PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Isatta Bukoom, Hotel Worker, on the Safe Hotels Act
4:09:40
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Isatta Bukoom, a New York City hotel worker, testifies in support of the Safe Hotels Act (Intro 991-B), emphasizing the importance of panic buttons for worker safety. She shares a personal experience where a panic button potentially saved her life during a threatening encounter with an aggressive hotel guest.
- Bukoom describes a situation where she was cornered by an aggressive guest and used a panic button to call for help
- She emphasizes that panic buttons show the worker's location, allowing security to respond quickly
- Bukoom urges the council to vote yes on Intro 991-B to ensure all hotel workers have access to panic buttons
Isatta Bukoom
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Isata Boucombe.
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I am a New York City hotel worker.
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The safe hotel act is important to me because I believe all the hotel workers in New York City should have access to panic buying.
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Every day we go in those rooms by ourselves.
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During the pandemic time, I'm speaking for my own experience.
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I went to the floor and do the routine walk.
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I knocked the guest room to do the daily cleaning.
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The guest opened the door very aggressive, asked me to come in inside the room.
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I refused.
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He was so aggressive.
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Want me to come inside.
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I run and went to the next room.
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He comes stand behind the door, knocking the door.
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I look under a peephole, see him.
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He has something in his hand hide in behind his back.
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Night King, they don't want me to come outside.
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I refuse.
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I press the panic button.
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When I press the panic button, the panic button, the good news about it is show your location.
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When I pressed the the the security, the security came.
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When the security came asked me to come outside, I was still panic hiding inside the room scared to come outside because I'm afraid of my life.
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They asked me to come outside.
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Then I finally come as a the security told me they take care of the guest.
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I came outside.
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When I come outside, then I have a chance to look.
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At that time, they already removed the guests.
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I have a chance to look at the room.
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The guests destroy entire room.
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He turned everything upside down.
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So turn to panic button that day because of panic button saved my life.
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So I'm asking you to please, build 991 Please vote yes.
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Thank you.
