1.   C. Virginia Fields, the Manhattan borough president, accuses the Giuliani administration of a weak response to the rat problem, and she is not alone.

2.   Fields, among others, has accused the mayor and his staff of making the rat problem little more than the butt of jokes.

3.   In theory, the city ISD handles rat problems in private property near construction, while the Big Dig has responsibility for public areas.

4.   So if you have a rat problem, put out a saucer of cola.

5.   The managing agent for her building said he was not aware of a pervasive rat problem.

6.   When the food source is taken away, the potential for a rat problem is no longer going to exist.

7.   But in this case there was no rat problem either at her home or at the Ngau Tau Kok restaurant where she works.

8.   Ling said that none of the systems at the airport had been affected by the rat problem.