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The New York City Council’s CouncilStat data: surprise, surprise, bed bugs make the list

by Renee on July 10, 2008

The New York City Council has started to keep tabs on constituent complaints across the city.   A limited view of the data for June was released yesterday.  You can download a PDF of the press release here.  While the Council is not releasing specific data on the number of bed bug complaints in relation to other issues New Yorkers contacted their Council Members about(*) in June, the Housing and Building category is at the top of the list citywide, accounting for 29% of inquiries. The breakdown for Housing and Building complaints in each borough is: 29% in the Bronx, 24% in Brooklyn, 32% in Manhattan, 16% in Queens and 24% in Staten Island. Queens is apparently the shiest when it comes to calling Council Members with housing grievances.

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Bed bug math redux

by Renee on June 26, 2008

New York City’s bed bug statistics should be publicly available, but they are not. The statistics should be accurately reported, but frequently they are not. Therefore, we are diligent with our bed bug math here at New York vs Bed Bugs. We believe very strongly that our city’s bed bug statistics, flawed as they are, should be available from the city on its website; specifically, they should be available from the Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT) on this page: [click to continue...]

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Make it right, WashPo!

by Renee on April 4, 2008

This was our letter to the Washington Post last week.

I tried to explain why this matters so much to us here.

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NYC’s bed bug math problem

by Renee on March 25, 2008

This is how New York City’s bed bug statistics have appeared in recent press articles:

Daily News, Douglas Feiden, December 30, 2007: [click to continue...]

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