Posts by WRFI News Staff
Coronavirus Update, June 11, 2021
Tompkins County is reporting no cases of the Coronavirus, and a total of 12 active cases. There have been no new cases for the past two days. This is the first time since August 2020. There are 2 patients currently hospitalized for COVID in Tompkins County. Schuyler County is reporting no new cases of the…
Read MoreTCAT Changing it’s Routes, Hosting Focus Groups
This is a press release Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT). To submit Community Announcements to WRFI Community Radio News, email news@ithacaradio.org. The public is invited to attend any of five virtual focus groups this month to weigh in on a proposed system redesign resulting from TCAT’s Transit Development Plan (TDP) 2020-2021. Focus groups are either divided among all…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, June 9, 2021
Tompkins County is reporting 3 new positive cases of covid-19, and 19 total active cases. Schuyler County is reporting 3 new cases of COVID-19, and 12 active cases.
Read MoreAs State Legislative Session Nears End, Cuomo Proposes Legislation to Waive Taxes on Grants From $800 Million Pandemic Small Business Recovery Program
Photo by Mike Petrucci on Unsplash On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo proposed legislation to waive taxes from money given through the COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program. The Program was passed in the state budget in April. It includes $800 million dollars to be given in direct grants to small business, micro business, and for-profit…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, June 8, 2021
On Monday, Governor Cuomo announced that New York would end it’s COVID-19 restrictions once the adult vaccination rate reached 70 percent. It’s currently at 68.6 percent in New York. These changes would lift COVID-19 capacity restrictions in most commercial settings in New York state, i,.e. disinfecting requirements, health screening to inform contact tracing, social distancing.…
Read MoreForum Features Primary Candidates for Ithaca Common Council’s 1st and 5th Wards
On Monday, a partial forum was held for candidates running for Ithaca’s Common Council in its 1st and 5th wards. The event was hosted by the City of Ithaca Democratic Committee and the Tompkins County Democratic Committee. The forum functioned in a round-table style Q&A. Candidates spoke to nine questions asked by Democratic Committee Moderator,…
Read MoreEnvironmentalists Go to the DEC’s Doorstep, Demand for Regulations on Cryptocurrency Mining
Environmentalists rally outside of the DEC’s Avon, NY offices on June 5th, 2021. (Jimmy Jordan/WRFI) UPDATE: Cuomo Addresses Bitcoin Mining: “There Are Serious Concerns” ITHACA, NY — The fight to regulate energy-intensive cryptocurrency mining in New York reached the DEC’s front door on Saturday. Close to two-hundred people rallied outside one the DEC’s regional headquarter…
Read MoreNY State Bills to Regulate Cryptocurrency Mining Have Uncertain Future
SUMMARY Cryptocurrency mining might just make it impossible for New York State to meet it’s climate goals, outlined in the New Your State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. There’s a bill in the New York State Legislature calling for a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining, but with the end of this Legislative Session coming up…
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