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Quotes: QUOTE OF THE DAY. 'I've had them at Gracie Mansion before on the porch...no matter how brave you think you are, rats get you really scared because they can bite you, spread disease... -Mayor Rudy Giuliani (A02 Q)
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani yesterday said a special task force will intensify its efforts to eradicate the city's rat population-after saying he had spotted the rodents scurrying about the porch of Gracie Mansion.
"We've killed more rats than the city has done before," said Giuliani, speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony for athletic fields at George Washington High School in Washington Heights.
"The rats are horrible. They're frightening. I've had them at Gracie Mansion before on the porch...no matter how brave you think you are, rats get you really scared because they can bite you, spread disease...So, I sympathize very much."
In recent weeks, rats have been spotted brazenly feeding in Rego Park, Staten Island and...