Large, inflatable rats have been spotted just off-campus around Bathgate Avenue and Third/Webster Avenue. The rats are part of a protest surrounding Fordham University’s contract with Paulina Corporation, an asbestos removal company. According to a sign taped to the rat, Paulina Corporation “pays its workers wages and benefits below the standards in the area to perform hazardous asbestos work.”
Asbestos removal has been taking place since last summer in a variety of on-campus buildings, including Cunniffe House, Tierney Hall and John Mulcahy Hall. In September 2024, the same rats were outside the Rose Hill Bathgate and Third/Webster gates with signs protesting Fordham hiring Incinia Contracting for asbestos removal.
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