March 29, 2023

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Tompkins County Sheriff Deputy Convicted on Perjury Charges

By Matt Dougherty

On March 22, District Attorney Matthew Van Houten announced that a jury has o cially convicted Tompkins County Sheri Deputy Zachary D. Starner of the crime of Perjury in the ird Degree. e charge is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of 364 days in jail, a term of probation or a conditional discharge.

In a message to the media on March 23, Sheri Osborne said that Starner was o cially served with a termination notice ending his employment at the Tompkins County Sheri ’s O ce. e message said “ e termination for cause was immediately reported to the Division of Criminal Justice Services so that Starner’s police o cer certi cation would be permanently invalidated preventing him from working for another law enforcement agency in the future.”

A statement released by the District Attorney’s o ce said that Starner had been on administrative leave from his job as a Tompkins County Sheri ’s Deputy since his arrest on February 8, 2021. Following an investigation from the Tompkins County Sheri ’s O ce, Sheri Derek Osborne arrested Starner in connection with the perjury charge.

e statement continues saying that “Starner was convicted of providing false sworn testimony in connection with a criminal trial in Tompkins County Court in 2019.” However, Starner’s lawyer Daniel

Strollo has said that the conviction is an act of retribution on behalf of the Sheri . Starner was called as a defense witness in the 2019 trial that saw Scott Walters and Matthew Pinney accused of raping a women who was incapable of giving consent. Starner said that state investigators never questioned him about a surveillance video that showed the two men with the victim, but later admitted that he lied during a punishment hearing by the sheri ’s o ce, according to reporting by e Ithaca Voice.

Following the 2019 trial an Ithaca jury acquitted Walters of all charges while Pinney took a plea deal and testi ed against Walters at the trial.

According to Strollo, “Mr. Starner testied as a defense witness in a high pro le trial that resulted in an embarrassing loss for the prosecution. His supposedly false testimony concerned a subject that was of absolutely no consequence in the underlying trial. He wasn’t prosecuted because he intentionally lied - he was prosecuted because he didn’t play ball in the underlying trial, and the Sheri wanted his retribution.”

Strollo said that the prosecution “was only able to obtain a conviction by agrantly violating an order issued by a superior court.” He continued saying that “pervasive prosecutorial misconduct” occurred throughout the trial and that the “conviction will almost certainly be reversed on appeal.” e conviction came a er a jury trial in the Ithaca City Court that began on March 20, 2023, and concluded with the jury verdict on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

T AKE N OTE

Sheriff’s Office Warns of Increase in Check Fraud

The Tompkins County Sheri ’s O ce issued a press release on March 17 warning of an increase in check fraud occurring throughout the county.

According to the press release, Tompkins County Sheri Derek Osborne has launched an investigation into cases of check fraud and found that a number of the cases involve similar tactics.

Investigations revealed that checks are being stolen from local residential mailboxes. Whoever is responsible for these cases of fraud has been targeting mailboxes that have their red ags up, indicating that outgoing

mail is waiting to be collected.

Checks observed in the investigation have also shown signs of “Check Washing.”

According to the Sheri ’s O ce, this means that the stolen check was “dipped into an overthe-counter chemical” that removes pen ink from the surface of the check. After the ink is removed from the check, a new signature and amount of money can be re-written onto it.

The Sheri ’s O ce statement continued saying that number and letter changing is also seen in cases of check washing. “For example, changing $2,500 to $3,500 by adding a line under the rst ‘2’ to make it a ‘3’.”

Following the conviction the District Attorney said, “dishonesty from a law enforcement o cer has no place in this community. is verdict represents a signi cant message that no one is above the law in Tompkins County. I want to commend ADA Veronica Fox for her strong advocacy and steadfast work on this di cult case.”

Additionally, Sheri Osborne said that he was “grateful for the verdict and thankful to the jury who took this allegation as seriously as I did. I remain committed to allowing only the best public servants to serve as my deputies.”

Sentencing has been scheduled for May 26, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. before Judge Richard M. Wallace. Assistant District Attorney Veronica Fox prosecuted the case, assisted by ADA Heidi Paulino.

is article has been updated to include quotes from Zachary Starner’s Lawyer, Daniel E. Strollo.

ON THE COVER:

David Shapiro, Executive Director at Second Wind Cottages in front of the homes that his organization has built for homeless individuals in New eld.

The Sheri ’s O ce is recommending that county residents take the following steps to protect themselves from becoming a victim of check fraud:

• Drop o all outgoing checks directly to the local Post O ce for delivery instead of using your mailbox

• Purchase a “fraud prevention” pen to use when writing checks. These pens use ink that cannot be removed through standard “check washing” practices (link to pen here)

• Make sure to use bold and blocky letters/ numbers when writing checks to ll in the majority of space on the designated line. This will make altering the check more di cult

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Democratic Socialists Announce Common Council Endorsements

By Matt Dougherty

On March 24, the Ithaca chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — the largest socialist organization in the country — announced ve endorsements for candidates running for the Ithaca City Common Council.

According to the press release announcing the endorsements, “All of these candidates demonstrate a commitment to putting people over pro t, ghting for working-class Ithacans, and governing in concert with their constituents and social movements for justice and liberation.”

ere are currently two members of the Common Council that are endorsed by the Ithaca DSA — Jorge DeFendini and Phoebe Brown. Tompkins County Legislator Veronica Pillar has also been endorsed by the Ithaca DSA.

e organization hopes it can take advantage of a transformational year for the Common Council that will see every member’s position expire when the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, 2023. As a result, in addition to endorsing incumbents DeFendini and Brown the DSA has endorsed three new candidates — West Fox, Kayla Matos and Nathan Sitaraman.

West Fox is running for the two-year seat to represent Ithaca’s 2nd Ward on the Common Council and has also been endorsed by the Ithaca Tenants Union and the New York Working Families Party. ey will be running against Kris HainesSharp and Aryeal Jackson. Fox currently

works as the Program Educator for the local nonpro t, Village at Ithaca.

When asked why they were running, Fox said “Common Council deserves to have more diverse voices. As a formerly unhoused, progressive, queer, socialist candidate I can add to the diversity on the Council. Public safety is a central concern of mine, and I hope to use my organizing experience to engage Ithacans in a grassroots e ort to better know our immediate neighbors and keep our streets busy and safe.”

In their campaign announcement, Fox talked about their past experience as a young adult in Los Angeles experiencing homelessness and said that “a housing rst program was the lifeline that allowed me the stability I needed.” ey say that their past experiences give them the “perspective necessary to humanely address Ithaca’s growing housing crisis.”

In addition to receiving an endorsement from the Ithaca DSA, Kayla Matos has also been endorsed by the New York Working Families Party. Matos will be running for the four-year term to represent Ithaca’s 1st Ward on the Common Council, which will see the Southside Community Center Deputy Director face o against longtime Common Council member Cynthia Brock.

Cornell University Scientist and candidate for Ithaca’s 3rd Ward on the Common Council, Nathan Sitaraman, has also

received an endorsement from the Ithaca DSA. Sitaraman has said that he is “proud to be part of this passionate, diverse, and visionary group of progressive candidates. Together we can shi the balance of power from wealthy institutions and investors to represent a broader spectrum of Ithacans.” e Chair of the IDSA Electoral and Legislative Committee, Katie Sims — who won over 25% of the vote in her rst run for Mayor last November — said “ ese candidates are all united by a vision to transform our local government to from one that prioritizes business interests and pro t to one that puts people rst.” Sims continued saying that “ ey’re going to strive tirelessly to improve conditions for workers, tenants and homeless Ithacans, people of color, trans and queer people, because they come from these experiences and know what solutions are needed.”

DeFendini has said, “When I was sworn in 2021 alongside Ms Phoebe, we were the only DSA Electeds on Council and we had to learn the job while doing it. ankfully, this new slate of candidates won’t have to face the learning curve alone.”

Brown is running for re-election in Ithaca’s 1st Ward as a result of redistricting. “I want to nish what I started last term, representing the most vulnerable. I want to be the voice, in local government, for those who are not comfortable using theirs,” said Brown.

WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU LOOKED UP ON GOOGLE?

“Where to nd the best crab cakes in Baltimore.”

– Kathryn B.

“Kangol hats.”

– Jimbo S.

“Mary Anne Williamson.”

– Richard G.

“How to clean a forstner drill bit.”

– Sarah B.

“Where to buy a step ladder.”

– Alene G.

Phoebe Brown

Jorge DeFendini Kayla Matos

Dr. Nathan Sitaraman

West Fox

Local Climate Activists Call on Banks to Divest from Fossil Fuels

By Matt Dougherty

Local climate activists held a rally on the Commons in downtown Ithaca across the street from Chase Bank to put pressure on banks to stop nancing the expansion of the fossil fuel industry.

e activists joined with Bill McKibben’s nationwide organization “ ird Act” to participate in the National Day of Action, which saw more than 90 events take place across the county on March 21, 2023. is rally was held just days a er the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its sixth and nal report warning that if every country in the world delivers on their current climate goals, it still won’t be enough to stop global temperatures from increasing 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

e Paris Climate Agreement set out to prevent a 1.5 degrees Celsius increase because climate scientists have warned that if the planet experiences warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius it could result in ecosystem changes that could be catastrophic for all life on the planet. However, some say the target of 1.5 degrees Celsius sacrices life in Africa and the Middle East.

According to Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, “ e Paris Agreement aims to keep temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius. But I want people to understand that a rise of 1.2 degrees Celsius is already hell for me and other people living in Uganda and on the African continent.”

Climate Scientist and Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University, Andrew Dressler, has said that “ e climate has already warmed more than one degree Celsius, so limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius means that we can only

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Ethan Rothstein hit a two-run home run in the top of the 11th inning to help the Ithaca Bombers baseball team defeat the University of Rochester by a score of 7-5.

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Cornell Men’s Ice Hockey misses out on the ‘frozen four’ after ending their season in a 2-1 loss to Boston University on March 25, 2023.

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The Department of Public Works will begin cleaning and ushing the streets in the Collegetown area on Monday, April 3, 2023. The work is scheduled in conjunction with Cornell University Spring Break as there are fewer vehicles parked on the streets, and fewer people are inconvenienced.

allow less than a few tenths of a degree of future warming.”

Dressler says that society has already committed itself to 2.5 degrees of warming as a result of emissions that have already occurred. “Obviously this exceeds the Paris Agreement limits,” Dressler said.

He continued saying that this “committed warming” is a “very slow process” that could take centuries to complete. However, Dressler says that “if we continue to emit greenhouse gas at the rate we currently are, then we will blow through the 1.5 and 2 degree limits possibly within a few decades.”

e March 21 rally took aim at the top four fossil fuel nancing banks, JP Morgan Chase, Citi, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. When compared to the top 60 global banks, these four banks have contributed more than one quarter of the $4.6 trillion in total nancing for fossil fuels between 2016 and 2021.

During the event, members of the public were invited to sign a pledge refusing to

do business with these banks unless they divest from fossil fuels. According to the event organizers, “ ousands of customers nationwide have already pledged to move their money out of these banks if the banks will not move their investments out of fossil fuels.”

ey continued saying, “while banks in the United States have verbally committed to help reach the global target of Net Zero emissions by 2050, none have published a credible transition plan or ruled out fossil fuel nancing for expanding projects.”

Local organizer Todd Saddler said, “We are holding this public event to raise awareness of the dirty banks’ role in funding climate chaos. We especially want people in Tompkins County to pledge never to bank at Chase Bank, since there is a local branch in town, and for the local Chase customers to close their accounts.”

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The location has not been announced, but another cannabis dispensary — Aspire, owned by not-for-pro t CWS Holdings LLC — is coming to Ithaca. The company was awarded one of eight retail licenses in November 2022 and expects to open to the public later this spring/summer.

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Ithaca’s activists gathered in front of the Chase Bank on the Commons in downtown Ithaca to draw attention to the banks investments in the fossil fuel industry.

JP Morgan Chase is the leading investor in the fossil fuel industry. The banking giant has provided fossil fuel companies with $382.4 billion in funding since 2016.

During the rally, attendees that bank with Chase were encouraged to cut up their credit cards and close their accounts.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Response to “Working Group Developing New Plan to Address Homelessness in ‘The Jungle’”

“Yes we have high rents. ose aren’t going to go away overnight. What lies behind the numbers 85 and 250? What is the root cause of their homelessness?

How many of the 250 are permanently living here homeless? How many want and need jobs? What is the barrier for them getting jobs? How many have family here that chooses not to help?

Let’s understand more than just that they are homeless. If the City were to create a CCC like program, along with creating a campground managed in the context of providing work how many would participate?

Could the state park campground models be used locally here? Would there be private sponsors for campground sites? I.e., sponsor or buy a tent provided to set up one camping site; sponsor such

a temporary residence for a person who happens to be homeless?

Could a volunteer service such as modeled by the Beauti cation Brigade - e.g., the Hope Brigade - work on keeping the campground beautiful along with basic support services?

Is there a private or private/non-pro t entity willing to set up and run such a campground?

How could such a campground model be created that is about “creating a path to self-su ciency” rather than an outdoors holding pen? Let’s start with some facts rather than opinions - why are they homeless? Are these folks who have been able to make ends meet locally and now can’t? How many are working but still can’t make it? Who can we help transition to self-su ciency? How? How long? How much? How many are wanderers going from place to place? Without previous roots in Tompkins County?

What is the likelihood that next year it will be 300 or more? Will these be folks who used to be able to make ends meet here and no longer are able and therefore are homeless?

Why not put out an RFP - We are seeking proposals for a “Hope Campground” focused on enabling homeless individuals to become employed? learn how to grow

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Open Letter to the Cornell University Board of Trustees

By Valerie Foster Githinji, PhD

Today I write because I am very deeply a ected by the general impoverishment that Cornell University creates, entrenches, and perpetuates in Ithaca and this region, and my family and I are directly a ected.

With a multi-billion dollar endowment and operation budget and not paying taxes on 60% of your property, and not paying services rendered you are pillaging, plundering, and exploiting our community and people. ere is no integrity involved in this, and certainly no Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and Belonging at Cornell (BAC) involved in this.

Some of us actually join academia because we care about people and diversity, equity, inclusion, and feeling like we belong in our community and to the employers that utilize us. I am one of those people. I am not impressed by lip service, gaslighting, manipulation, and wealth accumulated by exploitation. I am not impressed by ‘rank’, I do deeply care about DEI and BAC and access to higher education in general. I care about rstgeneration students who come to campus and su er under the guise of DEI and BAC. Many cannot access mental health resources and su er while making you money.

During the course of my 6 years of employment at Cornell University, I have worked in three divisions and four positions. Within this time, I have personally been a ected by the abuse of power meted out by ‘leaders’ of diverse identities but who all, in common, abuse their power regardless of their gender, race, and sexual identity. ese people have superpowers in manipulation, gaslighting, abuse of power, and perpetuating a toxic environment where mental health issues are rampant among sta and students, and ‘issues’ are swept under the rug, particularly by HR and other so-called ‘leaders’.

I have worked in departments where I was told that I reproduced with the wrong person which is why I have a child with disabilities. I have been overworked and called out, interrupted, and abused by ‘leaders’ and ‘HR’ snakes. I have been

lied to by professors of all ‘rank’, who lack integrity and likely due to their own fear of the Cornell system of abuse and intimidation.

Please know, my experience is common. I just happen to have the courage to let you know. ere is nothing impressive about elite institutions which care so little about people and use us to make money o of us and even put tax burdens on the poor. ese actions are indeed racist, classist, and misogynist. ey are anti-intellectual. You harm the most vulnerable by permitting these actions and capitalizing on us. It is sick.

Do you ever visit Ithaca? My family and I live in downtown Ithaca. We were lucky enough to secure a townhome for low-income people. I have a mortgage. But more and more, people cannot a ord to pay their rent, mortgage, and taxes because of in ation and Cornell University not doing their due diligence. is is only ‘classy’ because it is classist. Our city is riddled with potholes. Our buildings are decaying. Drugs are rampant among our youth and adult populations. Your Law School Fellows and legal folk (alums and current lawyers) run our justice system and traumatize children and families.

e collusion and open collaboration among the Cornell cult(ure) is visible and apparent to many of us. ere are some die-hard Cornellians and employees who ‘bleed red’ and have ‘drunk the koolaid’ as a blind oath of their ‘loyalty’ to Cornell. But most of us are awake and see the onslaught that Cornell University perpetuates. Most are too scared to speak up. See, silencing, threatening, and intimidation are e ective tactics used to oppress us. We know that you know this.

I would like to let you know that Cornell University is purposely pushing me out as an employee because I spoke up about being overworked last year. I have 6 years of eldwork experience as a cultural anthropologist and an employee at Cornell University and have many colleagues and friends who have similar experiences to me.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could stop abusing us. Come visit our

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Legislators Must Center the Needs of Early Childhood Education Providers

By Casey Goodwin, Director of the Child Care Center at Tompkins Cortland Community College

As the director of the child care center at Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) in Dryden, New York, I recently traveled to Albany, New York, to testify on behalf of early childhood education providers and the children and families who rely on us for quality care. I represented not only my center but all the State University of New York centers and the child care centers in Tompkins County. I wanted to deliver one message: New York has a devastating child care crisis, and legislators can solve it by adequately funding early childhood education and care.

e crisis came to light due to COVID19, but it started long before the onset of the deadly virus. When our state was trying to return to normal and workers were trying to resume their jobs, the issue of quality child care was illuminated. Our community’s collective eyes were opened. During the period where child care facilities were closed, many in our communities nally understood the importance of child care and the role child care professionals play each day. Without child care professionals, workers cannot return to places of employment, and children are unable to learn or have safe, supportive spaces. Without quality early childhood centers, employers cannot count on workers to come to work day in and day out.

Over the past several years, it has become clear that there is a lack child care spots across New York. e question becomes why. Our state is struggling with early childhood education because early childhood educators are underpaid and undervalued. Additionally, there has been an uptick in the closing of at-home child care centers as well as some small centers.

At TC3, for example, I have not been able to operate at full student capacity for about a year due to sta ng challenges. We had spots open prior to COVID-19, and they still exist today. We have spots to o er to families who are in need of child care, but we cannot nd quali ed teachers to ll the vacancies because we cannot

pay a competitive wage. Working at a college where we graduate early childhood professionals, most decide to go on to a four-year school so that they can work in the public schools and earn a higher wage. Who can blame them?

Additionally, our teachers are under one of the biggest microscopes in the education system. With the New York State O ce of Children and Family Services’ and Child and Adult Care Food Program’s regulations as well as the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s and QualityStarNY’s standards, providers are held to higher standards than most other places of employment. Although we must live up to those standards, our profession has some of the lowest salaries in the education eld. According to See roughNY, the average teacher salary in the Dryden Central School District, which is located less than 2 miles from TC3, is $54,688.00 for a 10-month employee. e average salary at the TC3 child care center is $36,577.44 for a 12-month employee. If child care centers in New York were better funded, early childhood education providers would be able to o er competitive wages and retain educators.

STRUGGLING TO REMAIN OPEN

Early childhood education providers also jump through a variety of hoops to remain open and sustainable. We are not a business that can close our o ce doors when a sta member calls out sick. We must scramble and nd coverage; we cannot and will not leave children in the classroom with one teacher’s aide or a substitute for the day. Unlike public schools, we o en do not have a list of substitutes we can rely on. I’m not even sure legislators understand the necessity of o ering something like that for early childhood educators. e child care industry has not been seen nor understood for years, and our children and families as well as employers su er as a result. e time for change is now. Legislators are entrusted to develop laws that position our state to thrive. ey can no longer stand by, oblivious to our industry’s concerns. ey must

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food within the campground? Build social skills? Work on local farms?

Building a facility/campground is simple - and I’m sure will make us all feel good to have helped the less fortunate. Without enabling a culture at the campground that is transformative we’ll feel good about ourselves for a few years and then what?” — Fred

Try building more housing

“When le ist policies fail, resist natural temptation to double down on those same policies. Instead, try something that might actually work. For example, try building more housing. Duh. What are barriers to construction of more (much more) housing.? Not sure about Ithaca but elsewhere they typically include expensive and ever changing environmental standards, multiple unpredictable inspections that make construction projects unpredictable and expensive, endless haggling over zoning just to get a project started, allow or require “low income housing” only etc etc.. e alternative simply does work - impede construction of more housing, complain when housing cost goes up and local economy su ers, try to force higher wages/lower rent through legal means, send more jobs and people to TX, FL, TN, AZ, complain that people in those states are not as smart as NY people, continues process of upstate NY joining “Appalachia”.” — Steven

Baginski

SmokeStack Opinions

“One further reason for retaining the Ithaca Gun chimney would be to provide homes for nesting chimney swi s. I well remember the large ocks swarming into the Strand eaters’ (now demolished) chimney at dusk each summer evening.”

— Linda Silber

“While much of the contamination le from our industries of the past remains in place despite e orts at removal, we should try to save this visible statement of our honor for those who worked many years to keep our city and its residents alive.” —

Ken Deschere

Response to “Town Approves Tax Exemption for Volunteer Firefighters”

“ ey’re certainly no longer volunteers now that they’re essentially being com-

pensated with taxpayer money. ey’re also incentivized to buy as much property as possible just like Cornell and IC do, since real property in and near Ithaca tends to appreciate, and these re ghters and EMTs can just sell it later in order to pro t from capital gains without ever having to pay any property tax along the way.

What prompted this move? Was there a shortage of volunteers? I thought there existed other perks to being a volunteer like you could essentially live at the re station rent free.” — Richard

Ballantyne

“Congratulations is in order! is one of the better ideas I have seen comes from a local government body. ese volunteers spend countless hours and training just to be prepared to serve , protect, and even save our lives. is will also provide a small incentive to help maintain sta ng. If these volunteers were being paid the going rates it would equate to way more than the 10% of what they will save in property taxes.” — John

Butler

Bright Streetlights in Town of Ithaca

“ e town of Ithaca is trying to illegally install an extremely bright new LED streetlight a few feet from my family’s bedrooms (making it impossible to sleep at night) on our property on e Byway (a privately-owned road that is not maintained by the town and has almost no tra c a er dark). ere is no legal easement allowing this, yet the town supervisor is spending thousands of taxpayer dollars on legal fees. e public should know of this hostile, inexplicable action by the local government.” — Seth

Bensel

“I’m writing to suggest a column (tentatively) titled “Cornell’s Problem with Southwest Asians,” detailing the di erent ways in which Cornell’s administration, faculty, and student body contribute to the erasure and oppression of Southwest Asians--including but not limited to orientalist attitudes, erasure of Palestinians and Arabs at large, and the wide-spread racism faced by Arabs in Ithaca and the United States at large.” —

Bianca Waked

Response to Cornell Closing due to March 14 Snowstorm

“Wow, that’s amazing. ey never closed back when I worked there, even during the blizzard in 1993. ey just expected you to take your life in your hands and get there. Cornell must be getting so .” —

Magic Lamp

Funds for a Second Chance

Second Wind Cottages under consideration for Community Recovery Fund despite local opposition

By David Durrett & Matt Dougherty

The executive director of Second Wind Cottages, David Shapiro, announced the organization would be pulling its application for the Community Recovery Fund during the March 22 Tompkins County Legislature meeting a er speaking about the opposition the organization has faced from the Town of New eld.

Second Wind Cottages are permanent supportive housing units in New eld for men experiencing homelessness. e organization has also started a new project to house women in Dryden. Second Wind operates on a Housing First model that prioritizes giving people access to permanent supportive housing before tackling larger issues relating to mental health or substance use. e National Alliance to End Homelessness says, “ e Housing First approach views housing as the foundation for life improvement.”

Shapiro spoke about “the hard work, dedication, and resiliency” that the organization has shown throughout the construction of

their supportive housing units. However, as a result of increasing community opposition in New eld, he said that he made the decision to pull Second Wind’s application for the Community Recovery Fund to avoid animosity with the Town of New eld, adding that the organization’s board of directors was not interested in continuing to defend itself amidst mounting criticism.

“We were getting a lot of what seems like animosity from the people in the town, and we don’t want to be bad neighbors,” Shapiro said. “Some of that animosity made it feel like the guys we support were being stigmatized further, and we didn’t like that, either.”

e Community Recovery Fund is a county-wide grant program that awarded Second Wind with a $510,098 grant to expand their supportive housing operation by calling for the development of additional “campsites”. A er the grant was awarded to Second Wind, the New eld Town Board approved a two-year moratorium on building “campsites” in an attempt to block the expansion.

In response, supporters of Second Wind on the County Legislature passed a resolution during their March 22 meeting that allowed Second Wind to submit a revised application for funding.

e resolution was proposed by Legislator Anne Koreman (D-Ulysses). Koreman’s proposed resolution accepted Second Wind’s revised application calling for 12 cottages rather than 18 campsites. According to Koreman, “the cottages have been a proven method of addressing homelessness for individuals.”

Koremans resolution passed with a vote of 8 to 6, with legislators Deborah Dawson (D-Lansing), Mike Lane (D-Dryden), Lee Shurtle (R-Groton), Mike Sigler (RLansing), Randy Brown (R-New eld), and Rich John (D-Ithaca) opposed.

Before the legislature passed the resolution in support of Second Wind, Brown proposed an opposing resolution that would have removed Second Wind Cottages’ application to the Community Recovery Fund, citing the Town of New eld’s recent moratorium on campsites.

Brown said that he thinks that Second Wind has done a much better job of addressing local homelessness than any other organization, but that the current location in New eld is not the right spot for the organization to expand.

“I would support county funds for a Second Wind-style model somewhere else in New eld, but not there. It’s just a bad spot,” Brown said.

Brown added that he decided to propose this resolution a er 50 New eld residents spoke out against Second Wind’s proposal for expanding campsites at a recent public hearing.

“I think the town of New eld has made it very clear,” Brown said. “Ninety-plus percent of the people are against the expansion in the campsites, so I will be against it.”

According to Brown, if the legislature pushes through this support for Second Wind, “another moratorium will be put in place, and we will be right back here in another six months.”

Dawson said that she would like to see a “meeting of the minds” between the Town

Legislator Deborah Dawson has said that she would like to see a “meeting of the minds” between the Town of Newfield and Second Wind. (Photo Credit: Tompkins County)

Legislator Randy Brown (R-Newfield) proposed a resolution that would have removed Second Wind’s application from consideration as a result of the recent moratorium on campsites passed by the Town of Newfield. (Photo Credit: Tompkins County)

of New eld and Second Wind, but that she “ rmly believes that New eld, like any other municipality, has a right to make decisions about what it wants within its community… I don’t feel that we as a county should violate the comity we owe a constituent municipality by forcing something on them that they don’t want.”

In response to Brown’s resolution, Legislator Greg Mezey (D-Dryden) spoke about how Second Wind residents should be treated like any other community members. Additionally, he believes that they are being unfairly targeted by some rhetoric on the issue.

“I think it’s really unfortunate the way in which some of the residents of these homes are being talked about and traded around like a commodity,” Mezey said.

Mezey added that it was “painful” to hear Brown “make the assertion that another moratorium would come if this moved forward,” because that shows a sign that local government is “taking a targeted approach to kick people out of their community.”

“Local governments are here to support people in need and shouldn’t pick who should and shouldn’t have access to housing or services,” Mezey said.

In response to comments on the proposed campsite moratorium, Mezey said that he couldn’t stand behind the idea of changing the rules mid-game.

“Right now this is our chance to do something and we can push it o and say we don’t want these people here…but there’s an organization that put together a program that is better than any other program right now addressing the issue, but we don’t want more of that…and that, to me, is so un-

fortunate,” he said. “If we sit here and vote this down, then we should just take the unhoused conversation o the table because we are failing to do anything at all”

Additionally, Legislator Travis Brooks (D-Ithaca) shared a personal re ection on his experience with red-lining — which is a discriminatory practice that involves the systemic denial of “mortgages, insurance loans, and other nancial services to residents of certain areas based on their race or ethnicity,” according to the Cornell Law School.

Brooks said that when he hears, “we don’t want them here,” it makes him think of his family being discriminated against for purchasing a home because they were Black. He added that it’s a problem when a community says “we have enough of them” and starts changing the rules to keep people out.

Koreman re ected on the history of a recent a ordable housing proposal in Trumansburg, which “got smaller” because of the “hoops that Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services had to jump through” during the approval process. She said there was more actual public support for the project than showed up during the initial public comments and newspaper editorials, which were initially loudly in opposition.

Following debate, Brown’s resolution failed 5-9 with legislators Brown, Dawson, Lane, Shurtle and Sigler in favor.

Michael Allinger, supervisor of the Town of New eld, expressed surprise over the decision to approve the modi ed proposal despite Shapiro planning on withdrawing it. He questioned whether it was fair to give Second Wind a second chance at gaining funding that other applicants were denied.

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“I would have liked to have seen some of the other projects get a second resubmission,” Allinger said. “But I think the real question in my mind was why they decided it wasn’t fair for Second Wind to have a resubmission, and based on that, they voted it down in committee, and yet, went ahead and voted it through in the full legislature.”

In response to arguments that Second Wind should not have been granted a chance to submit a modi ed application, Shapiro said none of the other successful applicants had the law changed on them — referencing New eld’s recent moratorium on campsites.

“When you have that much money and that many applications, there’s always going to be people that feel like the process wasn’t helpful to them,” Shapiro said.

Brown said that other applicants for funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) have to deal with the possibility of unforeseen complications interfering with their plans. He reasoned that since none of the other applicants had a chance to re-apply with a modi ed proposal, neither should Second Wind.

“ ings could always happen, and that was discussed in prior ARPA meetings,” Brown said. “It just so happens that the roadblock in New eld is the moratorium. But that’s up to them. ose things are common things that happen in planning and most legislators should be fully aware of them.”

Brown expressed his belief that the money allocated to Second Wind would have a more positive and immediate impact when used by other applicants. He said homelessness has been a problem for decades, and that it is unfair that New eld

should have to shoulder the burden without being asked.

“New eld didn’t like that you put this project to them without even talking to them about it, right?” Brown said. “I mean, who else wants 25 campsites, right? Let’s put it downtown or in the middle of Fall Creek. No one would ever want to do that, right?”

Allinger said there was not much the Town of New eld could do now that the legislature had made its decision, but he said he hopes to work with Shapiro and the other leadership of Second Wind to come up with a sensible plan for growth. According to him, the proposed expansion is too fast and has too little support from emergency responses, which would not only be detrimental for New eld residents, but also those staying at Second Wind.

“Second Wind is already a part of our community,” Allinger said. “ ey’ve been a part of our community since 2013. I would like to see our community take care of each other.”

Shapiro decided to speak with the board of Second Wind, which will meet at some point this week. He said he has no desire to be in con ict with New eld, and encouraged Brown and Allinger to engage in dialogue with him on how Second Wind can be a good neighbor to the rest of New eld.

“ ey can disagree with us and still be part of the process with us,” Shapiro said. “Sometimes, it’s the people who have di erent opinions who help you learn the most about how to change in the right way. So, I would really encourage Randy [Brown] and anyone else that has opposition to be a part of the process with us. Let us know your concerns and let us see if we can o er good responses to them.”

Greg Mezey said that he believes that Second Wind residents have been unfairly targeted by complaints and that it was “painful” to listen to conversations about kicking people out of their community. (Photo Credit: Tompkins County)

David Shapiro, Executive Director at Second Wind Cottages said that he made the decision to pull Second Wind’s application to avoid animosity with the Town of Newfield. (Photo Credit: Tompkins County)

Football Season

IT’S FLAG FOOTBALL SEASON FOR THE GROWING ITHACA HIGH GIRLS TEAM

By Steve Lawrence

Ihope this does not throw anyone's internal sports clock o , but it’s the season for football – Ithaca High Girl's Varsity Flag Football.

Head coach Ray Hage explained: “We are in year number two of a two-year pilot program, and we are playing a regular STAC (Southern Tier Athletic Conference) schedule, competing against Elmira, Corning, Horseheads, Binghamton, Union-Endicott and a few other schools.” I asked Hage if the team was able to attract enough players, given there are numerous established Spring sports, and he replied, “We are elding a full roster of twenty girls,” and he added, “Last year, we had 13 girls come out for the team, but this year we started out with 40 and we actually had to make roster cuts.”

Interest is indeed burgeoning, as Ray added, “When we started, we were hoping to have twenty-four teams (statewide), and we ended up with y-one.” e pilot program, Hage o ered, is funded by Nike, the Bu alo Bills, the New York Giants and the New York Jets, and the growth has been such that the team's schedule doubled

from ve games last season to 10 this year. He said, “Given it's a pilot season, the girls are able to play two sports in a season. Several are doing track simultaneously, while others are coming o soccer season in the fall, and basketball season in the winter. ere are ve returnees from last year, and that is helpful, as this is – for obvious reasons – the rst exposure the girls have had to playing football. “While the returnees have some experience,” Hage said, “everyone else is starting at Square One.”

“ e quarterback position is the most di cult to teach, given it requires the most technique and the highest football IQ.” He added, “Everyone on the eld is eligible to catch a pass,” adding another component of complexity in running an o ense. He also stated that, “As far as defense goes, some girls are able to transfer some of the skills they have learned in soccer, or basketball.”

It appears as though the program has picked up enough traction to work its way out of “pilot program” status. Hage said, “New York State is already talking about making it an o cial varsity sport for next year, including playo s and tournaments.

He expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to lead the team, and to his assistant coach, Keisha McBean, who also serves as the JV Basketball coach for the girls.

My last trip to Schoellkopf Field to see the h-ranked Cornell men’s lacrosse was a bit disappointing, as the high-powered Cornell o ense put up but a half-dozen goals in a loss to Penn State two weeks ago. I am pleased to say that the team made the needed adjustments the following week, dropping 20 goals on Yale, and kept it rolling in a nationallytelevised game on a sunny but windy Sunday, putting 18 goals in the net to send the Quakers quaking, 18-12 and improving its record to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in Ivy League play. e Big Red dominated in face-o s, with Jack Cascadden winning 13 of 17 and Angelo Petrakis winning 11 of 15. When a team comes out of a faceo 24 out of 32 times, it's a huge advantage, and while Penn had the momentum for brief periods, the home team was in control most of the time. Junior C.J. Kirst kept up his status as a scoring machine, adding another seven goals to his total, and Billy Coyle tallied six points on three goals and three assists.

Ithaca High School’s Beatrice Longchamps runs the ball for the Little Red on the school’s growing Girls Varsity Flag Football program. (Photo by Ava Thomas)

Cayuga Vocal Ensemble Gives Voice to “Alzheimer’s Stories”

By Marjorie Olds

Sean Linfors hails most recently from Florida, before Ithaca, New York, became his home. Sean and his wife Sarah, following graduation with degrees in chorale music education, answered a call from Ithaca College. With his newly minted Ph.D., Sean began his work as Choir Director at IC in the fall of 2016. “Ithaca College and the School of Music, in particular, had a ne reputation for their music and music education programs.” And Sean enthusiastically adds that he and Sarah have not been disappointed.

Now the parents of three young children, they nd Ithaca to be a great place to make and hear music, with lots of lively programming for children too. When asked how parenting has changed his musical life, Sean

smiles and says that parenting has changed who he is as a person, and thereby enhanced his perspective on life so that he can experience new things di erently.

Serving as Interim Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education, plus Choir Director in Ithaca College’s School of Music, eatre, and Dance, is a full-time job. He also conducts the Chorus and Madrigal Singers, an early music ensemble. Sean teaches conducting and rehearsal techniques as well. On top of that, Sean travels to Syracuse each week, where he serves as Artistic Director for another appreciative group of singers.

Being an active conductor, clinician and educator, Sean is an enthusiastic ambassador for enhanced access to the world of music for people of all ages in our region. Sean: “Choral music is the coming together of singers to explore art, ideas, poetry, culture with secular or sacred music. … No matter what the theme is, we nd our choral singing stimulates our thinking about our shared humanity.”

ese days, Sean is busy directing the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble as they prepare for a very demanding and unusual concert. “ e CVE is comprised of professionally trained singers, known for their masterful skills, rich

and evocative presentations, with a willingness to take on di cult pieces.”

On April 16, the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble will present “Alzheimer’s Stories” at 4 p.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Church. Sean explains that 15 years ago, this piece, composed by Robert Cohen and librettist Herschel Garfein, was created through interviews with doctors, caregivers, family members and with people su ering the onslaught of Alzheimer’s disease. Sean relates that he performed this piece years ago as a singer and observes that conducting this piece with the CVE remains engaging and emotional. “ e piece is challenging, cathartic, yet the redemption of steadfast loyalty and love is celebrated in music, and we may leave with a hopeful, even joyous feeling.”

Find those you love in the dark and light. Help them through the days and nights. Keep faith. ey sense what they cannot show. Love and music are the last things to go. Sing anything. Sing.

(from Cohen, R. S. (n.d.). Alzheimer's Stories libretto - Robert S. Cohen. https://www. robertscohen.com. Retrieved March 6, 2023, from https://www.robertscohen.com/wp/wpcontent/uploads/2016/01/Alzheimers-StoriesLibretto.pdf)

For more information about the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble upcoming concert, contact: Cayuga Vocal Ensemble P.O. Box 95 Ithaca, NY 14851-0095

For more information about the Alzheimer's Association, contact the Central New York 24-7 Helpline: 800.272.3900, alz.org/cny

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The Cayuga Vocal Ensemble will be singing a tribute to those with Alzheimer’s disease April 16. (Photo courtesy Sheryl Sinkow)

“Alzheimer’s Stories”

Popular and Popularly Priced

Saigon Kitchen Serves up Authentic Vietnamese Cuisine

By Henry Stark

Ihave always appreciated having an authentic accessible Vietnamese restaurant in Ithaca. And since Saigon Kitchen opened, the food preparation, portion sizes and value have been outstanding. e interior of the restaurant is on the austere side, with about ve dozen hardback chairs and simple wood tables aligned in three rows. e walls feature an eclectic mixture of, not particularly notable, paintings. I doubt anyone goes to Saigon Kitchen for the ambience.

However, with generous portions and no item on the menu costing more than $17, it’s easy to understand its popularity, both for indoor dining and for takeout. ere are two things I’d like to mention at the outset:

Much of the food served here is hot, spicy hot. And there are few hints on the

menu about what is hot and what is not. We have to rely on words or phrases like “spicy” or “volcano” or “spicy Sriracha hot sauce” or “spicy Szechuan sauce.” However not all the spicy items are so identi ed, so I play it safe by consulting with my server. It would have been preferable if management had adopted a system whereby they displayed a red pepper icon, or two, next to the spicier items.

Water is served at room temperature in metal cups. I prefer to drink cold water from glasses made from glass or plastic. I have asked for ice and the server took away my cup, only to bring me a new one with ice water.

Among the dozen appetizers ($6-$9), I’ve enjoyed “Summer Rolls” ($6). ere are two rice paper-covered rolls, served cold and containing chopped lettuce, bean sprouts, cucumbers, and vermicelli noodles with your choice of chicken,

shrimp or tofu. ey are accompanied by a homemade peanut sauce for dipping.

During another visit, I ordered “Chicken Wings” ($9). It’s listed as six wings, however, I only received three wings, each split in two, so six pieces total. A er working my way through a thick breading, which is billed as a crunchy and crispy outer coating, I reached the tender and juicy chicken. e wings were accompanied by a spicy dipping sauce.

One more visit, one more appetizer: “Steamed Crystal Shrimp Dumplings” ($9). ere were ve and they were ne, although I would have preferred a di erent ratio of dough to shrimp… less chewy, sticky dough, more tender shrimp. It was accompanied by a tasty sesame dipping sauce.

One of the major entree categories is “Pho,” a Vietnamese noodle soup made with beef, chicken or vegetarian broth. It’s a meal in a bowl and the portions are huge. I normally don’t like beef, however, I tried the “House Special” so I could report on it. It had four di erent kinds of meat, and I had some di culty navigating through it as we’re not o ered knives, and I wanted to have an authentic experience. e meat had been sliced into two-to-four-inch pieces, too large for me to divide with a spoon and fork. I was surprised that in a restaurant not normally o ering knives, the kitchen didn’t slice the meat into more manageable smaller pieces — same issue with the noodles, which were quite long and thin. When you order one of the 14 versions ($13-$15) of phos, you’ll be given a side dish of long bean sprouts, basil leaves (once I even received a few leaves on a

short inedible stem) and a slice of lime. is way, you can add however much of each of these items that suits you. Personally, I used all the sprouts and basil and squeezed the lime into the broth.

I can recommend another “House Specialty,” which is listed under “Lunch Specials”: “Lemon Basil Stir Fry.” It had lots of ingredients, including basil, onions, red and green peppers, mushrooms, carrots, snow peas and crushed peanuts in a mild lemon sauce. By the way, these same vegetables show up with lots of other items where we’re given the choice of chicken, beef, shrimp or tofu to accompany them.

Another “House Specialty”: “Saigon Kitchen Curry.” features a lot of very fresh veggies and a tasty homemade sauce with crushed peanuts strewn across the top. I thoroughly enjoyed the dish even though I couldn’t taste even a hint of curry.

Alcoholic beverages are not served here, however, you may bring your own. I indulge with “ ai Iced Tea” ($5), which is very sweet. Alternatives are “Mango Juice,” “Iced Vietnamese Co ee,” soda or a pot of green, jasmine or oolong tea. “Sesame Balls” is the only dessert.

Saigon Kitchen o ers authentic, avorful Vietnamese fare prepared well at very reasonable prices — nothing fancy but very dependable.

Saigon Kitchen

526 West State Street

Sun.-Thurs

Tidbit: No dedicated parking… Best to nd a metered space on State Street.

The environment, like the food, at Saigon Kitchen is nothing fancy but represents exceptional value in authentic Vietnamese cuisine.

“Bachelors of Broadway”

Meet Co-direCtor, Co-director, Co-producer and Actor Ron DeStefano

By Bryan VanCampen

Ron DeStefano wears a lot of hats in “Bachelors of Broadway,” coming to Cortland Repertory eatre (CRT) Saturday, April 1st at 2 p.m. DeStefano is co-creator, co-director/choreographer, co-producer and agent, as well as one of the performers in the show. “Bachelors of Broadway” is a three-man act featuring lush symphonic arrangements from musical classics over the decades, including “Wicked,” “ e Phantom of the Opera,” “Jersey Boys” and “42nd Street.”

Ron DeStefano talked to the Ithaca Times about what category of show “Bachelors of Broadway” is, the rst Broadway show he ever saw and why you have to have a Disney section in a show like this.

IT: CRT brings in a lot of these “genre” shows. What would you call it?

RD: It’s funny. ere’s a lot of di erent names for this type of event. “Tribute” isn’t

quite the right word, because “tribute” to a lot of people would mean, “Oh, an Elvis impersonator’s gonna show up,” or someone’s gonna show up and sing the music of Carole King, like a lady’s gonna play the piano and impersonate Carole King. is obviously isn’t that. Like you said, it’s more of a “genre” show. It’s closer to a production show or a concert that celebrates an era or genre of music.

IT: You’re more about the song, not the singer.

RD: Correct. is particular show celebrates over one hundred years of music from the stage, so it’s all Broadway music dating back to 1904: our oldest song is (George M. Cohan’s) “Give My Regards to Broadway.” But it’s interesting in that we do a very pop, modern up-tempo take, so we bring a song from 1904 all the way forward to 2023. And we have pretty much a song for every decade from 1904 to today.

IT: e musical is an American invention.

RD: It absolutely is! And don’t forget tap-dancing.

IT: A lot of young people come to Ithaca College to study theater, and the college radio station has a very popular Broadway show every Sunday morning. It’s a great way to keep up with what’s happening in that genre of music.

ey’re factoring in Disney musicals and all that as well.

RD: We have a Disney section in our show as well. You can’t ignore it. In the

’90s, when Disney started transferring their animated properties to the stage, that was a formative moment for me. My rst Broadway show — I’m from Florida originally — my rst Broadway show was seeing “Beauty and the Beast.” at was my introduction to New York theater.

“Bachelors of Broadway”

April 1 at 2 p.m. Downtown Cortland Theatre 24 Port Watson Street, Cortland

Ron DeStefano discusses his show “Bachelors of Broadway,” which is coming to CRT April 1st.

Two Flavors of Comedy

“PAINT” IS RETRO-DROL; “SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS” IS DERIVATIVE

By Bryan VanCampen

In writer-director Brit McAdams’ droll, deadpan comedy debut “Paint,” any similarity between Owen Wilson’s Carl Nargle and the late PBS painting instructor Bob Ross is entirely obvious and entirely appreciated. If you’ve seen the Bob Ross documentary on Net ix, you know his life ended in tragedy, but McAdams, whose script rst popped up on the Black List in 2010, has taken the notion of Ross and fashioned a rueful rom-com about

“Paint”

(IFC Films-Silver Lining Entertainment-Blue Creek Pictures-Balcony 9 Productions-White Birch Films, 2023, 96 min.)

opens at Ithaca Stadium 14 and Cinemapolis on April 7.

Carl looking at a career crisis and the casual wreckage of his love life. Sporting a snow globe ’fro, mountain man beard, sheepskin jacket and driving his “don’t come a-knockin’” personalized van, Carl is frozen in amber, circa 1974. He’s been the host of his own learn-topaint show on Vermont public TV for nearly three decades. He's had failed affairs with every woman at the TV station — including Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Lusia Strus. Carl Nargle worries that he’s a one-painting pony, but when he declines an o er to host two shows back-to-back, GM Stephen Root hires up-and-coming artist Ambrosia (Ciara Renée), who quickly eclipses Carl’s ratings.

Owen Wilson is perfect casting here. He’s got that passive-aggressive mixture of ego and delusion, and he plays Carl Nargle

as a guy that’s terri ed that he’s really a loser, and he a ects a so -spoken “artiste” demeanor to avoid confronting the possibility that he’s just a sad man living in a van down by the river. Somehow, Wilson taps the vulnerability he showed as the clueless, wannabe criminal mastermind Dignan in his rst lm, Wes Anderson’s “Bottle Rocket” (1996). (I wish Owen Wilson would write his own scripts again. I miss his voice.)

A lot of the comedy comes from the notion that it’s not just Carl that’s stuck in the ’70s. Stephen Root mentions blogs at one point, but his o ce walls are lined with VHS tapes; producer Watkins watches old Carl episodes on a ¾” tape machine; and even the wardrobe feels retro. Carl has no iPhone. He’s all about his CB radio, and

every appliance in his cabin is old analog gear; his radio only plays needle drops by the likes of John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, Dolly Parton and Jim Croce. e only things missing are an 8-track player and some blacklight posters.

Alas, David F. Sandberg’s “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” can’t match the sweet-natured comic novelty of his 2019 family-friendly superhero comedy “Shazam!” It’s tfully entertaining here and there, but the freshness of that rst lm is not topped. e plot involves Shazam (Zachary Levi) and his crew

Owen Wilson charms the audience with his Bob Ross style in “Paint,” while “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” brings family-friendly superhero fun.

town and see the potholes. e light blue cabinets that you see all over are a testament to our hunger since we cannot a ord to eat and feed our families, so please don’t mistake them for being quaint. I try to gure out how I can procure $100 worth of groceries for my family of three per week while you likely spend this on appetizers while schmoozing with friends

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act quickly. ey must ensure adequate funding not just for public schools but for the education system that serves children from birth to kindergarten.

Although many legislators note that child care centers are important, they must follow up that statement with funding and policy that convey our signicance. e last round of subsidy for child care centers assisted us with being able to provide a minimal increase in pay for child care workers. at small increase put child care workers’ salary a little bit above minimum wage, but it’s still not a

and donors. Your lawyers charge more per hour than I can a ord to feed my children per month, without putting that on my credit card which entrenches our poverty while paying your bills.

We see you. We would like you to pay your bills and provide what you owe us. We would like you to retain employees as part of your business, marketing, and communication agenda which is premised on the slogans of DEI and BAC but truly perpetuates misogyny, classism, and racism.

livable wage. e bottom line is that the state must adequately fund early childhood education centers so that children and families have a safe place to go and so that providers can hire and retain quality sta . In the absence of funding, we will continue to lose our brightest teachers to the public school system, and families will continue to scramble to a ord early childhood education, which we know prepares students for academic success.

New York State must esteem early childhood educators the same way it does public school educators. Until it does, our children, families and employers will suffer. No one needs that. No one wants that.

e time for action is now.

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struggling with their superpowers as the daughters of Zeus, Kalypso (Lucy Liu) and Hespera (Helen Mirren) decide to take over the world: ho-hum.

is is one of those movies that supposedly takes place a few months later than the rst lm, but it’s really clear that Shazam’s teenage orphan alter ego Billy Batson (Asher Angel) and his gang of foster super-friends are well past puberty. Part Deux “borrows” liberally from the Harry Potter franchise for the look of Shazam’s magical world, the shi ing cityscapes from Marvel’s “Dr. Strange”

CLIMATE ACTIVISTS RALLY DOWNTOWN

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Banks in the United States have also been found to have dismally low levels of nancing of renewable energy. Just 2% of nancial backing by JP Morgan Chase and Citi for energy companies went to renewable energy activities between 2016 and 2022, according to data released in January.

movies for its action sequences, and even Stephen King’s “Under the Dome” when Mirren and Liu conjure up a magical shield that seals the city of Philadelphia o from the rest of the world.

e second “Shazam!” buys some good will thanks to a surprise superhero cameo that was an unexpected delight, and a terri c credit cookie during the end credits, but how many of these “Shazam!” movies do we really need?

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods”

(Warner Bros. Pictures-New Line Cinema-DC StudiosThe Safran Company, 2023, 130 min.) playing at Ithaca Stadium 14.

In addition, JP Morgan Chase is regarded as the leading investor in the fossil fuel industry by providing fossil fuel companies with $382.4 billion in funding since 2016.

In response to the nationwide protests, a spokesperson for Chase bank wrote, “We provide nancing all across the energy sector: supporting energy security, helping clients accelerate their low carbon transitions and increasing clean energy nancing with a target of $1 trillion for green initiatives by 2030.”

Music

Bars/Bands/Clubs

3/29 Wednesday

Midweek Melancholy with Not

From Wisconsin and Friends | 8 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St. | $10.00

Galactic Wednesday | 9 p.m. | Deep Dive, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd. | $5.00

3/30 Thursday

Atwater After Hours Singer Songwriter Series with Sarah Noell | 5 p.m. | Atwater Vineyards, 5055 State Route 414

Wanah Dance Cafe with Taksim Ithaca | 7 p.m. | Liquid State Brewing Company, 620 W Green St | $10.00

Tenzin Chopak & Emmett Scott | 7 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St. | $10.00

Blaque Dynamite w/ WINGNUT and COOKIE. | 8 p.m. | Deep Dive, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd. | $14.00 - $20.00

3/31 Friday

Zydeco Trail Riders | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd

Dara Anissi & Martin Shamoonpour | 7 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St. | $5.00

Dan Pugach Nonet | 8 p.m. | Deep Dive, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd. | $14.00 - $20.00

THIS WEEK

4/1 Saturday

Live music feat. Lakeside Drifters

Duo | 2 p.m. | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Road

Double Tiger | 9 p.m. | Deep Dive, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd. | $9.00$15.00

Annatto “April Jewelz” EP Release | 9 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St. | $5.00 - $10.00

4/2 Sunday

Plan Z| 7 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St. | A collaborative musical journey featuring some of the great musicians in the area. You will hear jazz, blues, soul, and funk lled originals. | $10.00

4/5 Wednesday

Deep Dive House Big Band hosted by Professor Greg Evans | 8 p.m. | Deep Dive, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd. | Free

Concerts/Recitals

3/29 Wednesday

Midday Music for Organ: CU Music | 12:30 p.m. | Sage Chapel, Ho Plaza | Free

FLEFF Concert: Ithaca Brass | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

3/30 Thursday

Jack Yarbrough, piano: CU Music | 8 p.m. | Barnes Hall, 129 Ho Plaza | Free

African Drumming and Dance | Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m.

3/31 Friday

Ithaca Music Forum | Nabenhauer Recital Room | 5 p.m.

Believe - The Cher Show | 6 p.m. | Tioga Downs, 2384 West River Rd | $20.00

Lawrence Brownlee, tenor: Masterclass for The Manley and Doriseve Thaler Vocal Concert Series | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

Xak Bjerken, piano: CU Music | 8 p.m. | Barnes Hall, 129 Ho Plaza | Free

Senior Recital: Faith Willet, viola | Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m.

4/1 Saturday

Senior Recital: Alexandra Steward, ute | Ford Hall | 3 p.m.

Senior Recital: Robert Irvin, piano | Ford Hall | 7 p.m.

Lawrence Brownlee, tenor: The Manley and Doriseve Thaler Vocal Concert Series | 8:15 p.m. | Hockett

Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

Senior Recital: Aidan Bradley, trombone | Ford Hall | 9 p.m.

4/2 Sunday

Graduate Recital: Emily Gregonis, mezzo-soprano | 1 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Guest Recital: Brittany Lasch, trombone | Ford Hall | 1 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Timmy Samuel Yesudasan, tenor | 3 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Fruehling Posaunen | Ford Hall | 4 p.m. | Ithaca College, 201 Muller Center

WANAH DANCE CAFE WITH TAKSIM ITHACA

THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH

FROM 7:00-9:00 PM

Senior Recital: Anchal Dhir, soprano | 5 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

Junior Recital: Julie Kratz, clarinet | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

Elective Recital: Olivia Hawthorne, English horn | Nabenhauer Recital Room | 7 p.m.

Twiddle | 8 p.m. | State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 West State St

4/3 Monday

Elective Recital: Gwyneth Cole, voice | Nabenhauer Recital Room | 7 p.m.

Elective Recital: Tim Coene, saxophone | 8:15 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

4/4 Tuesday

Elective Recital: Erin Bevan, mezzo-soprano | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

Tennis | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

Senior Recital: Finn McGregor, violin | Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m.

4/5 Wednesday

Guest Recital: Christina Ballatori, ute | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

Stage

NO CHILD... | 7:30 p.m., 3/30 Thursday | Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State / W. MLK, Jr. Street | What do you get when you attempt to have a group of high school students in the Bronx put on the play Our Country’s Good? Some groans, skipping, and

one teacher’s determination. A tourde-force solo performance that sees one actor transform with rapid- re precision into all 16 characters.

TWELFTH NIGHT | 8 p.m., 3/31 Friday | Ithaca College, Dillingham Center | A Musical Adaptation of William Shakespeare’s TWELFTH NIGHT

Lily Silly Puppet Show & Workshop | 10:30 a.m., 4/1 Saturday | The Cherry, 102 Cherry St | A variety show for all ages with live music, songs and silly creatures with a hands-on workshop after the show! | $4.00 - $12.00

Fiddlehead Frolic Returns! | 12:30 p.m., 4/1 Saturday | Beverly J Martin Elementary School, 302 W Bu alo St | Energetic and sublime social dances, old and new, with stellar musicians!

Bachelors of Broadway | 2 p.m., 4/1 Saturday | Cortland Repertory Theater, 24 Port Watson St | Take a trio of dashing men, add soaring melodies from stage and screen, and then re ne the sound with contemporary threepart vocal harmony — you’ve got a ticket to BACHELORS OF BROADWAY:

Wisdom and Dance: Round table conversations by long term Tompkins County Movers and Shakers | 2:30 p.m., 4/1 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | This is a roundtable discussion featuring 4 Professional dancers of Tompkins County. Re ections on dancing lives in Tompkins County shared by long term movers.

Poetry & Prose Open Mic Night | 7 p.m., 4/3 Monday | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St | Come share poetry, prose, share a story, perhaps a brief performance or just to enjoy the night and meet others with a love for language and expression. Open to all! Song, show-and-tell, or some other kind of performance is welcome. | Free

SERENITY - A Show to Bene t

C.A.R.S. Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services | 8 p.m., 4/3 Monday | Deep Dive, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd. | An evening of performances inspired by recovery and healing.  Hosted by: Miss Lola Amore (Salt City Burlesque) Featuring:  Chrissy Bunz, Lulu La Femme, Chevie Supernova, Slim Saine  and  Circus Culture (Ithaca).  Original written works: Orion and Rebel Strutt. | $15.00 - $20.00

Open Mic Stand Up Comedy Night | 7 p.m., 4/4 Tuesday | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St | First and third Tuesdays of the month! Kenneth McLauren

hosts Open Mic Stand Up Comedy Night at The Downstairs. | Free

Art

EPHEMERAL : Barbara Mink and Leslie Ford | 11 a.m., 3/29 Wednesday | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Road | EPHEMERAL, featuring paintings by Barbara Mink and Leslie Ford, is on view through April 15. | Free 2023 Invitational Exhibit at State of the Art Gallery | 12 p.m., 3/30 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 West State Street | Eight artists will Show their work by invitation at the State of the Art Gallery: C. Ann Carter, Robert Grant, Linda Fazzary, Rob Licht, Claudine Metrick, Jari Poulin, Emma Pure, and Lauren Reid. | Free Planned Chaos | 5 p.m., 3/31 Friday | CAP ArtSpace, in downtown Ithaca at 110 N. Tioga Street, on the Ithaca Commons, 110 N. Tioga Street | Do not miss this art opening. | Free The Factory Art Market Sprinkle | 10 a.m., 4/1 Saturday | Artist Alley at South Hill Business Campus, 950 Danby Road | Join us for the Factory Art Market Sprinkle at Artist Alley. Shop over 50 artists in a factory setting. | Free

The Gallery at South Hill presents Jim kwiatkowski’s “Bars of a Cage” | 10 a.m., 4/1 Saturday | The Gallery at South Hill, 950 Danby Road | The Gallery at South hill presents Jim Kwiatkowski’s “Bars of a Cage” one person exhibit. Jim’s paintings from 2020-2021 are mostly inspired by landscape, and gures in landscape and focus on symbolic colors. For more information please go to www.southhillbusinesscampus.com/gallery-atshbc. | Free

Film

Cinemapolis

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FINGER LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL

FILM FESTIVAL | Various lms shown daily thru 4/9. Check Cinemapolis website for exact shows and times. | Now in its 26th year, o ers 28 lms and 46 screenings, ranging across narrative, documentary, hybrid, experimental and short forms. Screenings take place March 20 - April 9,

NO CHILD...

OPENS FRIDAY MARCH 31ST

AT 8:00PM. SHOWS WED THRU SUN UNTIL APRIL 16TH.

Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State St., Ithaca | A tour-de-force solo performance that sees one actor transform themselves with rapid- re precision into 16 characters. A powerful and touching story for anyone concerned about the state of our education system and how we might x it.(Photo: Facebook)

Liquid State Brewing Company, 620 W. Green St., Ithaca “Rites of Spring” features live Middle Eastern music from Taksim Ithaca and sassy belly dance from Tessa True Heart, Alicia Free, Anya, Pixie, Ellen George, Anna Horn, and Cornell’s Belly Dance Troupe Teszia (pictured).(Photo: Facebook)

2023 Many of the FLEFF screenings feature introductions, talkbacks, and visiting lmmakers for lively audience discussion.

Cornell Cinema

All lms are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus.

From the Big Red to the Red Carpet: Succession, Season 4 | 3/29, 5:30 pm | Cornell Cinema presents a special advance screening of an episode from Season 4 of HBO’s “Succession” with introduction by and conversation with executive producer Scott Ferguson ‘83.

From the Big Red to the Red Carpet: Dr. Tony Fauci | 3/29, 7:30 PM| Cornell Cinema presents a special screening of the new PBS American Masters documentary Dr. Tony Fauci featuring an introduction and Q&A with executive producer Michael Kantor ‘83.

How To Blow Up a Pipeline | 3/30, 7:00 pm | Featuring post-screening Q&A with producer Adam Wyatt Tate. Based on the book by Andreas Malm, which argues that sabotage is the only viable method to prevent climate change, this energetic, timely lm follows a crew of environmental activists who plot to disrupt an oil pipeline in Texas.

I Was a Simple Man | 3/31, 7:00 pm | A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Revealed in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.

Other Movie Night: “Puss in Boots--The Last Wish” | 7 p.m., 3/31 Friday | New eld Public Library, 198 Main Street | Action-comedy with Antonio Banderas. Puss uses up eight of his nine lives, so he sets out on a journey to nd the mythical Last Wish in order to restore all nine of his lives. PG. Info: 607-564-3594. | Free

Sports

Ithaca Men’s Lacrosse vs Misericordia University | 4 p.m., 3/29 Wednesday | Higgins Stadium |

Ithaca Women’s & Men’s Rowing vs Cayuga Duels | 9 a.m., 4/1 Saturday | Cayuga Inlet |

Cornell Men’s Lacrosse vs Dartmouth College | 12 p.m., 4/1 Saturday | Ithaca, NY, Schoellkopf Field |

Cornell Women’s Tennis vs Binghamton University | 12 p.m.,

4/1 Saturday | Ithaca, N.Y., Reis Tennis Center |

Ithaca Baseball vs St. Lawrence University | 1 p.m., 4/1 Saturday | Freeman Field |

Ithaca Softball vs SUNY Geneseo | 1 p.m., 4/1 Saturday | Kostrinsky Field |

Womens Rugby 7s Tournament at Higgins Turf | 3 p.m., 4/1 Saturday | The Renegades will be hosting a rugby quali er all day at Higgins Turf behind the A&E Center. Come and watch to show your support and learn about the game!!!

Cornell Men’s Tennis vs Western Michigan University | 4/1 Saturday | Ithaca, N.Y., Reis Tennis Center |

Cornell Sailing vs Finger Lakes Women’s Team Race | 4/1 Saturday

| Ithaca, N.Y., Merrill Family Sailing Center |

Ithaca Softball vs St. John Fisher University | 1 p.m., 4/2 Sunday | Kostrinsky Field |

Cornell Baseball vs Ithaca College

| 3:30 p.m., 4/4 Tuesday | Ithaca, N.Y., Hoy Field |

Ithaca Baseball vs Alfred State College | 3:30 p.m., 4/5 Wednesday | Freeman Field |

THE BACHELORS OF BROADWAY

– GENTLEMEN OF THE THEATRE

SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST AT 2:00 PM

Cortland Repertory Theater Downtown, 24 Port Watson St., Cortland| This unique concert o ers the chance to experience multiple Broadway shows in one remarkable performance, sung by a trio of New York City’s

Open Mic Night at Center for the Arts | 7 p.m., 4/4 Tuesday | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St | Want to play music to a live audience? Have you crafted a poem or short story you’d like to share or want to tell some jokes? Come join us Tuesday nights for a weekly Open Mic!

Award Winners Book Club: El Deafo | 1:30 p.m., 4/5 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Community homeschoolers ages 9-13 are welcome to join this bi-monthly, in person book club!

Kids

Weekly Snake Feeding | 4 p.m., 3/29 Wednesday | Sciencecenter, 601 1st Street | Wednesday, March 29 at 4 PM Join an Animal Keeper in the Saltonstall Animal Room to observe our boas, pythons, and rat snakes swallowing down their weekly meal!

Winter Baby Storytime | 10:30

Books

Remembering Lydia: Lydia Godfrey Sears: Love of Learning, Love of Life | 10 a.m., 3/31 Friday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E. Main Street | Learn about Lydia Godfrey Sears’ contributions to Ulysses Philomathic Library, the history of the Town of Ulysses and Village of Trumansburg, and those with whom she worked at stations across the entire library. | Free

Ithaca Book Club Meetup | 6:15 p.m., 4/3 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | This is not a library sponsored event, and not open to the general public.

Early Readers Book Club | 2:45 p.m., 4/4 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children in grades K-2 are welcome to join our Early Readers Book Club.

Comic Book Club Meeting | 7 p.m., 4/4 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | The Return of Swap Meet Night! We all (still) have items left over from things we no longer collect -- stu that would be too much trouble to rehome elsewhere, but is way too cool to throw away. On the “One person’s trash is another one’s treasure” principle, let’s bring such items to the meeting. | Free

Children in grades K-2 are welcome to join our Early Readers Book Club.

LEGO Build Night for Families | 5 p.m., 4/4 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | TCPL is inviting families to a weekly LEGO build night! Buckets of LEGO will be provided for participants to borrow for their builds.

Spanish Storytime | 4 p.m., 4/5

Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us for Spanish storytime - songs, rhymes, stories, and crafts - completely in Spanish!

Notices

a.m., 3/31 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Caregivers and their babies are invited to join Cassie for songs, rhymes, movement and books. Following storytime each week, we’ll have a baby playtime from 11 am - noon.

Family Storytime | 11 a.m., 4/1

Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early literacy skills every week at Family Storytime!

Photos with the Easter Bunny at the 1890 House | 11 a.m., 4/1 Saturday | 1890 House Museum, 37 Tompkins St | Sponsored by The Kiwanis Club and the 1890 House Museum Victorian Guild.

Families Learning Science

Together | 1 p.m., 4/1 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Ballet and Books | 1 p.m., 4/2 Sunday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Ballet & Books is a national, non-pro t organization that provides 3-9 year old children with an opportunity to improve their literacy skills through a combination of dance instruction and Early Readers Book Club | 2:45 p.m., 4/4 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

TWIDDLE

Maple Sugaring Talk | 7 p.m., 3/29 Wednesday | Candor Town Hall | The Candor Historical Society will present a talk by two locals with slightly different methods of making this sweet treat. They will speak on the history of maple sugaring, and show how sap is turned into syrup in this true farmto-table industry. Samples will be available. Free and open to all. | Free Bridge Club of Ithaca | 10 a.m., 3/30 Thursday | Bridge Club of Ithaca, 16 Cinema Drive | Bridge Club of Ithaca o ers casual play with instruction for players at all levels Fridays 9:30-12pm at the Club, 16 Cinema Drive ($5 fee) | $5.00 - $7.00

Ithaca Chess Club | 12 p.m., 4/2 Sunday | DeWitt Mall, 215 N. Cayuga St | The Ithaca Chess Club meets every Sunday from 12 noon to 4 pm, at the Dewitt Mall ( rst oor above the shops, o ce area). The club is free and open to everyone, all ages and all skill levels. Play other chess lovers, and get free chess instruction. Details at the club website: IthacaChessClub. com. | Free

Trumansburg Winter Farmers Market | 4 p.m., 4/4 Tuesday | Trumansburg Fire House, West Main St. | Public Works | 7 p.m., 4/5 Wednesday | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St | Come hear talks given by Cornell and IC graduate students, professors, community experts, and everything in between! Each session will feature one to three accessible talks, followed by a Q&A session where audience participation is highly encouraged but not required! | Free

SUNDAY, APRIL 2ND AT 8:00PM

State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 W. State St. | The Vermont quartet is touring in support of their fth studio album, Every Last Leaf. This show was originally scheduled for Jan. 27th and previously purchased tickets for that show will be honored. (Photo: Provided)

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