Comments on: The New York City Council’s CouncilStat data: surprise, surprise, bed bugs make the list http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2008/07/10/the-new-york-city-councils-councilstat-data-surprise-surprise-bed-bugs-make-the-list/ A bed bug policy advocacy group Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:38:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Renee http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2008/07/10/the-new-york-city-councils-councilstat-data-surprise-surprise-bed-bugs-make-the-list/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Renee Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:56:11 +0000 http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/?p=99#comment-294 Hi Brenda, I'm really sorry that you are going through this! Unfortunately, the most reliable way to get rid of bed bugs is to have a really qualified and very, very experienced pest control professional treat your home. (In addition, the adjacent units, if you live in an apartment building, must be inspected.) If you keep self-treating ineffectively, you may end up spreading them and making the infestation that much more difficult to eradicate. I wish I could suggest something that would really help, but my best advice is that you try to find a pest control company that will work with you and your mother's allergies. There are <em>non-pesticide</em> treatments that can be applied, including steam, which can be very effective if done correctly by someone who knows what they're doing. Steam can be very effective. Please keep in mind that the key to defeating bed bugs is persistence. Cutting off their reproductive cycle. Treatments spaced approximately 2 weeks apart are really key -- whether they are pesticides or not. A combination of methods work best. I suggest that you visit our good and super knowledgeable friends at <a href="http://bedbugger.com/" rel="nofollow">bedbugger.com</a> for information and support. There are great <a href="http://bedbugger.com/faqs/" rel="nofollow">FAQs</a> and an amazing community in the <a href="http://bedbugger.com/forum/" rel="nofollow">forums</a>. Feel free to email me at renee at newyorkvsbedbugs dot org. All our best... Hi Brenda,

I’m really sorry that you are going through this! Unfortunately, the most reliable way to get rid of bed bugs is to have a really qualified and very, very experienced pest control professional treat your home. (In addition, the adjacent units, if you live in an apartment building, must be inspected.)

If you keep self-treating ineffectively, you may end up spreading them and making the infestation that much more difficult to eradicate.

I wish I could suggest something that would really help, but my best advice is that you try to find a pest control company that will work with you and your mother’s allergies. There are non-pesticide treatments that can be applied, including steam, which can be very effective if done correctly by someone who knows what they’re doing. Steam can be very effective. Please keep in mind that the key to defeating bed bugs is persistence. Cutting off their reproductive cycle. Treatments spaced approximately 2 weeks apart are really key — whether they are pesticides or not. A combination of methods work best.

I suggest that you visit our good and super knowledgeable friends at bedbugger.com for information and support. There are great FAQs and an amazing community in the forums.

Feel free to email me at renee at newyorkvsbedbugs dot org.

All our best…

]]> By: Brenda Zambrano http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2008/07/10/the-new-york-city-councils-councilstat-data-surprise-surprise-bed-bugs-make-the-list/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Brenda Zambrano Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:59:56 +0000 http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/?p=99#comment-292 Please, I am literary going crazy with this bugs. Help me, I have three kids and the bugs are controling our lives. My mother is allergic to strong smells, so the exterminator can not come to the house. I tried every thing possible to get rid of them but I can't. Please, HELP!!!!!!!! Please, I am literary going crazy with this bugs. Help me, I have three kids and the bugs are controling our lives. My mother is allergic to strong smells, so the exterminator can not come to the house. I tried every thing possible to get rid of them but I can’t.
Please, HELP!!!!!!!!

]]> By: New York City bed bug numbers, Bedbugger-style : Got bed bugs? Bedbugger.com http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2008/07/10/the-new-york-city-councils-councilstat-data-surprise-surprise-bed-bugs-make-the-list/comment-page-1/#comment-264 New York City bed bug numbers, Bedbugger-style : Got bed bugs? Bedbugger.com Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:59:01 +0000 http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/?p=99#comment-264 [...] The official New York City data on how many people have bed bugs consists of two sets of numbers: calls to 311 (which are available to the public, sort of), and constituent complaint calls to city council members, which are currently shrouded in mystery. [...] [...] The official New York City data on how many people have bed bugs consists of two sets of numbers: calls to 311 (which are available to the public, sort of), and constituent complaint calls to city council members, which are currently shrouded in mystery. [...]

]]> By: nobugs http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2008/07/10/the-new-york-city-councils-councilstat-data-surprise-surprise-bed-bugs-make-the-list/comment-page-1/#comment-259 nobugs Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:56:39 +0000 http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/?p=99#comment-259 Yes-- the bed bug seminars. When it becomes clear that reports of bed bugs continue to grow (even as measured inadequately by calls to 311 and complaints to city council members) -- perhaps then, the city will see it needs to do more than hold a few seminars. Yes– the bed bug seminars.

When it becomes clear that reports of bed bugs continue to grow (even as measured inadequately by calls to 311 and complaints to city council members) — perhaps then, the city will see it needs to do more than hold a few seminars.

]]> By: Renee http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2008/07/10/the-new-york-city-councils-councilstat-data-surprise-surprise-bed-bugs-make-the-list/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Renee Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:25:26 +0000 http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/?p=99#comment-256 Thank you, Nobugs! A (very kind) person (who works for the city) wrote to remind me of the <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-01-16-08.shtml" rel="nofollow">bedbug seminars</a>. My response to that is a) as if we could forget, and b) the great promise of that announcement has decidedly not been fulfilled. We've given feedback, of course, to no avail. Council Member Martinez said "we must do everything we can to stop the spread of the epidemic in our city." The thing, as ever, is to do what you say you will do. Thank you, Nobugs!

A (very kind) person (who works for the city) wrote to remind me of the bedbug seminars. My response to that is a) as if we could forget, and b) the great promise of that announcement has decidedly not been fulfilled. We’ve given feedback, of course, to no avail.

Council Member Martinez said “we must do everything we can to stop the spread of the epidemic in our city.”

The thing, as ever, is to do what you say you will do.

]]> By: nobugs http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2008/07/10/the-new-york-city-councils-councilstat-data-surprise-surprise-bed-bugs-make-the-list/comment-page-1/#comment-255 nobugs Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:46:54 +0000 http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/?p=99#comment-255 Oh, and re: the press release: It seems possible the bed bug complaints are a very large portion of the "housing and buildings" category... Oh, and re: the press release:

It seems possible the bed bug complaints are a very large portion of the “housing and buildings” category…

]]> By: nobugs http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2008/07/10/the-new-york-city-councils-councilstat-data-surprise-surprise-bed-bugs-make-the-list/comment-page-1/#comment-254 nobugs Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:37:49 +0000 http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/?p=99#comment-254 This is a reminder of how useful it is to call and/or write one's own city council member. It is being tracked and it will make a difference. I have written my council member as well as several others who have been involved in the bed bug issue (like Gale Brewer) and I hope others will do it. And if you did it a long time ago, do it again. If the stoplight at the end of the block was broken, and not fixed, wouldn't you keep calling? Let's keep contacting our council members until the problem of bed bugs is -- if not entirely "fixed"-- being attacked with full force and intelligence by the city. This is a reminder of how useful it is to call and/or write one’s own city council member. It is being tracked and it will make a difference. I have written my council member as well as several others who have been involved in the bed bug issue (like Gale Brewer) and I hope others will do it. And if you did it a long time ago, do it again. If the stoplight at the end of the block was broken, and not fixed, wouldn’t you keep calling? Let’s keep contacting our council members until the problem of bed bugs is — if not entirely “fixed”– being attacked with full force and intelligence by the city.

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