THE ITHACAN

Guest Commentary: Governor’s 2014 plan will not help business

By Robert J. Ellis • January 23, 2014

Tossing his “heads I win, tails you lose” coin, Governor Andrew Cuomo recently outlined his legislative agenda for 2014 that included gambling among its many economic panaceas. More importantly for...

Students impacted by minimum wage increase

By Sage Daugherty, Staff Writer • January 22, 2014

Last month, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the State Department of Labor announced that New York state’s minimum wage would increase from $7.25 to $8 an hour.

$Kat Stevens, a member of Shaleshock and the Finger Lakes Action Network, speaks into a megaphone Wednesday during a protest to encourage Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban fracking in New York while he was attending a meeting in Schoellkopf Hall at Cornell University.$

Anti-frackers protest Cuomo’s visit to Ithaca

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor • July 12, 2013

About 100 members of the Finger Lakes Action Network and the Ithaca community protested against fracking while Governor Andrew Cuomo attended a meeting Wednesday, July 10 in Schoellkopf Hall at Cornell University.

Video: Anti-frackers protest Cuomo’s visit to Ithaca

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor • July 12, 2013

About 100 members of the Finger Lakes Action Network and the Ithaca community protested against fracking while Governor Andrew Cuomo attended a meeting Wednesday, July 10 in Schoellkopf Hall at Cornell University.

$Kat Stevens, a member of Shaleshock and the Finger Lakes Action Network, speaks into a megaphone Wednesday during a protest to encourage Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban fracking in New York while he was attending a meeting in Schoellkopf Hall at Cornell University.$

Anti-frackers protest Cuomo’s visit to Ithaca

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor • July 12, 2013

About 100 members of the Finger Lakes Action Network and the Ithaca community protested against fracking while Governor Andrew Cuomo attended a meeting Wednesday, July 10 in Schoellkopf Hall at Cornell University.

Deadline approaches for New York fracking

By Mary Slack, Staff Writer • February 21, 2013

The decision on whether fracking will be allowed in New York has state residents divided, putting Governor Andrew Cuomo between a rock and a hard place while deciding whether to approve regulations and allow fracking as the state approaches its Feb. 27 deadline.

$Protestors march Monday in Albany to urge Gov. Cuomo to ban fracking in New York. IMAGE BY citizenactionny / Flickr.$

Ithaca College community joins Albany fracking protest

By Kacey Deamer, Online Editor • August 29, 2012

Members of the Ithaca College community joined an estimated 1,500 protesters Monday in Albany to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban natural gas drilling, also known as fracking, in New York.