Acting mayor intends to continue community initiatives
Local government officials in the City of Ithaca are confident that the community initiatives started by former mayor Svante Myrick will continue.
Local government officials in the City of Ithaca are confident that the community initiatives started by former mayor Svante Myrick will continue.
Myrick accepted a leading position at People for the American Way. Myrick will be replaced by common council representative Laura A. Lewis.
The systems that were designed to protect society do not include Black people. Our current policing system upholds systems of oppression.
The proposed plans for public safety reform in Ithaca are receiving mixed reactions from the Ithaca community.
Now that students are returning back to Ithaca, businesses are adjusting and hoping to bounce back after a difficult year.
The Ithaca Police Department said a hate crime suspect is no longer in the community. Anti-Semitic and racist posters and vandalism were found on local businesses.
International Pronouns Day, a new holiday founded in part by contributions from Ithaca College and recognized by Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick, will have its first observance Oct. 17.
The Ithaca Police Department has hired two officers and re-established a youth education program. However, members of the IPD said the hires are not enough to address understaffing in the department.
A Cornell staff member was hit by a TCAT bus on Jan. 26, on the heels of a Cornell senior being hit and killed by a car in the early morning of Jan. 24.
Between 2002 and 2012, the City of Ithaca had the highest job-growth rate in New York state — outperforming New York City, Syracuse and Albany.