New Yorkers have one more reason to celebrate the new year: Bedbugs are losing their bite.
The panic that gripped the city in 2010, when the nasty critters invaded every corner of the five boroughs—from people's homes and workplaces to trendy clothing shops like Victoria's Secret—is subsiding. City agencies that track the bloodsuckers and the exterminators who stamp them out are reporting fewer cases. Even ordinary New Yorkers are feeling less edgy about the scourge.
In fiscal 2011, bedbug violations in apartment buildings declined by 344 instances, to 4,481. Queens was the only borough to report an increase, with 17 more violations, for a total of 610, according to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. A violation occurs when inspectors find at least one bedbug. Full Article..
The panic that gripped the city in 2010, when the nasty critters invaded every corner of the five boroughs—from people's homes and workplaces to trendy clothing shops like Victoria's Secret—is subsiding. City agencies that track the bloodsuckers and the exterminators who stamp them out are reporting fewer cases. Even ordinary New Yorkers are feeling less edgy about the scourge.
In fiscal 2011, bedbug violations in apartment buildings declined by 344 instances, to 4,481. Queens was the only borough to report an increase, with 17 more violations, for a total of 610, according to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. A violation occurs when inspectors find at least one bedbug. Full Article..
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