The 140th letter
Our online letter writing campaign for a New York City bed bug task force has reached 100 letters. There are an additional 40 letters that we have either collected personally or know have been sent to NYC council members.
Tag: NYC
Lou Sorkin’s indispensable flickr photos
Entomologist Lou Sorkin is a beloved friend of the New York City bed bug-sufferer community, and a generous and trusted adviser to New York vs Bed Bugs. His generosity in answering questions and his commitment to ensuring that we all … Continue reading
Scenes from the battlefield: “NYC has an epidemic of them”
November 7, 2008, by udt007us:
Bed bugs in the subway, sorta
The Daily Commuter has pics of the new subway ad for a mattress encasement company. Featuring three adult bed bugs. Sadly, this is noteworthy. Finally. A picture of a bed bug in the subway. (But you just know people are … Continue reading
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
NYT neediest: a Bronx mother, disabled child and bed bugs
The recent New York Times “neediest cases” article about Joy Williams and her daughter, Verona, is affecting: The low point was when she found herself huddled with Verona in the middle of the living room floor in tears, afraid to … Continue reading
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.] We will be monitoring and updating developments on Intro 873, the bill introduced in the New York City Council on November … Continue reading
The New York City Council tries again: a new bed bug bill
Note: Check updates on our efforts on Intro 873 here. I was about to write something that looked back and puzzled over how bed bug bills (both the bold and the timid) go to the Consumer Affairs Committee to die, … Continue reading
Movie-going in the age of bed bugs
This conversation at Astorians is about a bed bug encounter at a NYC movie theater. Continue reading
The merit of a public to-do list
Ever since Chicago vs Bed Bugs launched, I’ve been looking at their Activism page and thinking that we should try something like that here. Continue reading