The NYC Council will hold a hearing on three bed bug bills on February 24
Please mark your calendars. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 24 at 1 p.m.
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A (challenging) NYC apartment with a bed bug problem
A pest control company, Magic Exterminating, documents in this flickr set (slideshow) the condition of a NYC apartment where there are bed bugs.
Reenactment of Article 151 of the NYC Health Code was adopted
The article was formerly titled Rodents, Insects and Other Pests and is now called Pest Prevention and Management. This is a PDF of the adoption resolution.
You can read our comments on the amendment proposal here.
Yes, yes, we wanted to get bed bugs into the NYC Health Code. Can you honestly blame us?
In any case, these are portions of the amended article: Continue reading
Ray Lopez recognized with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award
We missed this fantastic news last fall: Ray Lopez was named a 2008 recipient of the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader Awards.
Stepping up our campaign: a sample letter to the Speaker of the City Council
The time is right to contact the Speaker of the New York City Council, Christine Quinn, and ask for her support of policy initiatives against the spread of bed bugs in our city. We want to ask you to continue … Continue reading
Our online letter writing campaign for a bed bug task force
On CitizenSpeak. It takes two minutes. It gets the job done. It counts.
Q & A with NYC pest management pro John Furman
New York vs Bed Bugs wants to shine a light on the unique pest management challenges posed by bed bugs. This year we hope to explore the professional response to the resurgence of this pest in our city.
The poet and the bed bugs
So, we need to think about when bed bugs were truly everywhere in our city, yes? Early twentieth century? The summer of 1908.
A New Year, will this be the year?
Will New York City get a bed bug task force this year? We’re still where we were yesterday and the year before and the year before. Except worse, of course, and resources to control the spread will no doubt be … Continue reading
FOILable
If you’ve heard us complain about non-responsive FOIL documents, I thought you’d like to know that we have now received a preliminary response from HPD. They have found 37 pages in response to our request.