Trash piles have begun to overtake the streets of Brooklyn and Staten Island as sanitation workers protest Mayor Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate, with the 5 p.m. Friday deadline looming. 
With employees allegedly engaging in a 'slow down' of removing trash from the curb, NYC streets in some boroughs are reminiscent of the city's trash-filled 1970s era, where garbage lined the sidewalks from block to block following a sanitation workers' strike. 
When asked about the situation, 식품위생교육 Teamsters Local 831 President Harry Nespoli, whose union represents the sanitation workers, simply said, 'The mandate's going on
r>p>'Look, you're going to have some spots in the city that they feel very strongly about this,' he told the  of the vaccine mandate. Only about 65% of sanitation workers are reportedly vaccinated as of Thurs
r>p>De Blasio said he would be speaking with the union on Thursday to address the issue, saying: 'This is something we are not going to let continue
r>p>During a news conference Thursday, De Blasio, who was wearing a Halloween costume, added: 'If you don't want to do the job - someone else will
r>p> Trash piles have sprung up throughout Brooklyn as sanitations workers allegedly engaged in a slow down over the city's vaccine mandate. About 65 percent of sanitation workers are vaccinat
r>p> The trash along Flatbush Avenue is reminiscent of city's days in the 60s and 70s, where garbage littered nearly every side
r>p> The trash along Flatbush Avenue and Avenue is pilling up at the end of the block on Octobe
r>p> Garbage began overtaking the city's streets starting in 1968 following a strike by sanitation wor
r>p> Sanitation workers are allegedly slowing down their trash pickups and causing garbage to pil
r>p> The problem garbage decades ago left streets full of trash to the point where they even blocked mail b
r>p> The garbage has not been collected in days, with some residents saying the slow down began on Satu
r>p> Then Mayor John Lindsay received heavy criticism for allowing the problem to persist. Lindsay had said the only thing that could help New York at the time was to call in the National Gua
r>p> Teamsters Local 831 President Harry Nespoli, pictured in 2011, said that employees were not happy with the vaccine mandate, which calls on them to be vaccinated or get weekly testing
r>p> NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, wearing a Halloween costume, said he would put and end to the slow down during a news conference on Thursday. He warned employees that they could be replac
r>p>Nespoli said the vaccination rate among sanitation workers is 65 percent as of Thursday but noted that more and more are choosing to get the jab ahead of the deadlin
r>p>'In the last five days, we had 300 more that got vaccinated,' he told the Pos
r>p>He added that he and others oppose the vaccine mandate because the city's program only provides two options, either vaccinations or weekly testin
r>p>Those who refuse to get the shot would be place on unpaid leave, and those who do get the jab are entitled to a $500 bo
r>p>New York City has more than 7,000 sanitation workers, who reportedly earn more than $77,000 a year after five years, according to