Sanitation Workers, more than 1,000 of whom have contracted the coronavirus over the last 11 months, should be given priority for the coronavirus vaccine, particularly after a string of long work shifts dealing with recent snowstorms, their union leader said Feb. 10.
"We've been out there since last March dealing with the public, and my members have been getting sick," Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association President Harry Nespoli said in a phone interview. "I brought the virus home to my wife, and my members have brought it home to their families."
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