S2774
This is a different state bill in New Jersey that would create a warranty:
Category: Legislation
Ending the 30-day trial risk plus remembering the essential mattress problem
Update: This bill was vetoed in July 2010, plus other news in mattresses here.
The new Butterfield bill
Jessica has an early post about the reintroduced Butterfield bill. The text of the bill is now online.
NYC’s Bed Bug Advisory Board: the Mayor’s press release
The Mayor signed Int. 57-A yesterday. This is the press release:
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
The New Jersey Assembly bed bug bill
We mentioned the New Jersey Assembly bill, A3203, briefly in December and now that it has moved to the Senate—see the sponsors’ press release (PDF)—we should take a look at the language of the bill as amended. The bill in … Continue reading
Highs and lows, Part 2
Part 1 is here. And don’t forget the rats!
Highs and lows, Part 1
A colleague in the group asked me if I really meant to leave our assessment of the New York City Council hearing at great. The hearing was, in fact, great because a) it was evident that the importance of the … Continue reading
The 18th, 19th and 20th sponsors
We want to thank Council Members Tony Avella, Maria del Carmen Arroyo and James Vacca for their support of the bed bug legislative proposals that will be the subject of the New York City Council hearing on Tuesday.