Remarks by Hadassah J. Mativetsky
12 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 26:59
“I wasn't at it, but there was a committee meeting on Monday.”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 27:52
“Just that if you have a traffic issue, please submit it now because it will, in order to get it on the agenda, they usually want more than a week notice. If you go to Binghamton Traffic Board, if you Google that, There's forms online. I always suggest that you forward them to me. When you do the form through the website, it goes to the traffic chairperson and I believe the secretary, but council doesn't get clued in that you made a request until it's on the agenda. So I don't know how to follow up if you're not on the agenda and wanted to be. So please include me. Sorry, I don't feel very…”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 45:18
“I'll make the motion for introductory resolution R26-68, a resolution of support for workers and CSEA Local 1000 at the Binghamton Housing Authority.”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 45:38
“I guess I can just read the resolution. A resolution in support of Binghamton Housing Authority workers seeking union representation Whereas the Council of the City of Binghamton recognizes the fundamental right of workers to organize and collectively bargain and recognizes that strong labor unions play an important role in protecting workers rights promoting fair wages and benefits improving workplace safety and ensuring that workers have a meaningful voice in the terms and conditions of their employment and whereas employees of the Binghamton Housing Authority provide essential services to…”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 52:13
“Can you talk us through pieces of evidence that it won't immediately lead to workforce reduction?”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 52:25
“Won't, you're saying it won't, that people will be shifted.”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 52:30
“Convince me, because otherwise I think I'm gonna motion to hold over, because I don't wanna, I'm not sure how I'm gonna vote on it, and I don't wanna be a deciding factor with the short number of people that we have today.”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 52:46
“Okay, you have a motion to hold over? Okay, motion to hold over, second.”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 58:05
“All right, so there was a Supreme Court case. There were issues with things like lack of heat, lack of water, and lack of smoke detectors. The Supreme Court found in favor of the city civil penalties of over 600,000. Basically, so there's gonna there's a sheriff sale that's been triggered by the judgment of the property The property is not worth six hundred thousand We're basically Since we're owed that huge judgment The way I understand it is that this credit bid that we're authorizing is takes whatever we offer off of that $600,000 judgment. So we kind of have this large amount of money…”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 1:00:42
“So if you're watching this and you have ideas, just reach out.”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 1:01:18
“Can I just also note that it's in a really great walkable neighborhood. It is walkable to the Ys. It's in the MacArthur School District area. It is walkable to downtown. It is walkable to the hospital. It is a very great location.”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
- Play at 1:02:47
“I want to thank BA systems and the other organizations that assisted in fixing up the flight room at the Discovery Center That ribbon-cutting happened this morning It is a very nice new upgraded flight room. There's a new wrap on the kind of a smaller airplane and there's new seating for like a a vibe of being in an actual passenger airplane now. So the room has been redone and modernized. There's a cool light bright wall, jumbo light bright pieces. So that's very cool. We had, since the last meeting, we had Blues on the Bridge, And our comptroller's office was there doing unclaimed funds,…”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026