Boston City Council Committee Opens Hearing on Hotel Worker Safety Ordinance

BOSTON -- September 26, 2024, Boston City Council panel hears opening arguments on a hotel worker safety ordinance. The Committee on Government Operations, chaired by District 1 Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata, convened September 26 to take up Docket No. 0759, "An Ordinance for Safe and Healthy Hotels in the City of Boston," co-sponsored by Councilors Henry Santana and Sharon Durkan. The hearing was open to public testimony both in person and virtually, with comments directed to central staff liaison Megan Kavanagh. The available transcript captured only the hearing's procedural opening; no panel testimony, deliberation, or committee vote was recorded before the transcript ended, leaving the ordinance in active committee review.