According to the New York City Department of Sanitation, 49 workers have been pricked by needles so far this year.
Garbage is piling up in spots around New York City with 17% of sanitation workers still refusing to get vaccinated as mandates went into effect Monday.
Neighbors are fuming over trash bags piling up outside their homes on Staten Island and are wondering if a work slowdown is to blame.
Support continues to grow for a street vendor whose produce was thrown away by New York City sanitation workers last week, sparking outrage and disbelief.
There was outrage and disbelief Saturday in the Bronx, where video showed sanitation workers throwing carton after carton of fresh produce from a local vendor into garbage trucks.
The saying, "one person's trash is another person's treasure" really does apply to the business one woman from New York created.