PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Lisbon Yelosa, Hotel Worker, on the Safe Hotel Act
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Lisbon Yelosa, a hotel worker, testified in support of the Safe Hotel Act, sharing her personal experience with unsafe working conditions at a subcontracted agency in a Times Square hotel. She described a serious injury she sustained due to a broken laundry chute door that management had failed to address despite multiple reports.
- Yelosa worked for a subcontracting agency called "reimaging company" at a hotel in Times Square
- She suffered a head injury requiring hospital treatment and 3 staples due to a malfunctioning laundry chute door
- Yelosa emphasized that the subcontracting agency prioritized cost-cutting over worker safety and proper equipment maintenance
Lisbon Yelosa (via Spanish Interpreter)
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My name is Lisbon Yelosa.
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I'm a New York City hotel worker, and I support the Safe Hotel Luxe.
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I work at a Farfetch Lane Times Square for the subcontracting agency reimaging company.
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It was not a safer place.
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The agency always wanted us to cut corners so they could save an extra dollar.
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My coworkers and I have reported manage it that the laundry chute door had broken a few times, but they didn't fix it.
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If you have never worked in a laundry room at a hotel, let me explain to you.
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The chute door needs to be open and closed automatically to prevent fires from breaking out.
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But the door is heavy.
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So it can be very dangerous.
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It is not working properly.
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One day, I was working in the laundry, and the shoe door broke.
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Heat my heat me in and rip my open head.
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I started bleeding.
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I needed the managers from the hotel or the agency did anything.
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Was under the hotel receptionist who called the ambulance for me.
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I had to go to the hospital and got 3 staples in my head.
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I was out for 2 weeks recovering.
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Ring magic like many agencies didn't care about rules or safety.
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Please press the Hotel Safe Act to put the workers like me.
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Thank you.
