PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sahai Comecho, Hotel Worker, on Hotel Worker Safety
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Sahai Comecho, a hotel worker in New York City, testified about the challenges and safety concerns faced by hotel workers, particularly women in housekeeping. She emphasized the need for better safety protections, such as panic buttons, to address emergencies and dangerous situations that can occur while working alone on hotel floors.
- Comecho highlighted the vulnerability of housekeeping staff working in isolation for extended periods.
- She shared an incident where a coworker accidentally spilled bleach in her eyes and struggled to get help.
- The testimony supports the implementation of safety measures proposed in the hotel licensing bill being discussed.
Sahai Comecho
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Hayita Mitchell.
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I'm working
Juan Chaudhong
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I'm
Sahai Comecho
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working hotel, New York City housekeeping.
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I'm I'm not I am 1000 is woman workers, a New York, what New York workers in the hotel, Okay.
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So good.
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Yeah.
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New York is work.
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I'm work is hard.
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All women, all is working hard.
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So my hotel, I work in a heart.
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Yeah.
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Please read the following, but I didn't.
Ilda Alvarez
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My name
UNKNOWN (via Spanish Interpeter)
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is Sahai, damaging.
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I'm a hotel worker here in your city, and a mother of a wonderful son.
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I am one of the thousands of her working woman who give me your city, tourist industry running.
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In the housekeeping department, we work along on hotel floors for hours at the time.
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As a woman, this could be fighting in, and there is an emergency.
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There is no one around who can help us.
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A woman I work with accidentally spilled bleach in her eyes, and she had to try to use herself on to call a manager, her high school.
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With her eyes closed.
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It's time to protect us and provide basic safety protections like panic buttons on the chart.
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Please go yes.
