. >> reporter: animal control officials say a woman known as erica jay bred hundreds of rats in this room many that you can see boroughing into her belongings. they ended up exterminating the roots in this room. erica jay's social worker, landlord and neighbors have reported her. >> they've burroughed into other people's homes. >> reporter: the woman was living with up to eight rats in this park. >> we understand that erica has housing in the city. i can imagine this situation is going to continue wherever she lives until she gets the help she needs. >> reporter: animal care and control says over the years it has been able to adopt out some of erica jay's domesticated rats. sick ones have been euthanized. >>> and some evictions narrowly passed a state senate. it had failed earlier today. then the author state senator make leno agreed to make some changes to differentiate between personal owners and realtor companies. >>> students at schools in high poverty areas received far less learning time than students in affluent schools. it sites problems like lack of teachers and incomplete c