So, what now?
John Raimonda, Director of Operations of Liberty Pest Control, wrote today in response to the NH Bedbugs post and I have his permission to share his email with you:
Category: Bed Bug Task Force
3 months
Today is June 18, three months exactly since the Mayor signed the bed bug advisory board bill. (At least one generation.)
NYC’s bed bug advisory board: no appointments
Yes, we know. We’re actually back where we started, with no one returning our calls. The bill was signed by the Mayor on March 18. It’s been four weeks.
NYC’s Bed Bug Advisory Board: what is it and what is it for?
The original language in the bill said “bed bug task force.” This change has not been unnoticed in the community.
NYC’s Bed Bug Advisory Board: the Mayor’s press release
The Mayor signed Int. 57-A yesterday. This is the press release:
What is happening to the bed bugs in NYCHA properties?
The New York City Housing Authority cannot keep up with the bed bug complaints in its properties.
What we need is true collaboration
What appears so effortless and natural in other cities has to be legislated in our own.
Mayor will sign bed bug advisory board bill on March 18
So, this is really happening. Mayor Bloomberg will sign New York City’s bed bug advisory board legislation on Wednesday, March 18, at 3:30 p.m. in the press briefing room, the Blue Room, at City Hall.
A bed bug advisory board for New York City
Dear friends, we share the following announcement from Council Member Gale Brewer, and we do so not without some feeling. So, our discussion of our thoughts and hopes for the advisory board will come later. For now, some modest celebrating … Continue reading
Highs and lows, Part 2
Part 1 is here. And don’t forget the rats!