Colton and Treyger to MTA: Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite Riders

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Will Bredderman
Assemblyman William Colton and Councilman Mark Treyger called today for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to let bus and subway riders sleep tight–by letting them know within 24 hours when the agency discovers bedbugs on one of its transit lines.

Outside the Kings Highway N train–the very line where the tiny, blood-sucking insects were discovered earlier this month–Mr. Colton announced that he would introduce a bill mandating that the MTA issue the same kind of warnings about bedbugs that it does about train delays and track issues. Mr. Treyger, the assemblyman’s protégé, said he would put up a resolution in the Council backing Mr. Colton’s state legislation.



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