The New York City Housing Authority cannot keep up with the bed bug complaints in its properties. <\/p>\n
Consider the numbers: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
And this is the dismal picture in just one housing development in Manhattan: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
NYCHA has a policy of three bed bug service calls per complaint. Clearly, its not happening. Not even close. Leaving tenants to their own devices when it comes to bed bug infestations virtually guarantees infestations will spread. <\/p>\n
Building-wide infestations are extremely costly to manage. Consider the case of 260 Nassau Street, a provincially-managed building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that was evacuated last weekall 118 tenantsfor 5 days for intensive bed bug treatment. The residents belongings were heat-treated and they were temporarily housed in hotels. The entire annual pest control budget for this building, $65,000, was to be blown in this venture. This is on top of the $130,000 that has already been spent to try to control bed bugs at 260 Nassau Street since 2007. <\/p>\n
We all know that NYCHAs financial situation is dire. <\/p>\n
But the bed bugs must be eradicated everywhere in our city. <\/p>\n
There arent yet, in New York City, low-cost bed bug preparation or control services. There will be, later this year, we hope. But not yet. And we all know how fast bed bugs spread. <\/p>\n
One more thing we know: NYCHA does not have a seat on the new bed bug advisory board. <\/p>\n
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