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According to the New York City Department of Sanitation, 49 workers have been pricked by needles so far this year.
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According to the New York City Department of Sanitation, 49 workers have been pricked by needles so far this year.
Read this reportA sanitation worker holds a bag of weight loss auto-injector pens, which aren't supposed to be tossed in regular trash. At least 49 sanitation workers have been stuck by needles so far this year. [ more › ]
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AIPROPX has consolidated 2 reports from 2 outlets into a single canonical entry on “NYC Sanitation Department working to increase fines for improper needle disposal.” Every covered outlet is based in Other.
The earliest report in this entry came from Gothamist (Aug 19, 2026, 20:34 UTC); the most recent came from ABC7 New York (Aug 20, 2026, 22:34 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “needles so far this year”.
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AIPROPX — “NYC Sanitation Department working to increase fines for improper needle disposal” · https://www.aipropx.com/story/24c2462091ed0d16cd72ea427816fbaf
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