Bed bugs crawl throughout the city

A major problem has been bugging the residents of New York City lately.

Bed bugs have been spreading at a near epidemic rate around the five boroughs from movie theaters, to public transportation and even through a CUNY school.

On Sept. 22 and 23, John Jay School of Criminal Justice shut down the North Hall building of the school, located on 445 W 59 St., because of a bed bug infestation.

The school sent out a mass e-mail to students warning them of the bed bug condition in several offices including admissions, financial aids, student government, the registrar, the conference room and others, according to the New York Daily News.

“That’s disgusting. That’s disgusting. I didn’t even know until now. We could bring them home with us. They shouldn’t even let us in,” John Jay student Juana Abreu told CBS News.

According to the New York Times, the school confirmed that they had a bed bug problem on the first floor of North Hall on Tuesday after bug-sniffing dogs searched the area.

The first case was reported in mid-August and, as time went on, more staff members had skin rashes.

The school could not be reached for comment but Jim Grossman, a spokesman for John Jay, told The New York Times that the school is not using the word “infestation,” but is instead calling it a “condition” because “’Infestation’ is when you can see them swarming.”

“The college is taking it seriously and moving as quickly as possible to treat the building,” said Grossman.

As of now, Baruch has taken no major action in bed bug prevention on campus, a lack of action that makes some students on campus nervous.

“If it can happen at John Jay it could happen here,” said public affairs major Glenn Apolinar. “I think it’s time that the school did something about it.”
 

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Lee Browning

Thu Nov 19 2009 10:45

We will bring a bed bug inspection dog to the college and do an inspection free of charge. I can be reached at lbrowning@discoverydogs.net
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DrBedBug

Wed Nov 11 2009 10:20

I hope for the student's sake, the school takes a very aggressive actions. If there's one mistake to be made, it's not doing enough when the first case is reported. The infected area should be treated along with the space above and below, left and right due to the natural travel patterns for the bedbugs.

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