The cold weather in New York City this winter has actually yielded a positive: there have been fewer mouse sightings, surprisingly.
According to the New York Times, mouse violations in "multifamily dwellings" have dropped this winter as compared to the previous three:
Harvard biologist and rodent aficionado Hopi Hoekstra conjectures that mice have struggled to get by this winter because it's been exceptionally cold:
February is essentially over, so the best course of action is to pray that these next three weeks fly by and spring arrives triumphantly.
[via The New York Times]