NYC Council Intro 873 now has 17 sponsors
Council Member Jessica Lappin joined the sponsors of Intro 873, the new bed bug education bill in the New York City Council.
Month: January 2009
Money
Sooner or later the conversation must turn to money. We don’t have money to spend on bed bugs. And bed bugs cost a great deal of money. Logic will out: a deterioration in the quality of life in our cities … Continue reading
Good on paper, poverty and silver bullets: not everyone thinks Cincinnati is all that
About that public conversation we are to have about the bed bug problems in our cities… There was an exchange today in comments that I want to share.
The bed bugs are winning
Indeed, who can help? Clearly, entomologists and PMPs. And some public health departments—but obviously not ours (okay, remembering to be positive, not yet).
Our online letter writing campaign for a bed bug task force
On CitizenSpeak. It takes two minutes. It gets the job done. It counts.
WNYC Radio has news item about Intro 873
You can listen to it here: Bedbug Victims Hope City Will Take Action in 2009.
Q & A with NYC pest management pro John Furman
New York vs Bed Bugs wants to shine a light on the unique pest management challenges posed by bed bugs. This year we hope to explore the professional response to the resurgence of this pest in our city.
Bed bug advocate or bed bug victim? A response to the LA Times story
I spoke to P.J. Huffstutter of the Los Angeles Times for this story and must clarify and correct the statements attributed to me, from a familiar position of regret.
The poet and the bed bugs
So, we need to think about when bed bugs were truly everywhere in our city, yes? Early twentieth century? The summer of 1908.
A New Year, will this be the year?
Will New York City get a bed bug task force this year? We’re still where we were yesterday and the year before and the year before. Except worse, of course, and resources to control the spread will no doubt be … Continue reading