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Ithaca Passes Short Term Rental Ordinance, Green New Deal Plan- Ithaca’s Common Council passed to major resolutions at its regular meeting Wednesday night. The first enacts a long-discussed short term rental ordinance. Under the new regulation, a permit is required to operate a short term rental. A “short term rental” is defined as one for fewer than 30 days. Only owners or long-term lease holders would be granted the permits. Permit holders must live in the building at least 184 days per year. Short term rentals are allowed only in one- and two-family homes and owner-occupied apartments. The other resolution Common Council passed Wednesday is called Justice50. It lays out a plan to…
Youth Farm Project participants Stella Sapp-Dietrich and Etienne Exantus and Ray Hage Assistant Director of Cornell’s Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP) with Greta Garrison of the Youth Radio Project on WRFI.
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Listen to author Raul Palma in conversation with student organizers April Morales, Emily Trage, Riley Rhoder and Professor Jacob White. The 2024 New Voices Festival runs from April 24-26 at Ithaca College and in your community.
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This is the last of my three stories about freedom of expression at Cornell University this year. Here are links to the first and second stories. The academic theme at Cornell this year is “Freedom of Expression.” In earlier stories, we reported about the general mood at Cornell around free speech, and students’ opinions about…
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Cornell Greek life leadership have officially announced a policy that no social gatherings or parties will be allowed during the fall semester over concerns of spreading COVID-19, reports the Cornell Sun. Returning Cornell students involved with Greek life might have already seen the writing on the wall, with several outbreaks of COVID-19 traced back to…
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Cornell administration has agreed to meet with organizers of a Resident Assistants’ strike, on the heels of over 50 RAs filing a list of demands to the university. The RAs cited concerns over their own health, residents’ needs, and evolving campus procedures as the school prepares to reopen. The Cornell Daily Sun reports that more…
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The Ithaca City School District Board of Education voted Tuesday night to enact a new school reopening plan for the Fall. Now, all ICSD students will begin the school year with remote learning on September 14, and students who elected to attend in-person classes will go back to school on October 5, the Ithaca Times…
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Ithaca College is not welcoming students back to campus for an in-person fall semester and will instead be extending online-only instruction. The announcement was made Tuesday morning in an email to the campus community, reports the Ithaca Voice.** It is a drastic departure from what college administrators have continued to promote publicly –– just last…
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