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The Ithaca Festival will be returning to the Ithaca Commons this June according to the Ithaca Voice. The festival has been on a two year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival is scheduled for June 2nd through the 5th. COVID cases have seen a sharp decline in Tompkins County following the winter surge. …
Read MoreYesterday, crisis counselors at Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service of Tompkins County announced they have unionized through the Communication Workers of America. According to the Tompkins County Workers Center, the SPCS voluntarily recognized the union. This means a unionization vote, originally scheduled for next month, won’t be necessary. The workers will be represented through the…
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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.…
On this episode of Which Way Forward, we explore many, many opinions and views on the Reimagining Public Safety process. All these comments and thoughts are from the public feedback period of the Reimagining Public Safety Draft Report. This ranged from early February 2021, to March 31st 2021. In that fast-moving span of time, community…
On April 1st, Ithaca and Tompkins County submitted their plans for reforming public safety. Although the Common Council and the County Legislature have committed to the points of their plans, they still have a long way to go before they’re realized. The recommendations don’t have the mechanics and power of policy behind them yet, and…
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…