FILE- In this July 7, 2000 file photo, rats swarm around a bag of garbage near a dumpster at the Baruch Houses in New York. Various New York City neighborhoods have been complaining about an onslaught of rats in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. The New York City Council is considering a proposal to create an emergency rat mitigation program for storm-impacted neighborhoods. But some experts arent so sure that Sandys supposed rat surge is for real. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, File)
FILE- In this Dec. 12, 2005 file photo, a rat comes briefly out of its hole at a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, before retreating at the arrival of the F train. The New York City Council is considering a proposal to create an emergency rat mitigation program for storm-impacted neighborhoods. But some experts arent so sure that Sandys supposed rat surge is for real. (AP Photo Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
FILE- In this June 15, 2010 file photo, a rat wanders the subway tracks at Union Square in New York. The New York City Council is considering a proposal to create an emergency rat mitigation program for superstorm Sandy-impacted neighborhoods. But some experts arent so sure that Sandys supposed rat surge is for real. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
NEW YORK— At the height of Superstorm Sandy, city residents watching seawater pour into the subway system couldn’t help but wonder: What will become of all the rats? Four months later, that’s still a mystery. And experts aren’t so sure about stories of hordes of …
