The NYC Council will hold a hearing on three bed bug bills on February 24
Please mark your calendars. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 24 at 1 p.m.
Category: Legislation
Stepping up our campaign: a sample letter to the Speaker of the City Council
The time is right to contact the Speaker of the New York City Council, Christine Quinn, and ask for her support of policy initiatives against the spread of bed bugs in our city. We want to ask you to continue … Continue reading
NYT editorial acknowledges Gale Brewer’s cause
We are pleased that Council Member Gale Brewer is acknowledged by The New York Times in today’s editorial as the driving force in an effort to get bed bug legislation on the books in our city—an effort that began in … Continue reading
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.
WNYC Radio has news item about Intro 873
You can listen to it here: Bedbug Victims Hope City Will Take Action in 2009.
New bed bug education bill update: letters to the Health Committee
We sent letters to the Chair and members of the New York City Council Committee on Health. You can read the letter here. We’ll present additional perspectives and other sets of facts (there are so many problems and challenges to … Continue reading
New Jersey bed bug bill out of committee
Via PolitickerNJ, the New Jersey Assembly bill which would make New Jersey landlords financially responsible for bed bug eradication in multi-unit buildings has been referred to the Speaker.
NYC’s new bed bug bill
[We lost data over the weekend and some pages, posts and comments were lost. This was posted December 6.]
The New York City Council tries again: a new bed bug bill
Note: Check updates on our efforts on Intro 873 here.
The New Jersey quandary about who is responsible
We like Nobugs’ take on the recent struggles of New Jersey lawmakers to define an acceptable answer to the question of who should pay for bed bug treatments. Continue reading