Every day the Delaware/Catskill Watershed supplies a billion gallons of famously great-tasting water to over 8 million NYC residents. Cornell expertise helps keep the water clean and safe to drink at a huge cost savings for the city.

Good afternoon! Wishing you a happy Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 from all of us at Viewing NYC!

Here's what the weather looks like in the City right now.

Chinatown produces more food waste than any other neighborhood in New York. The dense population of street food and cheap eats taken to-go leads to an abundance of thrown out food garbage in public trash cans, leading to an abundance of rats who like to eat it.

Columbus Park is the epicenter of rat activity in the City, providing a shelter for rats before they hunt through Chinatown looking for food.

In this episode of Transmissions, Motherboard meets up with Matthew Frye, an urban entomologist at Cornell University’s integrated pest management program.