NYC Bed Bug Registry Infestation Maps, Residential and Hotel

On November 16, 2011, HPD along with Council Speaker Quinn and Council Member Brewer announced the acquisition of two male bed bug sniffing dogs in an effort to combat bed bug infestations in residential properties. The beagles, Mickey and Nemo, are available to assist a team of four Code Enforcement Inspectors who have been trained to work with the dogs. The dogs will respond to bed bug complaints where the 311 operator has confirmed that the tenant would like to have the inspection performed by a dog; not every complaint where someone indicates that they are available for a dog will get such an inspection. The dogs were trained at an accredited facility to alert by sitting when they detect live bed bugs or viable eggs. The dogs findings will be confirmed by visual inspection before a violation is issued. Although the dogs cannot respond to all bed bug complaints in residential properties, they will serve as a valuable resource in detecting bed bugs in places that are difficult for people to detect, and in cases where there are a small amount of bed bugs or the bed bugs have not yet matured. For more information on the Bed Bug Canine inspections, click here.

The Department of Health and Mental Hygienes (DOHMH) Bed Bug Website at http://nyc.gov/bedbugs provides detailed information for tenants, property owners/agents and homeowners on how bed bugs thrive, how to recognize and inspect for their presence, steps to take to prevent them from infesting a home, how to safely rid an area of bed bugs if they do occur, and how to select and work with a pest management professional. You can also go to the Department of Housing Preservation and Developments (HPD) e-learning on bedbugs, which provides information on the above topics through an interactive format,using anaudio/ visual format.

Left untreated, bed bugs can spread quickly in multi-dwelling housing. Both the housing and health codes require that property owners address infestations promptly. The surest strategies to keep bed bugs from spreading are prevention, early detection and rapid treatment. As a tenant, the first action you should take if you believe that you have bed bugs is to notify your landlord. As a landlord, the first action you should take is to conduct an inspection of the reported condition. Knowing what to look for is key!

Bed Bug Complaints: Enforcement ProtocolHere is how the Citys enforcement protocols work:

ComplaintsYou can file a complaint about bed bugs by calling 311 or using 311ONLINE. When a complaint is made to 311 about bed bugs in a residential building, HPD attempts to notify a property owner/representative at the registered phone number about the complaint (For more information on registration,click here.) A housing inspector from HPD may conduct an inspection. The inspector examines places where bed bugs are commonly found, such as on and around mattresses, beds and head boards, as well as other potentially infested areas as directed by the tenant.

ViolationsIf the HPD inspector finds bed bugs, the property owner is issued an HPD Notice of Violation (NOV)(see Sample A)ordering that the condition be addressed.

When a NOV is issued by HPD, the property owner also receives a DOHMH Order of the Commissioner(see Sample B).The Commissioners order tells property owners in more detail what the requirements for addressing the bed bug problem are, including:

Inspect the apartment(s) cited for bed bugs.

If you find a bed bug infestation in the apartment(s), inspect all units adjacent to, above and below the infested units, as well as all common areas; and retain the services of a pest management professional certified and registered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to take all measures necessary to remove bed bug infestationwhere found.

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HPD - Bed Bugs - New York City

By JENNIFER BROKAMP

Youve finally made it to New York City for your first job out of college. As you step into the pristine major office tower, you cant believe how lucky you are to get to work in such an impressive place. Three whirlwind days of work later, everything is going great, that is, until you notice dozens of red bumps in sets of three all over your body. Bed bugs. And theyre coming from your office.

You might be thinking, arent bed bugs only in dirty homes or run down buildings? Unfortunately, no. Many people have been lulled into a false sense of security by believing that because they have a nice, clean living environment, they are immune to bed bugs. But bed bugs can infest any place where humans spend large amounts of time; cleanliness has nothing to do with it. Bed bugs began making their way back into American homes, retail stores, movie theaters, public transportation and anywhere their tiny apple seed-shaped bodies can be concealed. Infestations can start by picking up a bedbug at any of those places, and the public which had lost the ability to combat these pests was taken by surprise and left with minimal knowledge on how to eradicate them.

What makes these pests so particularly horrible is that they feed on blood while their victims are sleeping. Their bites cause bumps that can resemble mosquito bites or can become large, bulbous welts, depending on the person and their allergic reaction. Bed bugs can survive up to a year without food and can hide under floorboards even if an apartment is empty. While there are various methods of keeping a bed bug infestation at bay, full eradication is extremely difficult, especially in apartment complexes or offices because the most effective treatment must be applied to the whole building. Meanwhile, tenants must be meticulously clean, heat treat their possessions and throw away mattresses or large pieces of furniture that cannot be saved.

The social stigma, the difficulty of eradicating the bugs and the physical repercussions that victims face causes sometimes severe psychological problems. These problems unequivocally distinguish bed bugs from other types of pests, and it is imperative that lawmakers appreciate the difference. Bed bug victims can become paranoid, extremely anxious, depressed and overly emotional, leading to a great reduction in quality of life. Luckily, the experiences of victims all over the country has spurred a lot of legal action that caused some landlord-tenant lawyers to specialize in bed bug law, especially here in New York.

As the bed bug menace began to spread throughout North America once again, different states took different measures against them. Some states enacted legislation to help regulate the treatment of bed bugs, while others relied on the courts to settle the wide range of issues that result from bed bugs. Because of the difference in treatment of bed bug cases among states, some victims find themselves in better circumstances than others based solely on location.

After watching bed bugs in the courts for years, states have begun to consider and enact bed bug legislation. A handful of states, including New York, have passed legislation which varies somewhat from state to state but generally includes mandatory inspections by landlords and disclosure, followed by timely treatment. Ideally, citizens of every state should be protected from these debilitating pests and as awareness grows, hopefully more states will take aggressive action.

When a tenant brings a bed bug case to court in a state without bed bug legislation, the lawsuits often turns on who is at fault for the situation. There are a couple of methods that plaintiffs often try, including constructive eviction, implied warrant of habitability and, in extreme cases, negligence. These cases have a mixed level of success depending on the situation. Sometimes, the judge must agree that a bed bug infestation makes a premise uninhabitable. Other times, tenants must prove that the landlord had prior knowledge of the bed bug infestation before leasing the infested apartment to the tenants, all of which is very difficult.

A bed bug infestation creates massive amounts of stress for everyone involved. Unfortunately, most people are unable to conceptualize the magnitude of such an infestation and are unable to respond properly. While landlords do not deserve the entire burden of a bed bug infestation, courts and legislation must be more favorable to tenants simply because landlords, especially ones who have not dealt with bed bugs before, tend to underestimate the seriousness of a bed bug infestation and are in the best position to effectively combat an infestation. Since time is exceedingly important in controlling and eradicating an infestation, legal pressure on landlords might spark them into taking effective action before infestations get out of control.

Meanwhile, you can protect yourself from bed bugs by examining apartments for telltale signs of infestations before signing the lease and asking lots of questions. After returning from trips, immediately wash and dry your clothes and suitcase with high heat. If you suspect that your apartment is infested, early detection will greatly help with the eradication process, so call your landlord immediately. By raising awareness and taking a few easy precautions, we can help to stop the spread of bed bugs and work towards getting rid of them permanently.

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NYC Department of Health healthy homes bed bug guide^

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has published a bed bug guide (PDF) that is also available for download in Spanish (PDF), Chinese (PDF), Russian (PDF), Creole (PDF), Italian (PDF), and Korean (PDF) check for other languages that may be translated here. Call 311 to request a free copy of the English-language printed booklet (other languages available only as downloads). You can use this basic and easy-to-follow guide to spread awareness about bed bugs and to educate neighbors, landlords and friends who are new to the problem. (Check our resources page for more bed bug management guides.)

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Starting December 3, 2010 DSNY will require all mattresses and box springs set out for collection to be encased and sealed. Full text of the rule (PDF):

1-04.1 Collection of bedding. (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, Bedding shall mean any mattress or box spring which can be used by any human being for sleeping or reclining purposes. (b) Any person disposing of bedding for Department collection shall enclose such bedding within a plastic bag. Such bag shall be constructed in such a manner and be of such size as to readily contain the bedding to be disposed of. Such bag must be securely sealed after the bedding is placed inside. (c) Failure to enclose any bedding placed at the curbside or other designated area for collection by the department within a plastic bag pursuant to this section shall be a violation of 16-120 of the New York City Administrative Code.

Full enforcement will begin January 3, 2011. The fine will be $100. The rules are spotlighted on the front page of DSNYs website. See the press release, a graphic notice (PDF) available as a download, and a note from the commissioner in which he makes an additional recommendation:

that plastic mattress bags be placed around the discarded bedding before it is removed from the room out to the curb to further prevent bed bugs from infesting other parts of the home or apartment building.

Sealing items in the room before removal is an important principle of bed bug management and you should practice that for anything that is being removed from an infested room.

The rule applies to all mattresses and box springs, not just bed bug-infested ones.

Here are a few other things you should know. The mattress refurbishing industry does not have effective sanitizing protocols in place, and yet mattresses and box springs in the city are routinely scavenged for this purpose before they are ever collected by sanitation. Therefore, the closer to collection time that mattresses and box springs can be placed on the curb, the better, if at all possible. It is also good to attempt to make things unusable or unattractive before sealing, as well as placing a clear warning sign on items that are infested, as ordinary people in your neighborhood will also pick up stuff from the trash and risk exposure.

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Bed Bugs in New York City | New York vs Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are small insects that feed on human blood. They are usually active at night when people are sleeping. Adult bed bugs have flat, rusty-red-colored oval bodies. About the size of an apple seed, they are big enough to be easily seen, but often hide in cracks in furniture, floors, or walls. When bed bugs feed, their bodies swell and become brighter red. They can live for several weeks or months without feeding on a host.

What does a bed bug bite feel and look like? Most bed bug bites are initially painless, but later turn into large, itchy skin welts. These welts do not have a red spot in the center as do the bites from fleas.

Are bed bugs dangerous? Although bed bugs and their bites are a nuisance, they are not known to spread disease.

How does a home become infested with bed bugs? In most cases, people carry bed bugs into their homes unknowingly, in infested luggage, furniture, bedding, or clothing. Bed bugs may also travel between apartments through small crevices and cracks in walls and floors.

How do I know if my home is infested with bed bugs? You may notice itchy skin welts. You may also see the bed bugs themselves, small bloodstains from crushed insects, or dark spots from their droppings. It is often hard to see them because they hide in or near beds, other furniture, and in cracks.

How can I keep bed bugs out of my home?

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Stop Bedbugs Safely - New York City Housing Authority

Bed bugs are increasingly common now due to increased international travel, since bedbugs are spread by travellers, not by poor cleaning practices. There is a lot that you can do, even before you leave home, to protect yourself against bed bugs.

This printable travel card prepared by the New York State Integrated Pest Management program and Cornell University gives you tips on what to look for when you are checking in, whether you're staying at a budget motel or a five-star hotel:

http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/publica...

Print it and store it in your wallet so that you can easily refer to it at the end of a long day travelling. Pack a flashlight so that you can see better when you're doing your room inspection.

More tips from New York State Integrated Pest Management can be found here:

http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/whats_b...

You can buy bed bug barrier products like lugagge liners, which will keep bedbugs out of your suitcases. Do not put your suitcase on the bed, bedbugs can hitchike on the outside of many types of suitcases even if you used luggage liners on the inside. You can ask your hotel if they use mattress and pillow encasements, which keep bedbugs from taking up residence in the mattresses and pillows. Do not use hotel dressers (bureaus) because bedbugs can live inside them.

If you find bedbugs in your room, do not use any kind of spray or pesticide; anything consumers can buy will not be effective. But your spray could end up repelling the bedbugs so that the infestation spreads.

Makers of silk bedding products sometimes claim that silk protects sleepers from bedbugs.However, the only kind of bedding that will protect you at night is a hazmat suit. As long as your head (or any other part of your body) is uncovered, bedbugs can get inside the silk bedding.

Online bedbug registries are not a very reliable source of information. People can try to damage a hotel's reputation by falsely claiming bedbugs, people can misidentify other problems as bedbugs, and places might not be removed from the registry even after the bedbugs have been dealt with.

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New York City: Bed Bugs in Hotels TripAdvisor

Tiny blood-sucking bedbugs have become an epidemic in New York City. The little pests have invaded even the cleanest and most expensive apartments in neighborhoods around New York. In fact, a councilwoman from the Upper West Side has called for a citywide bedbug task force to address the problem. What Are Bedbugs? A bedbug is a wingless, rust-colored insect about the size of an apple seed. Bedbugs are nocturnal parasites, which means they rest during the day and come out to dine on the blood of humans at night. Bedbugs are attracted by human body heat and typically favor feasting on our shoulders and arms (ewww).

During feeding, the bedbug's proboscis pierces the skin of its victim, injecting bedbug saliva (double ewww). Bedbugs typically feed for five to ten minutes at a time. As the little critter fills with blood, its colouring changes from light brown to rustred.

Experts suggest washing bedbug bites with antiseptic soap to avoid infection. The itching can be treated with calamine lotion or anaesthetic creams.

Aside from those nasty bites, other signs that bedbugs may have moved in include:

They also spread through mattresses. Reconditioned mattresses, which are refurbished old mattresses, often spread bedbugs into stores and homes. In addition, bedbugs can spread when old and new mattresses are transported in the same truck.

Experts say bedbugs have been all but dormant for decades. The recent comeback is said to be primarily the result of increased global travel, along with the banning of potent pesticides like DDT.

Here are some do-it-yourself methods you can try before you call the exterminator:

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Bedbugs Invade New York City -- What are bed bugs and how ...

Before a person can prevent an infestation, it is important to know what they are, how they live and what they look like. Once you know what they look like, hopefully, before you bring them home, you can avoid staying in hotels that have them.

Simply, they are small parasites that live in mattresses and other types of soft furniture. They are nocturnal and are hard to spot during the day. They are oval-shaped, and once they have fed on blood are reddish brown in color. If you ever see an insect in your home or hotel room that is flattish, oval-shaped and reddish brown, you should catch it and try to identify it.

These parasites feed on blood, primarily human blood. This is a major creep factor is associated with them beyond simply having a home pest. They come out at night, crawl on your sleeping body and make a meal of you. Some people may find the vampire myth sexy but nobody, except maybe an entomologist, can say the same about these insects.

For most people the idea of having them is completely repulsive. They are sneaky, gross and hated around the world. They attack people when they are at their most vulnerable and leave few signs behind.

New York City is #1 in many things, but it was not prepared to become the American city with the heaviest infestation. There is a simple reason for this resurgence. International travel gives these bugs new homes quickly. New York City is certainly a major travel hub. Vacationers head to NYC but the main culprit of the outbreak is people who travel for business.

Vacationers simply go from their home to a hotel and back. They are much less likely to drop these parasites in enough hotels to cause a major problem; although vacationers are often a victim, and bring them home unknowingly. People in business spend weeks or months hotel hopping. As our society has become global these bugs have staged a comeback.

The U.S. almost got rid of them early in the last century. Then international travel became more common and people were staying in hotels in countries that were still dealing with them. People would go to different countries and bring home a little something extra in their luggage and clothing. The U.S. now has a new booming industry eradication of these pests.

New York City may have them but how does one avoid staying in a hotel that has an active infestation. The insidious thing about these pests is that they do not always live in the flea-bag motels. It would be easy to stay in a slightly more expensive hotel but that is no guarantee of an infestation-free accommodation. Actually, the more expensive hotels are just as likely to have infestations.

With the Internet age in full force there is a website that is devoted to the places with reported infestations. The Bed Bug Registry is a website where people can report their sightings and experiences. People can use this free resource to avoid bringing home an unwanted souvenir.

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NYC Bed Bugs: New York Hotels With Reported Bed Bug ...

Reports of bed bugs in New York City, and the rest of United States are increasing. We are currently monitoring the internet for reports of bed bugs in New York City hotels to help you identify which New York City hotels have bedbugs. Each New York City hotel has at least one mention of bedbugs in the last 12 months. Please take into account that individual reports of bedbugs in New York City hotels have not been confirmed by an independent third party. Below is the bed bugs hotel list for the city of New York City.

We bring you up to the minute information and reports about bed bug incidents in New York City hotels & motels from all over the web. If you had any recent bed bug encounters, please share it with the rest of raveable community by submitting a bed bug report.

Doubletree Hotel Chelsea New York City

The room I stayed in was actually the THIRD room I tried at the hotel. I had to refuse the first two rooms that were offered because both had overwhelming cleaning supply/chemical smells that hit you the minute you walked into the room and were so strong that you could literally TASTE chemicals even 5-10 minutes after exiting. When I told the staff and changed rooms twice), they acted like I was the only one to report such a thing, but they showed no interest in investigating the rooms, eve... read full report

Bed Bug Bite - Ouch!

Mayfair Hotel

Stayed in Mayfair hotel New York on 3 June 2013, room 211, At night took extra sheet and found bed bug. Next day complained to concierge and show him blood on the sheet. Took suitcase, told to concierge that we are leaving to other hotel, requested refund, sent e-mail to hotel manager with complains. Was charged for a 3 day stay, no apology and no any communication from the management. read full report

The Gracie Inn

The Benjamin

Novotel New York Times Square

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Reports of Bed Bugs in New York City Hotels - New York ...

New York is known for many thingsit's known for its nightlife, great food, winning sports teams, and Broadway plays, to name but a few NY attractions.

But lately, a new topic has taken the spotlight, and frankly, New Yorkers are itching to get rid of it. Were talking about bed bugs, aka cimex lectularius.

New York Pest Control Professionals are very busy these days, with a variety of treatments for bedbug infestations some effective, some not. But statistics show that 52% of U.S. pest control firms routinely utilize bedding encasements in bedbug treatment protocols.

NYC is known as the city that never sleeps... but with SecureSleep anti-bedbug encasement products, now they can! Watch this space as this page will keep you informed andhelp you stayclear of bed bug infestations.

Updated February 10th, 2010

The blood-sucking bedbug has spread worldwide, but perhaps no place more so than New York.

There are several compelling reasons why bedbug infestations are rampant in New York lots of international visitors, millions of people in close proximity, multi-unit apartments, large numbers of hotels, to name but a few.

Over 80% of bedbug infestations are found in the mattress or box spring! You can be pro-active and take preventative steps to avoid bed bug infestations in your home by protecting your bedding.

The problem with bed bugs is that they infiltrate every aspect of your family's life. Even the most basic necessity, a good night's rest, can no longer be taken for granted. With the rapid increase in bed bug infestation, bed time is now fraught with anxiety. Read the tips below and learn what steps to take to protect your home and family.

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