National Association of Hotel & Lodging Engineers » optimizationNational Association of Hotel & Lodging Engineers http://archive.nahle.org Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:28:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 NYC hotels to require bed bug inspections every 6 months under new City Council bill http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bill-require-hotels-bed-bug-inspections-6-months-article-1.2890370 http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bill-require-hotels-bed-bug-inspections-6-months-article-1.2890370#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:15:40 +0000 Robert Elliott http://archive.nahle.org/?p=4853 New York Daily News

Bed bugs would have a harder time feasting on guests at city hotels under a new bill set to be introduced in the City Council. The legislation, which will be introduced Nov. 29, would require hotels to have exterminators inspect all their rooms for the blood sucking creatures every six months. Councilman Rafael Espinal (D-Brooklyn) said he decided the rule was necessary after reading in the Daily News that bed bug sightings in New York hotels jumped more than 44 percent between 2014 and 2015, with bugs spotted at some of the city’s swankiest properties.  READ MORE

 

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