By nobugsonme on Sep 14, 2007 in 311, Brooklyn, apartments, bed bug registries, bed bugs, bedbugs, bushwick, forums, government, housing laws, itchy hipsters, landlords, legal, multi-unit buildings, new york, nyc, paralysis, slumlords, spread, stories, tales of bed bug woe, tenants, treatment, usa | 15 Comments
Welcome to Brooklyn
Originally uploaded by TheGirlsNY
Bushwick, Brooklyn is home to two large dueling loft buildings: 248 and 255 McKibben Street. Yes, that’s right: they’re buildings so hip, fun, and now, they have their own myspace pages. (Don’t laugh, but we have one too.)
Gawker […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 31, 2007 in bed bug registries, bed bugs, bedbugs, hotels, oregon, travel, washington | 3 Comments
This article from Walla Walla, Washington’s Union-Bulletin, offers the standard “local story on bed bugs.”
It begins with Al Grable, local Pest Control Operator (PCO):
While there have apparently been no official bedbug complaints lodged against any Walla Walla county motels, local residents can’t rest easily.
Al Grable, owner of Agreeable Pest Control in College Place, […]
By nobugsonme on Apr 26, 2007 in apartment reviews, apartmentratings.com, bed bug registries, bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, chicago, housing laws, illinois, landlords, lawsuits, legal, new york, nyc, ontario, real estate, toronto, usa | 4 Comments
Here in NYC, many tenants won’t call 311, the city hotline, to report bed bugs, no matter how bad they get or how poorly the landlord is dealing with the situation. Elsewhere, people report fear of reporting their bed bug problems to building inspectors or public health, even though in most localities, landlords are […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 31, 2007 in bed bug registries, bed bugs, bedbugs, new york, usa | 0 Comments
I had a glance at one of the two bed bug registries where you can and should report your infested building or hotel (both are linked on the far right sidebar at the bottom).
In the recent reports was listed: “E 75th Street 5th to Park Ave NYC NY 10021″
Fifth to Park Avenue: that’s two blocks, […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 12, 2007 in activism, bed bug registries, bed bugs, bedbugs, real estate | 0 Comments
This is a shout out to the newbites, and anyone else who hasn’t done so: if you’re renting, please take a moment and report your infested addresses or former addresses. There are two websites where people are collecting and mapping infested addresses.
They also say when the infestation occurred, so it is not like […]