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The city’s first-ever “rat czar” quietly scurried away from her post last week with the war on rats still raging, sources told THE CITY Tuesday.

Mayor Eric Adams appointed Kathleen Corradi as the big cheese in New York’s eternal battle against the critters in April 2023, but she departs the job after more than two years as citywide director of rodent mitigation.

“The rats are going to hate Kathy, but we’re excited to have her leading this important effort,” the mayor said at the time of Corradi’s appointment.

Prior to being put in charge of reducing th

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