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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
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
We still need your help
We still need you to contact your lawmakers, make them aware of your struggles with bed bugs, and ask them to establish a city-wide task force to address the many problems that can be alleviated. Continue reading
Posted in Bed Bug Task Force, New York vs Bed Bugs
Tagged bed bug task force campaign, bedbugs, fail, NYC
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Rats! This is exactly what we want
The new rat information website at the NYC Department of Health is awesome! Continue reading
For crying out loud
I called the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to ask about their schedule of bed bug seminars. Continue reading
NYC Health Code, Pest Prevention and Management
The proposed changes have to do with pest prevention and management, without reference to pesticides or application of pesticides, which are regulated by DEC.
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Posted in Featured, Issues and Challenges, Public Health
Tagged Article 151, bedbugs, NYC, NYC Health Code
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A mattress van of sorrows
The photographer, Ray Lopez, is a New York City superhero. Continue reading
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is resisting pressure to act in the city’s bed bug resurgence
New York City Council Member Gale Brewer tells The New York Sun that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
is ignoring the anxiety and mental health issues experienced by individuals whose homes are infested. Continue reading
