Upper Manhattan Subways Are Rat-Infested, Riders Say.

Rodents, the traditional scourge of New York City, are having a rough year. The rise of the bedbug seems to have rendered rats a has-been pest, a mere nuisance to be ignored rather than read about in countless alarmist news articles. The bedbug is a breakout media star; the rat is, well, still a rat. But there is one realm where the rodent still rules, where rats play the stars of an underground theater with a captive audience in the millions. Where else but the subway? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]