Posts by Felix Teitelbaum
We’re Hiring! Help out behind the scenes as WRFI’s Executive Administrator
The Executive Administrator (EA) is a key contributor to fostering the positive organizational culture at WRFI and Ithaca Community Radio (ICR) in accordance with ICR’s mission, and to ensuring that every aspect of our operation is in keeping with the principles of anti-racism, inclusion and equity; amplifying the voices of the oppressed; and recruiting and…
Read MoreGive the Gift of Community Radio!
“A radio station should be a live place for live people to sing and dance and talk: talk their talk and walk their walk and know that they (and the rest of us) are not finally and irrevocably dead.” Lorenzo Milam, Sex and Broadcasting Walk your way. Make a gift to WRFI this holiday…
Read MoreKendal at Ithaca Reaches 100% Vaccination
An Ithaca nursing home has become one of the first in the state to reach 100 percent vaccination of both residents and workers. According to WSYR the Kendal at Ithaca facility is one of just 13 nursing homes to reach the mark in New York State. The facility houses 340 residents over the age of…
Read MoreNot all healthcare workers in New York State are required to have a Covid-19 vaccination.
Not all healthcare workers in New York State are required to have a Covid-19 vaccination. Governor Cuomo’s August mandate requiring vaccinations by September 27th only covers agencies regulated by the state Department of Health or the state university system. Governor Hochul announced on Thursday that she “did not have the authority” to mandate employee vaccinations…
Read MoreTompkins Health Department Releases Guidance for COVID Booster Shots
Tompkins County Health Department has released new guidance for third and booster doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. A booster dose is recommended for certain adults who received the second of two doses of the vaccine at least 6 months ago including those: 65 or older, living in a long-term care facility, or those 50-64…
Read More“Steppin’ Into My Shoes” Radio Play with the Civic Ensemble – September 11, 18, and 25, 2021
“Steppin Into My Shoes ” is a three-part radio play produced for WRFI by the Civic Ensemble and College Initiative Upstate. The in-person listening party and talkback at the Cherry ArtSpace was on September 25 and it was a beautful experience. Based on the oral history interviews that members conducted in Fall 2020, the play…
Read MoreRemembering Bishop Cecil A. Malone
SUMMARY Juneteenth is now officially a federal holiday. President Biden signed it into law on Thursday, making today Juneteenth’s first federal recognized celebration. Businesses are closed. Many Government employees have the day off. The day celebrates the emancipation of black men and women from enslavement in the United States. But that passage of history is…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, February 16, 2021
A Siena College poll shows that Cuomo’s approval with voters has barely changed with his handling of the pandemic. The poll was conducted after Attorney General Letitia James reported that COVID caused nursing home deaths in New York have been undercounted by the thousands. The Cuomo administration has withheld New York nursing home data throughout…
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