Brooklyn Woman Sues Landlord for Bedbug Infestation

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A Brooklyn resident is suing her landlord for failing to eradicate bedbugs from her apartment, lawyers for the plaintiff said.

1010 WINS AUDIO: Mona Rivera Reports

Ellyn Gliksman-Sullivan lived in Park Slope for almost 25 years, but had to evacuate her apartment in 2006. Attorney Alan Schnurman, who represents
Gliksman-Sullivan said that eight months ago she awoke covered in bites, and doctors diagnosed her as having been attacked by bedbugs, and she went home to discover hundreds of them had infested her home.

Schnurnan said she notified her landlord, who had an exterminator do "cursory spraying," but that the problem persisted. She left because she was afraid to stay and couldn't sleep knowing the apartment was infested, and because the landlord and building management did nothing further to help, her lawyer said.

Gliksman-Sullivan has been commuting four hours a day to her Manhattan job from her home in Upstate New York.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Kings County Supreme Court against the owner, Manhattan Eight Corporation and Isaac Wade, the managing agent.

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