Category: bed bug task force
By nobugsonme on Apr 10, 2008 in Adriano Espaillat, Andrew Lanza, Ann Margaret Carrozza, Audrey I. Pheffer, Bob Reilly, Carl Marcellino, Catherine Nolan, Charles J. Fuschillo, D. Gordon, Darryl C. Towns, Elizabeth Little, Ellen Young, Eric T. Schneiderman, Harvey Weisenberg, James F. Brennan, James Seward, John Sabini, Joseph Robach, José Serrano, Jr., Kenneth P. LaValle, Luis M. Diaz, Margaret M. Markey, Martin Dilan, Martin Golden, Michael N. Gianaris, NY, Peter J. Abbate, Richard N. Gottfried, Rory I. Lancman, Ruben Diaz, Shirley L. Huntley, Stephen M. Saland, Suzi Oppenheimer, Thomas Morahan, Toby Ann Stavisky, Velmanette Montgomery, activism, bed bug legislation, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bed bugs in schools, bedbugs, new york, new york city, new york state, new york state assembly, new york state senate, politics, senate | 1 Comment
Remember the bill introduced by Michael Gianaris and passed in the NYS Assembly last May? We were happy the Assembly passed it.
But Bill A6667a later died in the NYS Senate in January of this year.
The good news is that the bill has now been amended and approved by the Assembly once again as A6667b. […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 28, 2008 in Cincinnati Health Department, Hamilton County, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bed bugs in cincinnati, cinncinnati, kentucky, ohio, silverton | 1 Comment
Rich Jaffe reported today for Local 12 in Cincinnati that the combined city/county bed bug task force (Greater Cincinnati in Ohio, and Hamilton County, Kentucky) has released a draft report of their plan to combat bed bugs. Jaffe also reports on one Silverton, Ohio building that is infested with bed bugs, and one tenant, who moved to flee […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 4, 2008 in bed bug seminars, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bedbugs, gale brewer, mattresses, new york, new york city council, nyc | 2 Comments
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 MEMBER GALE A. BREWER
CITY HALL
NEW YORK, NY 10007
TEL: 212-788-6975
FAX: 212-513-7717
www.nyccouncil.info
Brewer Bedbug Battle Continues!
February 28, 2008 - For […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 15, 2008 in 311, Brooklyn, Queens, Tipping Point, astoria, bed bug awareness, bed bug inspections, bed bug statistics, bed bug task force, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, bushwick, gale brewer, how to get rid of bed bugs, hpd, manhattan, new york, new york city, nyc, public education, washington heights | 3 Comments
Finally.
The Daily News reports that New York City is going to get a bed bug education campaign.
The article reports that there will be town hall meetings about bed bugs in Washington Heights (1/28), Astoria (2/5) and Bushwick (3/12).
Housing officials will roll out the campaign with a town hall meeting Jan. 28 in Washington Heights, where […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 6, 2008 in 2010 Winter Olympics, Bloor Street, Paula Fletcher, The Star, Toronto City Council, bed bug dog, bed bug protocol, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs and public health, bedbugs, boston, canada, cincinnati, downtown eastside, get rid of bed bugs, getting rid of bed bugs, health, health department, laundry, london, new york city, notifying tenants, nyc, ontario, politicians, purity pest control, san francisco, south of bloor, toronto, vancouver | 0 Comments
Jennifer Brown of The Star reports that Toronto politician Paula Fletcher is agitated about bed bugs–and trying to do something about them.
She wants the health department to investigate whether they’re a health hazard:
Toronto Councillor Paula Fletcher (Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth) has received so many calls from constituents she’s asked the health department to declare them a […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 8, 2007 in activism, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, gail brewer, government, health, information and help, new york, new york city council, nyc, uk, usa | 10 Comments
The reader known as Wantmyskinback has an update on what’s happening vis a vis the NYC bed bug situation, via his/her city council member’s office. The NY City Council Hearing on Bed Bugs was back in September 2006, and there has been no report of a follow-up in the media since then. […]
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