(Wall Street Journal) — Now hiring: two city inspectors capable of smelling bedbugs. Must walk on four legs. New York City is moving forward with a plan to purchase bedbug-sniffing dogs for the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. According to a request for information issued Monday, the city is looking for two male dogs […]
(Crain’s) — As Paul Simon once sang, “One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.” Ever since the fear of bedbug infestations became Topic A among anxious New Yorkers, Jonathan Frisch has been riding high. As vice president of sales and marketing for Brooklyn-based pest-control firm AP&G Co., he has been trying to keep up with the […]
(WSJ) — Those words, sent in a Sept. 29 letter to the homes of students at the New Explorations Into Science Technology + Math school on the Lower East Side, are enough to send waves of fear into any parent of school-age children in New York City. The new academic year opened just as bedbugs […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Apartment renters of New York, get ready to have a bedbug conversation with prospective landlords. Gov. David Paterson has signed into law the Bedbug Disclosure Act. As Metropolis reported back in June, the bill requires building owners to disclose a one-year history of bedbug infestations to potential tenants. Assembly woman Linda B. Rosenthal, […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Bedbugs have gotten under New York City government’s skin. After a somewhat hands-off policy that left individuals and companies to handle bedbug problems on their own, the city Wednesday plans to announce an education campaign to combat the critters, according to a person familiar with the matter. Read More…
(WSJ) — A bill requiring landlords to disclose a brief history of bedbug infestations to potential tenants moved closer to becoming state law this week, as it advanced through the state Assembly Housing Committee with a unanimous vote. If passed, the bill would mandate that landlords tell prospective tenants about any bedbug infestations over the […]