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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
Lou Sorkin: loved, respected and essential to this endeavor
New York vs Bed Bugs co-founder Lisa wrote a letter in support of Lou Sorkin’s appointment to the New York City Bed Bug Advisory Board: BY MAIL AND FAX July 6, 2009 Eddie Bautista, Director Office of City Legislative Affairs … Continue reading
One more letter
Do you remember our old bed bug task force letter writing campaign? Would you write one more letter? The City Council Speaker has a contact form that you can use to send a simple (and polite) note asking her to … Continue reading
So, what now?
John Raimonda, Director of Operations of Liberty Pest Control, wrote today in response to the NH Bedbugs post and I have his permission to share his email with you: We’ve been hearing about other states but what is the status … Continue reading
3 months
Today is June 18, three months exactly since the Mayor signed the bed bug advisory board bill. (At least one generation.) There have been no appointments. At this point I’m no longer wondering at the delay but rather well into … Continue reading
Preparation, money, and the shortening of the window to act
Preparation for bed bug treatments is necessary and becoming normalized as a consumer service but, because nothing is ever that simple with bed bugs, preparation may unintentionally spread bed bugs, within the apartment, in the building and in the community. Continue reading
The great bed bug story of New York City
Two articles out this week from CUNY journalists Kate Nocera and Zachary Gelnaw-Rubin capture the unnerving story of bed bugs in our city with uncommonly good reporting. “Their friends got bed bugs” Kate Nocera’s New York City Takes on Bedbugs … Continue reading
Elie Zananiri’s Rats ‘n’ Bedbugs
Rats ‘n’ Bedbugs Screencast from prisonerjohn on Vimeo. This is the project page with links to the application, images and video. In our experience generally people don’t read fact sheets or FAQs, not until they have bed bugs, and often … Continue reading
311 finally has bed bug category
NYC 311 formalizes category for bed bug complaints — apartments, hotels, subways! Continue reading
Q&A with Lou Sorkin
Lou Sorkin is an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History. He is a beloved, indispensable figure for many New Yorkers struggling with bed bugs. You can see his incomparable photographs here. The NYT recently did a nice piece. … Continue reading
NYC DOH?
I’ll have to stop being surprised at these. Dan Kass tells WNYC Radio that the New York City Department of Health is committed: The city health department for years said bedbugs were not a public health problem, because they are … Continue reading
