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Bed bugs not a problem in schools? Respectfully disagree

Entomologist allows that bed bugs can show up in schools but discounts their potential to create a problem. He hasn’t heard about the bed bugs in NYC schools. Continue reading

December 2, 2008
Posted by Renee Corea
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We need to be aware and alert and the city needs to respond. — Mark Quinn, Morningside Heights

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NYC Department of Sanitation rule requires bagging of mattresses and box springs set out for collection. Rule in effect December 3 with full enforcement beginning January 3, 2011.

HPD streamlined the registration page for its free online bed bug course and now offers on-site community classes for non-profits and tenant groups. More details here. Classes are also scheduled at HPD offices on February 29, 2012 at 6 pm.

Department of Health bed bug guide: Preventing and Getting Rid of Bed Bugs Safely (PDF)

See a list of NYC bed bug resources and the NYC page.

Review of NYC laws -- see also the bed bug disclosure law which came into effect later

FY 2010 NYC bed bug statistics update - New York vs Bed Bugs (PDF) See also: a look at the bed bug data from the 2009 Community Health Survey

Christian Swinehart’s BDBGS! a NYC bed bug map visualization

The Bedbug Registry - NYC map

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