Health & Fitness
Bed Bugs Found in City Hall
Exterminators have been fumigating throughout the week, sources said.
City Hall has a bed bug problem.
The mayor's office confirmed Friday that City Hall had a bed bug problem after the Daily News reported Thursday that sources inside City Hall said bugs were found.
"We found two dead bed bugs in a small spot in one room of the building," Mayoral spokesman Eric Phillips told Gothamist on Friday. "We fumigated as a precaution."
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The bed bugs were found in City Hall's "bull pen," an open office that's a working space for Mayor Bill de Blasio's top aides, according to the Daily News report. Sources inside City Hall told the Daily News exterminators had been fumigating the second floor of the building throughout the whole week.
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