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The Ithaca Youth Bureau Summer Camp is facing staffing shortages. According to Spectrum News, the camp is only accepting 50% of its usual capacity and slots for campers filled very quickly this spring. There is currently a waitlist for campers and the camp will add more slots if it can bring in more staff. The…
Read MoreOn Tuesday, the Tompkins County Legislature voted to make Juneteenth a paid holiday for county employees. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation slaves in the United States. The measure passed unanimously by a vote of 14-0. Legislator Anne Korman celebrated the vote saying Juneteenth is an “observance of the hardships and losses suffered by African Americans.” Legislator…
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While the most ambitions Reimagination of Public Safety in New York might be happening in Ithaca, the surrounding college’s police and safety departments will be continuing as they were. This Episode of Which Way Forward is all about that dynamic. This story comes to us from Ithaca Park Scholars Maia Noah and Lauren Leone. The…
In this Episode of Which Way Forward, we hear from a student activist and professor from Ithaca College reflect on a year since Black Lives Matter protests swept across the United States. This piece comes to us from Ithaca College Park Scholars Jess Moskowitz and Syd Pierre. The music in this piece is from BlueDotSession.…
This is the last episode of part one of the Which Way Forward: Redefining Public Safety series. WRFI News Contributor Fred Balfour lays out how Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order for every municipality with a police department to reimagine its public safety practices will play out in Tompkins County. Ithaca Voice intern James Baratta walks…