PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Michael Angelo Savino, Hotel Worker
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Michael Angelo Savino, a hotel worker and lifelong New Yorker, testifies in support of the Safe Hotel Act. He shares his personal experience as a union member for 28 years and emphasizes the importance of job safety and opportunities for hotel workers.
- Savino highlights how his hotel job has allowed him and his husband to achieve the American dream
- He stresses the need for safe working conditions for all hotel workers, including immigrants
- The testimony concludes with a plea for the committee to vote in favor of the Safe Hotel Act
Michael Angelo Savino
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Michael Angelo Savino.
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I'm a hotel worker in New York City.
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I'm a lifelong New Yorker born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and a proud union member for 28 years of my life.
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I love my job, and I love New York City.
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Here, I met my husband here and I met my husband here and he is also a hotel worker.
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I am not exaggerating when I say that we live in the American dream, being being able to buy our first home together.
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With our hotel jobs.
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I want these opportunities to be avail to other hotel workers, whether they are lifelong New Yorkers like myself or immigrants like my husband, my grandparents, and my father.
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I want them to know that they can count on staying safe on the job and going home to their families every night.
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The Safe Hotel Act will make that possible.
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Please, New York needs the Safe Hotel Act.
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Please vote yes.
