CITYWIDE — MOSQUITOES CARRYING WEST NILE VIRUS have been detected in pools of water in every borough of New York City. To reduce the risk, the Health Department will conduct adulticide treatments in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Trucks will spray pesticides in sections of Manhattan beginning Monday, Sept. 22, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. the following morning. Sections of Brooklyn and Queens will be sprayed overnight Wednesday, Sept. 24-25, between 8:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. (Rain date: Sept. 25.)

The Sept. 24 mosquito spraying will take place in these areas of Brooklyn and Queens. Photo courtesy of NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

The Health Department said it will use very low concentrations of Anvil, Duet, or MERUS 3. Sensitive people may experience short-ter

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