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The work of New York vs Bed Bugs has ended -- this site remains as an archive. We're making things simple and easier to maintain but we'll bring back the photographs our friends allowed us to use (perhaps you liked them too).
- Check out the innovative work of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
- HPD has streamlined the registration page for its online bed bug course and is now offering community classes for non-profits and tenant groups. More details here.
- Featured interview: Steven W. Smollens on landlord / tenant litigation history in Bedbug City
Tag Archives: NYC
Dr. Pollack and the 2006 NYC bed bug hearing
Harvard School of Public Health entomologist Dr. Richard Pollack’s testimony before the New York City Council Consumer Affairs Committee on September 18, 2006 deserves reexamination. Continue reading
Posted in Bed Bug Task Force, Featured, Issues and Challenges, Mattresses, Public Health
Tagged bedbugs, NYC, NYC Council, reconditioned mattresses, Richard Pollack
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Dr. Philip Tierno: “I would never buy a refurbished mattress, a reconditioned mattress, under any circumstances”
Tonight it was King Comfort Mattress of Woodside, Queens who got their turn before the cameras, spray disinfectant bottles in both fists. Continue reading
Posted in Issues and Challenges, Mattresses, News
Tagged bedbugs, Fox 5, Mattresses, NYC, reconditioned mattresses, refurbished mattresses, used bedding
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Housing Court Judge Sheldon Halprin visits a Harlem building and changes begin
NY1 on Housing Court Judge Sheldon Halprin’s hands-on approach. Continue reading
Reminder: our CitizenSpeak campaign
If you are too overwhelmed by bed bugs to write letters or make phone calls, please visit our CitizenSpeak page. Continue reading
Posted in Bed Bug Task Force, New York vs Bed Bugs
Tagged bed bug task force campaign, bedbugs, NYC
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New York vs Bed Bugs needs your help
We need help from New Yorkers interested in helping advocate for change. Continue reading
What would New York’s missing mattress sanitizing regs look like anyway?
There are no sanitizing regulations and none are forthcoming. Still, what would they look like? There are 26 states that have reconditioned mattress regulations. How do they sanitize used bedding? Continue reading
Dateline NBC revisits the reconditioned mattress story
Dateline’s investigative piece today revisited the reconditioned mattress problems in New York City. Continue reading
Posted in Issues and Challenges, Mattresses, News
Tagged bedbugs, Dateline, Jeff White, Mattresses, New York, NYC, Pepe Peruyero, reconditioned mattresses, Rick Cooper, used bedding
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Coming to the next bed bug seminar in Brooklyn?
The next Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) bed bug seminar will be held in Greenpoint. Continue reading
The public health question
Bed bugs affect the health and environment of city residents in several ways. Continue reading
Posted in Issues and Challenges, Public Health
Tagged bedbugs, disease transmission, DOHMH, health, New York, NYC, Public Health
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We heard from Howard!
“What I can tell you is that the revised year-end number for 2007 of all bed bug complaints was 1,720 and that our Chief Exterminator says that in his experience about 70% of cases reported there is actual infestation.” Continue reading
