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Report: Federal Support Vital to NY Families’ Economic Recovery

By Michayla Savitt

New York state ranks 16th in the nation for education. The 2021 Kids Count Data Book shows from 2017-2019, 41% of New York children ages 3 and 4 weren’t enrolled in preschool, compared to the 52% U.S. average. (Adobe Stock) ALBANY, NY (PNS) — New York is among the top 10 U.S. states for health among…

Open Doors English Language Program Welcomes Students

By Esther Racoosin

Open Doors English, the Julie Rudd Coulombe Language Program, is celebrating the beginning of its second year. Liz Susmann, co-director of the program, talks about her school and how it moved rapidly to remote learning at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Listeners will also hear from Jose, a dairy worker from Guatemala, who talks…

Ithaca’s Public Safety Department has its Architects

By Jimmy Jordan

ITHACA, NY – The City of Ithaca’s forthcoming Public Safety Department now has it’s architects. On March 31st, The City of Ithaca voted to adopt the Reimagining Public Safety Plan. Tompkins County voted to adopt the same plan on March 30th. Objectives in the plan are specific to the City and County’s jurisdiction. Of the objectives…

New York’s State of Emergency is Over, and so are Cuomo’s Executive Powers

By Jimmy Jordan

ITHACA, NY — Cocktails to go are no more as of today, but so is New York’s disaster emergency status and  Governor Cuomo’s broad powers to combat the COVID-19 pandemic along with it. Cuomo made the announcement at a press conference in Manhattan on Wednesday. The state of emergency was originally set to expire on…

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