing something about it,” Campion-Marotta said.<\/p>\n

Action News has requested more details about how city departments will coordinate under the resolution that was sent to the mayor’s office.
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