Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association President Harry Nespoli said recent cuts in the Sanitation Department's budget leave the city vulnerable to two seasonal plagues: rats that are already massing by trash baskets at popular summer spots, and snow he said nearly 1,000 of his members were unprepared for due to cutbacks in training.
A Sanitation Department spokesman said it was enlisting the public's cooperation in trying to avoid the kind of overflowing trash cans that can become feeding grounds for rodents, and that it would be "creative" in training newer Sanitation Workers in snow removal after being forced to abandon the summer snow drills that have traditionally been used to acclimate them.
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