Bed Bugs in New York – A City Guide | Bed Bugs

When people think of bed bug infested cities, the first city that often comes to mind is New York. One of the reasons for this correlation is the amount of media coverage that New York has received in the past few years over bed bug infestations in apartments and hotels.

If you have ever had bed bugs in your apartment then you would realize how taboo it is to those who have never had them. People who have living with bed bugs in New York dont go around telling friends and family my apartment is full of bed bugs, unless they want to be looked at with disgust. Having bedbugs in New York is almost like being a Leper, except you dont have any visible signs.

Even with all the media attention that has brought bed bugs into the spotlight many New Yorkers view bed bugs as the bubonic plague, even knowing the fact that anyone can get bedbugs regardless of income level or the neighborhood you live in.

While bedbugs can be found in many buildings across New York, there are certain steps you can take to ensure you encounter any problems with bedbugs.

Tenants Rights

If you were living in New York 10 years ago, there would often be fights over who had to pay for bed bug infestations: the tenant or the landlord. Usually this argument arose over the chicken and the egg theory: Did the tenant bring bed bugs into the apartment or were the bed bugs there before the tenant arrived? Now people realize that one bad apartment can spoil and entire building and infest it with bed bugs. This is why the city of New York made it mandatory for the Landlords to cover all costs associated with bed bugs.

Landlords in New York have a responsibility to make sure the unit is bedbug free. They also have to let you know if any bed bugs have been found in the building within the last 12 months and what floor they were found on. This information is valuable because your unit might not have bugs, but if the unit adjacent to yours is infested, dont be surprise if they bugs decide to spread.

Traveler Tips

Before planning a trip to New York it is important that you do your homework ahead of time. Doing a quick search through the Bedbugs.net Registry will reveal an hotels that have recent reports of bed bugs in them. It is important to look for reports that are recent and have not been resolved. You should also do a quick search through tripadvisor.com to make sure you dont see any reviews that claim bed bugs at the hotel.

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