Though inflated rubber protest rats sometimes seem almost as common as (and not much larger than) their warm-blooded life models, you rarely see them in — what would the collective noun be: a band?
Residents of the high-toned 15 Central Park West apartment building could enjoy this rare opportunity on Friday. The first creature took up a position at 61st Street and was then joined by another, just outside the building’s canopied entrance. Nominally, they were there to call attention to unfair labor practices ascribed to Arthur W. and William Lie Zeckendorf, the developers of 15 Central Park West. But perhaps it was the pleasant weather that helped induce more than one rat into the daylight.