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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Matthew Weber, Advocate for NYC Retirees
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Matthew Weber, an advocate for NYC Retirees, testified about preserving promised retirement health care benefits for city employees and retirees. He criticized the mayor's efforts to appeal court rulings and called for transparency in government spending and decision-making.
- Emphasized the negative impact of reneging on promised benefits for employee recruitment and retention
- Called for a forensic audit of the MLC's healthcare stabilization fund
- Urged the city council to protect elderly and vulnerable retirees, referencing Intro 1004 (corrected from "Intro October" in the transcript)
Matthew Weber
7:06:23
Okay.
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Thank you for the opportunity.
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For nearly four years, tens of thousands of New York City Retirees and active employees have been working around the clock to preserve hard earned promise retirement health care benefits.
7:06:33
Renegging on promised benefits brings a measurable long term harm to New York City's efforts to recruit and retain quality employees.
7:06:40
The mayor continues to waste precious, excuse me, human and financial resources to appeal related court rulings.
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The opportunity costs and hard costs associated with these appeals must be disclosed to the council and public.
7:06:51
Transparency within government is more important now than ever before.
7:06:55
The redirected billions of dollars from the MLC health care stabilization funds offset active employees raises was at best shortsighted.
7:07:02
100 separate union welfare funds are counterintuitive for leveraging group purchasing contracts and achieving maximum efficiency of operating capital expenses.
7:07:11
The council should initiate hearings and forensic audit, the MLCs healthcare stabilization fund to ensure there's appropriate accountability.
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And bottom line is facts matter.
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Intro October is not illegal.
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These retirees, we're talking about elderly and firm vulnerable populations.
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It's depending upon the city council to protect them.
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Please stand up and do the right thing and put political agendas and egos aside.
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It's been four long years.
7:07:41
Thank you, everybody.