I was wondering how many times you wrote to your assemblyman and what you said. I might write to my assemblyman, but I do not know who that is.

Thanks and keep fighting.

Let us continue to fight these unwelcomed parasites that have attacked our way of life and have placed a large financial burden and stress on its sufferers. Please consider a public awareness campaign informing people of this problem, providing advice such as not to take furniture and mattress from the garbage. Preventatives measures such as how to inspect your home and what procedures to do and not to do if you have found them in your home. Well researched guidlines for exterminators, including a fair treatment price and guarantees and how much and what types of chemicals to use including providing people with chemical data information.
When infested the cost for replacement of furniture, bedding clothing etc. can be massive. Please do not forget the costs for doctors and therapy. Please consider some city and state tax breaks to relieve the sufferers of some of the costs and help them get their life back on track.
Note that although it appears that bed bugs do not transmit disease, which that information appears to be based on the assumption of very old data. An infestation does cause stress, lack of sleep, and delorsory parasitosis (spelled correctly?) which a sufferer in most cases will develop where the symptoms are that they start to feel as if their skin is crawling with bugs that they cannot see. Is this what we want our people of our great Nation to have to experience?
We have a new war to fight and we are all at the front line and the enemy is BED BUGS!

Experts say this unfortunate problem with our Nation’s bed bug epidemic is going to get much worse. Assemblyman Gianaris please think about a public awareness campaign for Queens.I still see people of all ages including the elderly picking up discarded furniture from the street. Also a suggestion to establish some guidlines for exterminators. What kind of chemicals, how to apply them, a fair guarantee of services and price.
We are seeing a new enemy that is eventually going to spread. Bed bugs already have made some peoples life intolerable and unfortunately the numbers are growing.
Due to the large cost of replacing bedding, furniture and belongings maybe the right thing to do is to establish a tax rebate so people can make up for the substantial loss of money due to this epidemic.

YOU have my VOTE!