This hearing seems to be a pretty direct response to the public statements of deaf-blind disability advocate Casandra Xavier about the casual horror of navigating #Boston after a storm:

https://www.masslive.com/boston/2026/02/putting-my-body-at-risk-boston-sidewalks-curb-cuts-impassable-2-weeks-after-storm.html

Imagine what it is like to have any kind of mobility problems in Boston after a snow storm, especially with such a lackluster response by the City! Everybody has the right to get around on public ways.

They are doing better this time around, but I think they were still underprepared for the storm, and they should be made to answer for that failure of the general public.