Gale Brewer’s Bed Bug Update
I found this press release on Room 8, a NYC politics blog. Oddly enough, I could not find it on the NY City Council website or on Brewer’s defunct blog. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK COUNCIL...
View ArticleGale Brewer invites bedbuggers to her annual open house
The annual open house at Council Member Gale Brewer’s district office will be held tonight and tomorrow night. Gale Brewer (Manhattan 6th District) has been at the forefront of the efforts to introduce...
View ArticleNew New York Times Editorial on bed bugs: underinformed
There’s a new New York Times Editorial on bed bugs today, and of course, we are always glad to see bed bugs mentioned in the media, especially in articles calling for New York City officials to do more...
View ArticleTuesday’s New York City Council hearing on three bed bug bills
The press is starting to appear about the hearing yesterday. Frank Lombardi in the Daily News said, Prodded by rising complaints and pressure from some elected officials, activists and the media, the...
View ArticleMore bed bug coverage in New York — but not enough, considering
We are getting more press on bed bugs this week, presumably due to the excellent City Council Hearing held on three bed bug bills on Tuesday. I personally don’t feel I am seeing enough coverage of the...
View ArticleIntro. 57: bed bug task force to get New York City Council vote on 3/11
I just received the following message below from Gale Brewer, updating us on the status of the Bed Bug Task Force bill, Intro. 57. Another section of the same bill — the part which bans the sale of...
View ArticleWednesday’s New York City Council vote on the Bed Bug Advisory Board: it passed!
The New York City Bed Bug Advisory Board bill (Intro. 57a) was passed yesterday! This fox segment preceding the vote Wednesday was just a sample — there was a lot of press, from Fox and Newsday to the...
View ArticleTwo big upcoming bed bug events in Wasington D.C.; also: New York City,...
We’ve previously mentioned the upcoming EPA bed bug summit on April 14-15 and the upcoming Washington DC bed bug summit on March 27. We now refer you to New York vs. Bed Bugs, where Renee has compiled...
View ArticleDown and out in New York, with bed bugs
Back in 1933, in Chapter One of Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell described life with bed bugs in a cheap Parisian hotel: Near the ceiling long lines of bugs marched all day like columns...
View ArticleBed bug event tomorrow night (1/18) at the Museum of the City of New York
There’s a bed bug event at the Museum of the City of New York tomorrow night. I am unable to attend as I won’t be in town, but it looks like it will be very worthwhile. January 18 Plague!: Bed Bug...
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