Fed-up NYC tenant creates 24/7 livestream of rats in his walls what he sees has him losing sleep

Live from New York — it’s Rat-urday Night!A fed-up Brooklyn tenant battling a rat infestation in his Crown Heights apartment has been live broadcasting the pests’ nightly antics to pressure his landlord to take action.For the last two weeks, Adam Schleser’s live “Rat Cam” has captured rodents scurrying over beams, screeching, chewing, and even fighting — all above the kitchen ceiling of his apartment in the six-building Brooklyn Jewish Hospital apartment complex.“They’re just there,” Schleser told The Post.“I just hear the rumbling as they run from one side to the other, screaming.

“And now that I’ve got a camera, I can see them,” he added.“They’re really up there.

They’re fighting, or sometimes they’re just sitting quietly, looking around for God knows how long… just there.”His management company, Alma Realty — owned by Efstathios Valiotis, a billionaire named New York City’s third-worst landlord in 2016 — has sent exterminators 13 times to deal with the infestation that started in October 2024, but Schleser claims the problem has only worsened.When The Post visited this week, the rats could be heard scratching and squeaking in his bathroom, and boxes of baking soda were left out in hallways to mitigate the smell of decaying rats in the walls.Exterminators routinely dropped poison into holes in the ceiling of Schleser’s apartment, sealed them with caulk, and left, the tenant claimed.The insomnia caused by the persistent nighttime rat noises has led Schleser to express his turmoil through music.His song “I Am a Rat,” layered with ambient static, plays during the live feed — which he accomplished by threading an illuminated borescopic camera up a small hole in his ceiling and connecting it to a wifi transmitter.“Everyone makes you feel crazy.You just have to scream.

I haven’t even talked about the psychic pain and anxiety,” Schleser said.“The sleepless nights, the earplugs, the noise machines, every s...