The Saratoga Springs City Council took a brief recess during their July 1, 2025, meeting. During that time Mayor John Safford left the room and Finance Commissioner Minita Sanghvi chose this time to go through his papers on the Council table and photograph them.
While she was photographing the papers, Public Works Commissioner Chuck Marshall returned to his place at the Council table next to the Mayor’s seat. Assuming that she was discovered, Sanghvi told Marshall, “Now I won’t have to ask him.”
I ask the reader, can you imagine Sanghvi’s reaction if she found the Mayor, uninvited, taking pictures of her papers?
I wrote to Commissioner Sanghvi, asking her to explain this incident. I received the following email back.
Hello. Thank you for your email. As this is a part time position, I do not check my email everyday.
If you need an immediate response- kindly contact the Deputy Commissioner of Finance, Heather Crocker.
Phone: 518-587-3550, ext. 2571
If Commissioner Sanghvi responds, I will publish her email.
Saratoga Springs Politics 
Of course it is very unethical. Mayor Safford should call out Minita publicly at the next council meeting. She should be encouraged to offer her apology.
By the way, Moran and Sanghvi will never win the award for being best dressed.
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We don’t have to imagine. If the situation were reversed Minita would be, crying and accusing the Mayor of ‘racism’ and sexism.
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Yep!
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