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The article focuses on public reaction to a 2006 epidemic of bedbugs in New York City. The social stigma associated with having bedbugs in one's home or apartment is discussed. A discussion of the habits of, medical problems associated with, and difficulties associated with removing bedbugs, is presented.

The article discusses employment opportunities available to struggling performers in New York City as bedbug hunters. An infestation has created demand for hunters, and several actors including Meagan Gilliland and Shabazz Richardson have answered the call. Exterminator Janet Friedman says actors are good at improvising and following directions.

The article discusses the resurgence of bedbugs in New York City. All but eradicated by DDT after World War II, bedbugs have recently turned up in hospital maternity wards, private schools and elite apartment buildings. Entomologists and exterminators blame increased immigration from the developing world, cheap international travel, and the banning of strong pesticides. Once introduced into a home, bedbugs spread quickly. Although some people try to treat the problem themselves, most hire exterminators.

As bedbugs have made a comeback, aided by resistance to pesticides and spread by worldwide travel, scientists have found that panic over the blood-sucking pests may be more dangerous than their bite. Some people are misusing poisonous chemicals in a desperate bid to eradicate the pests, federal officials said Thursday. At least 111 people in seven states -- 64 of them in New York City -- have been sickened by the overuse or misuse of common pesticides against bedbugs over the last eight years, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. One person who became ill, a woman in North Carolina, died after dousing her home and herself with pesticides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that tourism in New York City has been affected following reports of finding bedbugs in several tourist attractions of the city including Empire State Building, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, and Bloomingdale's Inc. store.

Rodents, the traditional scourge of New York City, are having a rough year. The rise of the bedbug seems to have rendered rats a has-been pest, a mere nuisance to be ignored rather than read about in countless alarmist news articles. The bedbug is a breakout media star; the rat is, well, still a rat. But there is one realm where the rodent still rules, where rats play the stars of an underground theater with a captive audience in the millions. Where else but the subway? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BEDBUGS have infiltrated more and more places in New York City, and now they've even found their way into co-op and condominium contracts. The New York State Legislature passed a law this summer requiring city landlords to disclose any history of bedbug infestation before leasing an apartment. Real estate lawyers and brokers say that even though the law was intended to address rentals, bedbug disclosure has become an issue in the sales market as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bedbugs have made their debut at Lincoln Center. The pests were sighted in the dressing room of the David H. Koch Theater, the New York City Opera confirmed on Wednesday, and at the Metropolitan Opera. City Opera, whose fall season opens Oct. 27, shares the theater with the New York City Ballet, whose season ended on Sunday. The outbreak was reported online on Wednesday by The New York Observer, which quoted from an Oct. 8 e-mail from Mark Heiser, the theater's managing director, who said treatment was under way. ''Please understand that this is an epidemic,'' Mr. Heiser wrote. ''Any signs of bedbug activity should not be considered a sign of an untidy house.'' The pests were also found at the Metropolitan Opera. ''Bedbugs were discovered in some isolated locations but not in any public areas,'' a spokesman for the Met said in a statement, adding that the areas were being treated and monitored. This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Having invaded New York City's bedrooms, retail stores, movie theaters and offices, bedbugs are now showing up with growing frequency in another place: public schools. There were 1,019 confirmed cases of bedbugs in the 2009-10 school year -- an 88 percent increase from the previous school year, according to Education Department records. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ACRA, N.Y. You have perhaps heard about the bugs. In fact, it's hard to turn on the television or read a newspaper without hearing more about bedbugs. In your mattress, at the office, the theater, the Brooklyn district attorney's office, the Empire State Building -- from New York to Portland, it's the summer's It bug. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As bedbugs proliferate once again in New York City and other major urban areas, it is tempting to pray for a technological miracle to zap the pests into extinction. Alas, there is none. Frustrated New Yorkers and other victims will have to rely on an array of techniques that can often be costly, cumbersome, time-consuming -- and only partially effective. After virtually disappearing from this country for decades, bedbugs may have been brought back by travelers from abroad. The bugs are showing up in all sorts of places -- not just where people sleep, like hotels and residential units, but also in the occasional movie house or clothing store. A survey last year by the New York City health department found that 6.7 percent of adult New Yorkers -- some 400,000 people -- reported a problem with bedbugs that required an exterminator in the previous 12 months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a summer when bedbugs have crawled deep into New York City's psyche, no one is more anxious than those shoppers who live to scout secondhand clothing shops and used-furniture stores. They are connoisseurs of what is hot, hip, a bargain. They know where the flea markets are and when the vintage shops are open. And they are scared that bedbugs from the home of a former owner still call that $20 designer jacket or that fabulous $65 chair their castle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bedbugs, the seed-size insects that have invaded mattresses, couches and laundry baskets everywhere, are now officially on New York City's hit list. With the bravado of military commandos, city officials on Wednesday declared war on bedbugs (see battle plan, also below), known in scientific parlance as Cimex lectularius, which have exploded in number in New York and major cities across the world over the past several decades. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Bedbugs can be very expensive house guests. The costs of temporarily moving out while your home is debugged, steam cleaning fabrics and extermination can run up very quickly. According to a recent article in New York magazine, one family spent at least $70,000 trying to rid their Upper East Side home of bedbugs. Of course, people who don't live on the Upper East Side may not have to pay as much, but getting alternative lodging and extensive dry cleaning is costly no matter where you live. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROOM FOR DEBATE Bedbugs are a serious issue, not just in big cities like New York, but in small towns across the country. What can be done about them? Are they really a problem or are people just overreacting? nytimes.com/roomfordebate [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IF you buy an apartment in a building with bedbugs, you will want to make sure your new home is bug-free by the time your first moving box crosses the threshold. For an inspection, pest control companies charge anywhere from $75 to several hundred dollars, said Gil Bloom, the vice president of the Standard Extermination Company in Queens. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Complaints about bed bugs in New York City are rising steadily. As any health official can attest, the only good thing about these nighttime pests is that they don't seem to cause disease. That doesn't count panic attacks and the outsize frustration for residents who try to get help from a maze of local and state bureaucracies. There are a lot of agencies that do a little about bed bugs, but nobody that can help with the whole shebang. The city health department has some information. The housing people can come take a look. The state controls the pesticides, although not well enough to advise homeowners what works and who exterminates carefully. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on many aspects of bedbug infestations. The author discusses the increasing number of bedbug problems in the New York City area. The article discusses extermination treatments, legal responsibilities of landlords and tenants related to bedbug infestations, and possible causes of bedbug infestations.

The article focuses on the dramatic increase in bedbugs in New York City. It is believed, the proliferation of secondhand furniture is one of the major factors that is leading to a rise of bedbug infestation in the city. According to city officials, regulators had failed to publish standards for sanitizing used mattresses and box springs before they can be resold.

Reports that a Housing Court judge in Manhattan, New York City has decided that a Lower East Side man who suffered from an extreme infestation of bedbugs in his rent-stabilized studio is entitled to rent relief.

Answers questions on some issues in New York City, New York. History of music performer Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall; Information on bedbugs; Details on the Reason Street in the city.