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NYC: Can the Board of Health or a Landlord close a business due to BBs?
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NYDweller
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Wed Dec 23 2009 4:11:09
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(in NYC) If a store has had bed bugs for a year and has done some exterminations but has not been able to eradicate the bed bugs if the Board of Health or the land lord becomes informed and involved do either the Board of Health or the Landlord have the power to shut down the store or evict?
If the Board of health or the Landlord (of the store) is convinced that the store (renters) is doing something to eradicate the problem but not enough what power do they have to force the store (owners) to do more or even force them to leave?
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bugbuster
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Wed Dec 23 2009 20:53:45
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What kind of store is it?
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cilecto
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Fri Dec 25 2009 15:46:17
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The NYC Dept of Health has their own problems with BB. I wonder how they can compel other businesses to treat and guarantee results.
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Sat Dec 26 2009 3:06:01
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I am not sure if you are asking because you're a neighbor, the landlord, or the business owner.
It is really important that the business gets treatment.
If you are the business owner, you need to deal with this. Remember people may sue you if they think they can claim they got bed bugs from your business. (I am not a lawyer, but there are a lot of bed bug lawsuits knocking about.) If you sell products which are infested because bed bugs crawled into them, you may get into trouble.
It may also be an OSHA issue, if employees take bed bugs home. (And yes, they may also sue.)
If you are a customer/live in the neighborhood/rent out your space to them, you should call the Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene and complain about the situation. I do not know what they will do.
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tisIsaidthefly
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Sat Dec 26 2009 18:07:23
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We have delivery boys from Mexico who work for slave labor in almost every deli, supermarket and restaurant in NYC.
Do you think maybe they all have bedbugs? When you got your last pizza pie delivered, do you know if a bed bug fell off the guy who brought it? How about the clerks and even those who OWN delis etc who come from the Middle East? They go back and forth to their countries where bed bugs are common and when they return here to the US - the bring their "friends" with them.
As for the health department? They are CRAWLING with bedbugs themselves. Those access a ride buses have bed bugs and as a result, old sick people going back and forth to doctor's appointments and hospitals are being infested with bed bugs. The schools have them and the teachers have them. It is an epidemic. -
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Sat Dec 26 2009 18:49:01
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I must say the statement that the NYC Dept. of Health is "Crawling" with bed bugs is most inaccurate and misleading, as for the delis I comment not.
As far as the store it depends what type of store it is. If it is a food related store it can be inspected by DOH and if the problem is not solved they can be closed. If it is not a food store the options are less clear and remediation a longer road.
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cilecto
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Sat Dec 26 2009 20:21:35
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Tis I: You are making some broad-based statements that raise eyebrows.
> We have delivery boys from Mexico who work for slave labor in almost every deli. Do you think maybe they all have bedbugs?
All from Mexico? All slaves? All delis? All have bedbugs?
> How about...those who OWN delis etc who come from the Middle East? They go back and forth to their countries where bed bugs are common....
Based on other discussions here, until recently, BB were no more prevalent in {name your less affluent country} than in {name your more affluent country}
I worry that such simple views, besides being inaccurate, can be used to justify hateful behavior against people who come from elsewhere. Lots of people from lots of countries came to the US in the last 50 years. Where were the bedbugs?
That said, IMHO, the world governments need to step up and recognize that as long as BB control is out of reach for all except those with the "means" to pay and the "opportunity" to speak out, BB will spread. So, the ill, the underpaid, the overworked the "job-insecure" and the "illegal", while perhaps not "universal carriers", are at higher risk of chronic infestation. We need information sharing, a big push for R&D and subsidies to get the solutions into everyone's hands. We need global fair labor laws that are enforceable and enforced. What I'm afraid we'll be seeing more of are statements like Tis I's and anti-immigrant sentiment like in the southwest or laws like in Hazelton. I believe the world will be a much "poorer" place if we enable the bigoted and build walls.
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Sun Dec 27 2009 20:35:04
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cilecto - 1 day ago »
That said, IMHO, the world governments need to step up and recognize that as long as BB control is out of reach for all except those with the "means" to pay and the "opportunity" to speak out, BB will spread. So, the ill, the underpaid, the overworked the "job-insecure" and the "illegal", while perhaps not "universal carriers", are at higher risk of chronic infestation.Cilecto put it well.
People in the most neglected buildings in NYC (and elsewhere) -- regardless of race, nationality, ethnicity, etc. -- are going to have more trouble getting rid of bed bugs than those with responsive landlords/co-op associations/etc.
We need to fight to ensure that everyone who needs bed bug treatment gets it, and good, thorough, prompt treatment at that.
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NYDweller
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Thu Jan 28 2010 14:52:36
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What is the process that occurs in New York when a bed bug problem is reported to the Board Of Health in regard to a business?
1) Do they immediately go there to inspect?
2) If they do inspect how many days is it on average that they inspect from the day that the problem was reported ?
3) If they do inspect how do they inspect? Do they have their own dog team?
4) if they do inspect determine the place has a Bed bug infestation what do they do?
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