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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
“Die Bettwanzen und ich”
I found this video strangely sad. (Don’t see it if you’re distressed about bed bugs.) How many did he miss I wonder?
Protect yourself?
You’ve seen these new Protect-a-Bed ads in the city? Bed Bugs Suck by alykat via flickr. Well. You cannot protect yourself from a bed bug infestation with a mattress encasement. You can certainly get bed bugs even if you have … Continue reading
The Smiths get bed bugs: HPD’s bed bug course
New – August 2010: the course now features a streamlined registration page. In addition, HPD now offers community classes at their downtown offices and at the offices of non-profits and tenants groups. More details on our NYC page. The city’s … Continue reading
Lou
Excerpted from recent email correspondence: —Dead of course. Can I get these from you? —yes, but alive. I have them in small, flat boxes that are taped and in plastic ziploc bag. paper is grid of 1/4″ squares. —I’ll bring … Continue reading
The city’s new flu portal
http://www.nyc.gov/flu This is one of the things we would want for bed bugs. I say this with humility. I know these are two different public health problems. And there are no comparable resources. But still. See also: our enthusiasm over … Continue reading
The NYC Health Department regresses
This year we saw small signs of what I thought was a new empathetic and knowledgeable grasp of the bed bug issues by NYC public health officials. But the reality of our problems is as ever complex and good work … Continue reading
John Jay’s bed bug “condition”
Via City Room. John Jay College of Criminal Justice has closed the North Hall building and will hold an information session today at 2 p.m., open to the public. Refusing to call it a bed bug infestation is utterly misguided. … Continue reading
New York City Bed Bug Advisory Board
The members of the Bed Bug Advisory Board have been appointed and will meet this week. The Mayor appointed Gil Bloom of Standard Pest Management, Richard Cooper of Cooper Pest Solutions, and Jody L. Gangloff-Kaufmann of the NY State IPM … Continue reading
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Lou Sorkin, Susan Jones and Michael Potter hit it out of the park
In the NYT’s Room for Debate. Go, go read for yourself. It occurs to me, wherever you live, if you are struggling to make someone, anyone, a city agency perhaps, understand what bed bugs are all about, this could be … Continue reading
NYT on pervasive bed bug problem in NYC co-ops and condos
I thought The New York Times had forgotten all about the bed bug issues, but an article in this weekend’s real estate section by Teri Karush Rogers, about co-op and condo buyers and their bed bug problems and bed bug … Continue reading
