New York Pest Management Association

Mike Deutsch, BCE, NYPMA Regional Director, appeared on the Dr Oz show last week discussing Cicada anxiety https://youtu.be/5qtFd4uPFkk?t=669

Today's WDI seminar! Another great zoom meeting

Are you ready to reconnect IN PERSON for the most anticipated event of 2021?! We are very excited to announce that the hotel block is now open for PestWorld 202...1, taking place November 2-5 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Reserve your room early as space may fill quickly: http://ow.ly/lZny50DGFKd #PestWorld2021 See more

Embrace the Change. Virtual Seminars are Here for a While Please register at: www.newyorkpma.com/events

Great mention of the association!!!

Cannibalism, turf wars, death matches. In cities across the U.S., lockdowns due to COVID-19 have led rats to expand their hunting grounds... and methods.

A little music parody about a potentially big problem

WCBS news reports on Pest Control and the Corona Virus. https://npmapestworld.org//instructions-for-earning-recer/

https://www.washingtonpost.com//rats-are-coming-heres-ho/

We couldn't be more proud of our friend Steve Hawkins at 5 Star Environments Pest Control. Steve donated PPE hospital gowns to the Southampton hospital. The hea...d of administration was extremely grateful saying these are the things that get the medical staff through these difficult days. He's hoping to make another donation to include some Tyvek Suits this Friday. Well done, Steve. Thank you for all you're doing!

From the NYS DEC website: https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/298.html Pesticide Certification and Business Registration during Pause-NY: DEC is taking the following actions to temporarily allow regulatory flexibility and continued pesticide application and business operations during Pause-NY due to the unique conditions facing New York and the entire nation. Certification Exams...Continue reading

Dear NYPMA & NPMA Members and Non-Members, Since the recent Governor’s Executive Order 202.6 https://www.governor.ny.gov//governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/f, signed yesterday, your association, New York Pest Management Association, has been working diligently to quickly get the pest management industry explicitly listed as an essential service As of this Saturday evening we received a response from the Empire State Development to an email we sent out, which said Spraying for ...Continue reading

Corona Virus Update I know there is a lot of concern going around our industry as to whether we are an Essential Service. The Governor's Executive Order 202.6 has the following language:...Continue reading

Revised Executive Order Effective March 21, 2020 at 8 p.m. and until further notice, all barbershops, hair salons, tattoo or piercing parlors and related personal care services will be closed to members of the public. This shall also include nail technicians, cosmetologists and estheticians, and the provision of electrolysis, laser hair removal services, as these services cannot be provided while maintaining social distance. The provisions of Executive Order 202.6 requiring ...in-person work environment restrictions are modified as follows: Effective March 21, 2020 at 8 p.m. and until further notice all businesses and not-for-profit entities in the state shall utilize, to the maximum extent possible, any telecommuting or work from home procedures that they can safely utilize. Each employer shall reduce the in-person workforce at any work locations by 75% no later than March 21 at 8 p.m. Any essential business or entity providing essential services or functions shall not be subject to the in-person restrictions. G I V E N under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State in the City of Albany the nineteenth day of March in the year two thousand twenty. BY THE GOVERNOR

Attached please find the Governor's Executive Order which incudes categories we certainly can rest our hat on. We contacted and sent a letter to the Empire Development Corp to spell out pest control. Our Political Affairs Committee in conjunctin with lobbyist Peter O'Connell has been working tirelessly all day. The text in the Executive Order does not explicitly say Pest Control is Essential, it does say, "Any essential business or entity providing essential services or funct...ions shall not be subject to the in-person restrictions. This includes......vendors of essential services necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation and essential operations of residences or other essential business.... We suggest you sign up for the Coronavirus Webinar which is on Friday, March 20, 11am-12:15pm As soon as we have any new information, we will certainly send out emails. Harriet Schary Executive Director, NYPMA https://www.governor.ny.gov/executiveorders