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VOL. XLIII / NO. 39 / May 24, 2023

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Ithaca School District Passes Budget & Three

Challengers Join Board of Education

By Matt Dougherty

Thankfully this year’s Board of Education election went smoother than last year's hectic display of disarray, but it wasn’t a good year for incumbents.

Christopher Malcom and Dr. Patricia Waslyw both lost their seats to challengers, and the only incumbent who maintained their position on the school Board was Dr. Sean Eversley Bradwell.

Bradwell will now be joined by Dr. Garrick Blalock, who received 2,183 votes, and Katie Apker, who received 2,154 votes. Having received the highest number of votes, Bradwell, Blalock and Apker have been confirmed to an at-large full three-year term from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026.

The fourth highest receiver of votes, Adam Krantweiss, has been confirmed as appointed to the unexpired term of Nicole LaFave, which began on May 17, and expires on June 30, 2024.

The total votes for each candidate can be seen below:

• 599 — Joe Lonsky

• 2,187 — Sean Bradwell, seat winner

• 2,154 — Katie Apker, seat winner

• 2,183 — Garrick Blalock, seat winner

• 1,151 — Christopher Malcolm

• 1,127 — Patricia Wasyliw

• 2,121 — Adam Krantweiss, seat winner

Dr. Bradwell has served on the Ithaca Board of Education since 2009 and as chair of the Board Policy Committee since 2010. Through his professional, research, and personal involvement in education, as well as his work with community organizations, Bradwell has indicated that he is “committed to working toward more meaningful learning and teaching.”

Bradwell has said that staffing shortages in the district “mirror regional, statewide and national shortages,” and that the board is working to “create more ways to inspire and incentivize working in the school district.”

Dr. Garrick Blalock is the husband of an Ithaca high school teacher and Associate Professor of Applied Economics and

T ake N ote

The Cornell University Board of Trustees will have its regular spring semester meetings in Ithaca, May 25-26, 2023. The sessions below are open to the public:

X Thursday, May 25:

The Buildings and Properties committee will meet at 2:30 p.m. in the Amphitheater at the Statler Hotel. University Architect Margaret McFadden Carney and Lorin D. Warnick, dean of the College of Veterinary

Medicine, will give an update on the Vet Research Tower renovations project. The Committee on University Relations will meet at 4 p.m. in the Taylor A&B Room at the Statler Hotel. The open session at the start of the meeting will include remarks

Policy at Cornell University. Blalock has said that his “priority will be the hiring, development, and retention of teachers.” He says that recent progress with hiring bus drivers is promising, but that the district needs to take similar efforts for other positions.

In addition to addressing staffing shortages, Blalock says that another priority is to increase the district's tax base. According to Blalock, “The District must partner with higher education and area businesses such that District policies aid in building the tax base. Investments such as a wide offering of advanced placement classes can contribute to the District’s economic vitality.”

Katie Apker has also said that transparency is something she would help the School Board improve on if she is elected. Apker believes her experience as an organizational leader, and diversity, equity and inclusion scholar will help the district reach its full potential. She has said that staffing shortages have had a severe impact on both students and teachers and that the “number of teachers who are not returning to our classrooms next year speaks to the necessity of increasing the Board’s attention to this matter.”

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from New York State Senator Lea Webb, and a New York State budget wrap-up from Zoe Nelson, associate director for state relations at Cornell.

X Friday, May 26:

The Board of Trustees meeting will include a public session at 9:30 a.m. in 184 Myron Taylor Hall at the Cornell Law School. The session will include reports from the employee assembly and the dean of faculty.

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Dr. Sean Eversley Bradwell

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IN UIRING PHOTOGRPHER Q A

By Josh Baldo

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO IN ITHACA IN THE SUMMER?

Residents Confront City Officials Over Encampment Enforcement Plans

By Matt Dougherty

During the Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting that took place on May 17, residents confronted the committee over their plans to prohibit camping on certain parts of city property designated as “red zones”. This comes as part of the city’s plan to bring basic sanitary facilities to the encampment in Southwest Park known as the “Jungle” — which will be designated a “green zone” where camping will temporarily continue to be permitted.

The City’s policy states that “Law enforcement is instructed to take a noninvolvement approach with respect to enforcing the citywide prohibition on camping in the Green Zone unless an emergency response is warranted.”

In addition to “red zones” and “green zones” the city’s plan would also create “amber zones” where camping wouldn’t be allowed, but there would be no enforcement mechanism to ensure that unhoused people don’t camp there. These “amber zones” most closely resemble the city’s current stance on encampments, which is that camping is not allowed on any city property, but that policy has never really been enforced.

The enforcement plan for amber zones says that, “While camping is not allowed in the amber zone, enforcement of the prohibition is only prioritized when triggered by negative impacts of a particular campsite to the public health and safety, general welfare and protection of the environment.” It continues saying, “Encampments in the Amber Zone that remain civil, safe and sanitary will not be prioritized for enforcement. Voluntary efforts to relocate and/or mitigate negative impacts are encouraged before other enforcement methods are deployed.”

According to the plan, City property classified as “red zones” will be the “area between Cecil A. Malone Drive and Taber Street — the 4.3 acre, City-owned 119 Brindley Street parcel” and “any areas under active City use for public or municipal functions including but not limited to parks, road rights-of-way, sidewalks and

adjacent tree lawns, multi use trails, The Commons, and public parking.”

Members of the Ithaca Common Council have repeatedly said that the plan does not criminalize homelessness on the grounds that it allows camping in certain areas where sanitary facilities will be made available. However, residents have voiced skepticism about how the city would enforce a camping ban in certain “red zone” areas where unhoused people currently reside without criminalizing the population there.

Several residents that participated in the public comment period of the meeting made it clear that if the police are going to be involved in kicking unhoused people off property where camping will no longer be permitted under threat of arrest, that is the definition of criminalizing homelessness.

Local resident and member of the Ithaca Tenants Union, Angel DeVivo, quoted the city’s plan regarding enforcement in “red zone” areas which says, “City intervention enforcement resources are prioritized to keep the red zone free of encampments. Campers located in the red zone are most likely to encounter law enforcement requesting campsite relocation on a recurring basis.”

The policy continues saying, “City interventions on lands in the Red Zone may include erection of fencing, vegetation clearing and mowing and conversion to inclusive public spaces for use by all persons, including those experiencing homelessness.”

The City recently approved $10,000 in funding for fencing, which a local street outreach coordinator named Natalia told the committee “could have gone towards bettering our homeless services.” According to Natalia, “we need to invest not in fences, but in genuine true engagement plans and housing because the solution to homelessness truly really is housing.”

Natalia continued saying that enforcing sweeps of encampments “will really just exacerbate the problem” because “people are going to go further into the margins and be harder to engage.” Outreach workers like Natalia say that the City’s policy will “destroy a lot of the work we’ve put into building relationships [with unhoused people] over the years.”

Another community member named Miles said, “The City of Ithaca should not create a policy which creates police enforcement of camping bans. Sweeps on encampments make things worse for the people experiencing homelessness. A camping ban makes it hard for people to access services by forcing them further away from the city into unsafe environments.”

Theressa Alt, who is a member of the local chapter of Democratic Socialists of America told the committee, “If people are told that they have no choice but to move to the green zone, they will be very suspicious of what awaits them there. Especially since many of them have already reported bad experiences with service agents.”

According to Alt, “entering a sanctioned encampment has to be purely voluntary or it won’t work. The sanctioned encampment will draw in new people only when they hear from their peers that they…had a really good experience there.” She continued

“Canoeing on the lake.”

– Zac H.

“Visit the trails: Treman, Taughannock, Cornell Botanical gardens.”

– Kristen M.

“Hike the trails in Taughannock and Buttermilk.” – Kristen C.

“Go fishing at Stewart Park.” – Jessi C.

“Cinema under the stars-bring it back!”

– Josh S.

Common Council member Cynthia Brock says that the city has no plans to involve police in encampment sweeps

Common Council member Pheobe Brown advised the committee to be mindful of their language when using terms like “enforcement”

“When we use words like enforcement, people think police, they think law enforcement.”

—Common Council member Pheobe Brown

Tompkins County Offers to Welcome Asylum Seekers Following Expiration of Title 42

By Matt Dougherty

Over the last few weeks there has been a dramatic increase in anxiety from elected officials that have worried about an influx of immigrants seeking asylum coming to their cities and towns as a little known section of U.S. health law known as Title 42 expired at midnight on May 11.

Title 42 has been in effect since March 2020 and allowed the federal government to temporarily block non-citizens from entering the U.S. “when doing so is required in the interest of public health.” The rule essentially allowed border officials to return asylum seekers to the other side of the border on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

According to Amnesty International, “An asylum seeker is a person who has left their country and is seeking protection from persecution and serious human rights violations in another country, but who hasn’t yet been legally recognized as a refugee and is waiting to receive a decision on their asylum claim. Seeking asylum is a human right.”

The end of the policy has caused an eruption of fearmongering over the effect that an increase in immigration will have on local governments across the country. In the days before the law expired, Governor Kathy Hochul even declared a state of emergency in anticipation for the increase in asylum seekers. In addition to the statewide emergency declaration, 27 counties across the state have declared emergencies of their own.

Downstate counties such as Orange, Rockland, and Dutchess have been especially worried as New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to relocate migrants to the Hudson Valley. Local electeds from these counties have expressed outrage over the lack of communication from the Adamns adminis-

tration. A Rockland County judge has temporarily blocked the city’s attempt to transport asylum seekers to the county, Orange County has threatened to sue the City over their actions, and Dutchess County Executive William O’Neil issued an executive order banning asylum seekers from being housed in the county. The executive order threatens anyone who houses asylum seekers with a criminal misdemeanor charge.

The heightened paranoia has also led to the publication of a story in the New York Post which alleged that a hotel in Newburgh kicked out homeless veterans to make room to house asylum seekers that were transported to Orange County. The story has since been debunked by reporters at Mid-Hudson News who revealed “there were no veterans at the hotel, none were kicked out and no other guests were told to vacate.”

While elected officials across New York State have panicked at the thought of an increase in asylum seekers being transported to their counties, local leaders in Tompkins County — one of the few sanctuary counties in upstate New York — have kept relatively cool heads.

The Chairwoman of Tompkins County Legislature, Shawna Black, has responded to the situation saying, “the stance that we took was really not to be so reactive to new information.” Black continued saying that “we really wanted to open up the conversation with the Governor’s office and have some type of plan so that we’re equipped to take care of people that might want to make Ithaca their home.”

In a statement made during the May 16 meeting of the Legislature, Black said, “Tompkins County has always prided itself on being a caring, accepting, and open community. As we observed during the pandemic, we have the tools and people to manage an emergency, coordinate with partners, and communicate with our community.”

UPS DOWNS& Ups

Stewart Park has been officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of May 5, 2023. Listing on the State and National Registers provides the park with added protections that preserve the integrity of park buildings, most of which were built in the late 1800s. The National Register listing also means the park will be eligible for state historic preservation matching grants.

Downs

In the early morning hours on May 14, the war memorial in DeWitt Park was vandalized by unknown persons. The memorial and surrounding sidewalk were spray painted with “graffiti tags”. The Ithaca Police Department is investigating the situation.

While there aren’t any plans to relocate asylum seekers to Tompkins County, Black said that “In the future, Tompkins County may be in a position to welcome asylum seekers. If given the opportunity, we would do so with coordinated resources and open communication with the State, local partners, and our community.”

According to Black, “Plans are in development if we were to receive asylum seekers. Our Administration, Emergency Response, Social Services, and Sheriff ’s Department staff are working diligently and staying informed on the issues as they develop.”

Black has said that if the county does receive asylum seekers “we would commit to as robust and compassionate accommodations as we are able to offer.”

In a recent interview Black said that if asylum seekers are sent to the county the top priority would be “to make sure that we are able to house and feed people,” while the migrants are in the process of maintaining their working papers. Black continued saying that “during that time we would need to provide housing, food, medical and childcare,” for migrants sent to the county.

According to Black, she has been told that New York City “would pick up the tab” to cover costs for housing and feeding asylum seekers for the first 180 days they’re in the county.

“We are fortunate to have a caring community with so much goodwill,” Black said. She added that actions are underway to balance the potential need to house asylum seekers at the same time as the local homeless population is growing.

HEARD SEEN& Heard

This week kicks off the start of a nearly 2-week project that will result in an approximately 150-foot x 26-foot mural on the Plain Street side of the CARS Outpatient building at 334 W. State Street in Ithaca. The mural will depict images of hope and healing that we strive to foster in the substance use treatment field. This mural is being completed in collaboration with Ithaca Murals (founder Caleb Thomas, and renowned muralist Betsy Casanas (Puerto Rico) and artist Mauricio Perez (Colombia).

Seen

On May 20 the Towns of Dryden and Ithaca celebrated the opening of the Game Farm Road crossing between the Dryden Rail Trail and the East Ithaca recreation way, officially connecting the two popular trails.

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Zoning in Caroline has been a hot button issue for months. Which side are you on?

74.5% Pro Zoning.

21.7% Anti Zoning.

3.8% I don’t care.

: How do you feel about the graffiti in Ithaca?

Visit ithaca. com to submit your response.

Tompkins County Legislator Chairwoman Shawna Black says that the county will not be declaring a state of emergency in response to the end of Title 42.

“...if the county does receive asylum seekers “we would commit to as robust and compassionate accommodations as we are able to offer.”

—The Chairwoman of Tompkins County Legislature, Shawna Black

Individual Action Leads to Collective Climate Action

By Anne Rhodes

There is evidence of the climate crisis everywhere. Each year, we see an increase in fires, floods, and migration as a result of climate-related issues. The past eight years were the hottest on record.

So maybe you are wondering “But what can one person do?” And maybe you’ve taken a few steps in your own life. Most of us are already recycling. And maybe we’re composting, shopping at ReUse, and switching to LED’s.

“But that’s not fixing it,” you say. You’re right: individual actions are not enough. But let me tell you a story.

In the 70’s here in Tompkins County many of us were angry that people we knew were being fired from their jobs and rejected as tenants, just because they were gay. We talked with each other, we organized, we protested, and talked one-on-one with county legislators. Eventually we were hundreds strong. It took us two years, but we got the anti-discrimination law passed. None of us could have done that alone.

Let me tell you another story. In 2007 and 2008, an oil and gas company, Anschutz Exploration Corporation, sent salespeople door to door offering leases to Dryden residents. Some people signed, not understanding what hydraulic fracturing was. Anschutz applied for a permit to begin drilling. But that wasn’t the end of the story. A group of residents and friends started meeting in people’s kitchens, talking about what could be done. The drilling would endanger creeks and fields, and pollute the aquifer. Some of us had already signed over our drilling rights. But we didn’t give up. We didn’t give up! We did a listening campaign, going door to door, to understand what people knew and thought about hydraulic fracturing, and collecting names for a petition to show to the Town. Eventually, a couple of lawyers who had moved to the area helped us draft a zoning ordinance that would supersede the leases that had been signed. The ordinance would allow us to ban fracking and

The Talk at

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

BOCES Criminal Justice Programs

Did you know that there are 37 BOCES across New York State, and that hundreds of high school students are enrolled in a BOCES Criminal Justice Program every year? Given these numbers, BOCES Criminal Justice Programs could be a major leverage point for antiracist educational change. These individual programs function together as a system for educating hundreds of our young people about criminal justice each year; a system preparing our young people to move into criminal justice careers. A significant number of these students are white, and many come from our most economically struggling rural communities.

In mid-August 2020, it was meaningful and hopeful to see that NYS BOCES added specific language to its website indicating a commitment to “identifying and eliminating practices that promote institutional racism.” Although we have not seen the same number of brutal police killings of Black and Brown folks broadcast across mainstream and social media this year that we saw in 2020 and 2021, it would be naive to think that such murders have stopped, and that racism in policing and throughout the criminal justice systems has been eliminated.

As individuals and community organizations, we should reach out now to urge our local school districts and BOCES to spend significant time this summer working together on antiracist revisions to their Criminal Justice Programs. Did you know that racist concepts related to policing and criminal justice show up throughout the textbooks used in BOCES Criminal Justice Programs? Two of the most frequent include the concepts of Bad Apples and the Ferguson Effect. In addition, these texts provide minimal information regarding slave patrols and the historically racist roots of policing, and they provide overly simplistic generalizations about Folks of Color in sections like minorities in policing. Has your BOCES conducted an antiracist audit of the textbooks and other resources students use in their Criminal Justice Program? What

changes, if any, have they made in the last three years, and what changes will they commit to making before students return in the fall?

Antiracist BOCES Criminal Justice Programs will prepare their graduates to understand the need for, and to meaningfully contribute to, antiracist criminal justice reform as democratically engaged citizens in their own communities. Antiracist BOCES Criminal Justice Programs will help ensure that graduates who want to go on to careers in criminal justice are well-positioned to be hired by criminal justice organizations across our nation that are either choosing to, or are being forced to, make significant antiracist reforms to their systems, policies, and practices. Graduates of antiracist BOCES Criminal Justice Programs could even be seen as potential leaders of this work.

Let’s urge our schools and BOCES to work together this summer making real change that positively impacts the lives of our young people and communities.

Barry Derfel is a retired educator who served as the TST BOCES Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, the Newfield High School Principal, and as a teacher in the Dryden and Ithaca school districts.

Irresponsible Question of the Week

To run a poll about zoning in Caroline, especially when anti-zoning leaders are being investigated for election fraud around this issue, is irresponsible journalism. The majority of the anti-zoning cohort are not educated on the issue. Please attend a meeting. Anti-zoning individuals rail about issues that the board ultimately points out have nothing to do with the zoning propositions. Your poll is fueling a feud riddled with illegal acts and threats of violence from anti-zoning individuals.

Beth Osborne

Response to County Center of Government Story

Think outside the box. A building right next to the correctional facility would reduce prisoner travel to court to nil, and give maximum parking to all county employees. If the County vigorously looked at every activity and public interaction with a look to reduce, streamline, eliminate or allow completion online, the public need to go to this building would be reduced, along with associated costs. You have a near empty mall in Lan-

SURROUNDED BY REALITY

I Saw Joe Hill

By Charley Githler

News Item: In January 1884, 21 young women went on strike at Ithaca’s Button Factory (corner of Auburn and Franklin Streets) seeking better wages. They were being paid two cents for every 144 buttons sewed onto cards. The company responded by shutting down and relocating to the more labor-hostile fields of Scranton, Pennsylvania, leaving the women and a dozen other Ithaca workers without jobs.

News item: In April 2022, Ithaca became the first city in the US to unionize all its Starbucks locations as part of the nationwide Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) unionization effort. The company responded by closing its most popular store (Collegetown), firing a handful of union organizers and, a year later, closing the Meadow Street and Seneca Street locations, leaving dozens of workers without jobs and forcing hundreds of hipsters to flee to the welcoming arms of the far superior local Gimme! Coffee shops for their deluxe caffeinated beverages.

Plus ca change, eh? I mean, it’s not a Pinkerton army called in to bust heads, but the I’m-taking-my-ball-home-sonobody-can-play-now tactic of unionbusting is as alive now as it was in the Gilded Age. Let’s see how it’s playing out at another scene of current labor strife...

SCENE: the picket line of striking members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in front of Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. GREG HIRSCH, representing the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), has shown up with a bullhorn to confront the strikers.

HIRSCH: All right, you dimbulbs, this is your last chance. I mean it! Either

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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sing. Abundant parking. Another Option. Center Ithaca offers few benefits.

Eddie Coyle

Response to Eddie Coyle

Indeed, think outside the box. Land in the City center is valuable and the county could sell off its downtown land.

get back to work or suffer the consequences!

CHRIS CORNSTARCH (random striking writer): Screw your consequences! We’re not writing another word until we get a fair deal!

[The crowd erupts in chants of “fair deal, fair deal”]

HIRSCH: (dryly) That’s very clever.

CORNSTARCH: We’ve got better material, but you’re not getting it until you pay us what we deserve.

[The chants change to “no good material, no good material”]

HIRSCH: Well, you writers have outsmarted yourself this time. You had your chance. I’m here to announce that every television and movie studio in the country is relocating to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Effective immediately! Every single one. Los Angeles? New York City? Ghost towns. You lot will be lucky to find jobs writing gags for kids’ birthday clowns! Ha!

CORNSTARCH: But...most of us work remotely. I actually flew in from Colorado to join the picket line.

After a long moment, Hirsch’s driver opened the back door of his limo and he slipped inside without another word. Another temporary standoff in the eternal dance between management and labor.

Postscript: the Scranton Button Company went on to great success, making 3 million buttons a day by 1915, and branching out to being one of the premier pressers of phonograph records. It eventually went the way of all American manufacturing and the plant was shuttered in 1980. Not at all sure what the lesson is here, but thought it would be interesting to share.

Parking downtown is expensive and often inconvenient. Meanwhile, the Shops at Ithaca Mall keep emptying. Plenty of parking and land. centrally located for those commuting into or living outside the City. Buses run in both directions for city residents. 70% of Tompkins population does not live in the City. So stop being Ithaca-centric. It is more cost effective to move elsewhere. The already overburdened taxpayers will appreciate the thoughtfulness.

Henry Kramer

BorgWarner is Here for the Long Haul; Hiring for Numerous Positions

By Jennifer Tavares, CEcD President & CEO Tompkins Chamber

Ever since local manufacturer BorgWarner announced some changes to their Ithaca and Tompkins County operations in January, I have continued to hear rumors and inaccurate information shared throughout our community. Myths I have heard shared amongst residents, businesses, and elected officials include that they have laid off over 1000 people, that the plant is already closed, or that BorgWarner plans to close entirely. None of these are true statements.

We are fortunate at the Tompkins Chamber to have a close and long-term relationship with BorgWarner and their leadership team, so I can offer some clarification about the announcement and future plans. I hope to help dispel some of the myths circulating and make clear that BorgWarner — our largest manufacturer and key community investor — is here to stay, they are hiring, and new product opportunities are on the horizon for local facilities in the coming months.

First, BorgWarner plans to maintain their long term, permanent position in the community. There are no plans to close all their Warren Road facilities; rather, only one division of their local operations is impacted by recent announcements. The timeline for this change has already shifted to be more favorable, with BorgWarner planning to retain production at the affected facility for 1.5 years longer than originally planned — until 2026 instead of 2024.

Second, the company is not employing mass layoffs to accomplish their production adjustments, and over 70% of existing employment levels will be retained. Most position changes are taking place through routine attrition, and the company anticipates having over 700 employees locally once the production adjustments are complete.

Third, BorgWarner is actively hiring, and has positions available for both hourly and salaried employees. There are over 40 positions open currently, and there are local, regional, and remote work opportunities posted on their website. Finally, the company is planning to add new products within the electrification arena and has made a commitment to manufacture some of those products here in Ithaca (rather than Mexico) due to the skills and expertise in place at our local facility. Additional announcements about these developments are forthcoming, but new product lines coming to our facilities in upstate New York is a promising prospect for our region.

BorgWarner has been one of our largest employers and community partners for many decades and will continue to be in the future. The economic impact from this business on our local and regional economy is significant. If you hear incorrect information being shared, I hope you will assist me in dispelling the myths, reinforce the message that BorgWarner is not going anywhere, and encourage those looking for job opportunities in manufacturing to visit borgwarner.com/careers to learn more.

Jennifer Tavares

“The company is not employing mass layoffs to accomplish their production adjustments, and over 70% of existing employment levels will be retained.”

—Jennifer Tavares

The Asteri Project

Affordable Apartments & Conference Center coming to Ithaca’s Downtown

By Matt Dougherty

The seemingly endless construction along Green Street in downtown Ithaca is getting closer to the finish line as the Asteri project developed by the Vecino Group is scheduled to open sometime in early 2024. The construction is bringing a renewed Green Street parking garage, hundreds of affordable apartments, and a conference center to downtown Ithaca. The project has been in the planning stages since 2016 and is expected to attract 60,000 new visitors to the region each year.

The Executive Director of the Downtown Ithaca Local Development Corporation, Suzanne Smith Joblonski, told the Ithaca Times that the conference center can begin hosting business “once fire and safety systems are installed and functioning properly for the entire facility, including the residential apartments.” Joblonski said that the building is expecting to receive a certificate of occupancy by “January/February 2024.”

According to Joblonski, the total cost of the construction project will be $41.46 million.

GREEN STREET GARAGE

The reopening of the Green Street parking garage represented the first step in a three phase project including the construction of a 54,000 square foot conference center and 181 residential units.

Following a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the parking garage in September 2022, Mayor Laura Lewis said that the garage will now allow residents and visitors to “easily ride the elevator up and down out of Cinemapolis and easily transition to shopping on the commons or easily be able to get to the Tompkins County Public Library right across the street.”

The garage currently has a total of 268 public parking spaces that opened last September. However, upon completion it will have 334 parking spaces. The facility will also have two elevators which will help in terms of anyone with mobility issues. In addition, there is new motion detector lighting that has been installed to increase energy efficiency which will help the project meet its goal of being the first fully carbon-free conference center in the country.

FOSSIL-FUEL FREE

The building is set to align with the ambitious aspirations of the Ithaca Green New Deal, which has set a goal of achieving a carbon neutral city and electrifying all 6,000 buildings by 2030. Other cities, such as Philadelphia have set similar goals, but have given themselves until 2050 to reach them. Ithaca believes it can reach that mark sooner since it already receives about 80% of its power supply from carbon-free technology like hydroelectric and nuclear power plants, according to the City’s former Director of Sustainability Luis Agguire-Torres.

The conference center’s General Manager Jason Houghton has said that “energy reduction has been at the forefront of this project from very early on.”

Electrifying the conference center will come as a result of $2 million in federal funding that was announced by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer in March of 2022. A large part of electrifying the conference

will come as a result of the decision to make the center’s commercial kitchen all-electric, instead of relying on natural gas which the initial plans called for.

Following the change in plans, President of the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce and Visit Ithaca, Jennifer Tavares said, “The fully electric kitchen would not be possible without the federal support that the project received, thanks to Senator Schumer.”

A SMART INVESTMENT?

Since conversations about the conference center began local officials and community members have voiced concerns about whether or not it was a smart investment. When the pandemic hit, those concerns grew as conferences moved from away from in-person meetings to online options.

During a Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting in January of 2021, former Common Council member Donna Flemming said, “I can’t sup-

Construction of the Asteri Project along Green Street is set to end soon as the project has been projected to be finished by February 2024. (Photo: Josh Baldo)

Artists conception of the finished Asteri project.

port agreements that continue to plan for the conference center, which I’ve always thought was a bad idea but now I think is a worse idea than ever.”

Common Council member Cynthia Brock agreed with Flemming saying, “The part of our economy the conference center supports is the hospitality industry, an industry with low wages that is vulnerable to economic ups and downs.” Brock continued saying, “It doesn’t build the type of economy and jobs that we need to add stability and diversity for our residents.”

In response to concerns that the conference center was an irresponsible investment, Ferguson said that because of “financial layers of protection, we determined this was a reasonable and prudent risk for our community to invest in our future.” According to Ferguson, “the conference center will bring new foot traffic to downtown, supporting our hotels, restaurants, shops, services, and entertainment venues.”

Houghton has said that concerns about the pandemic affecting in-person conferences are “valid” but that “we have seen trends indicating a demand for in person events.” Houghton also mentioned a report from the Center of Exhibition Industry Research which shows that “in 2023, events were only down 10% compared to 2019 and in 2024 it is expected that there will be an increase of 3.5% in events compared to 2019”

Common Council member Ducson Nyugen has said that he is a “huge supporter” of the project because it will bring

“rebuilt parking, nearly 200 units of below-market and supportive housing, and a conference center supported by a variety of grants and a room tax that has exceeded expectations in revenue.” According to Nyugen, “the whole project is a miracle.”

He continued saying that he hopes that a similar model of partnership can help the city rebuild the Seneca Street garage “without an outlay of city money.”

Jablonski said “We are working with several interested parties right now and are awaiting specific menu pricing to formally sign contracts.” However, she continued saying that “Until official contracts are signed we are not comfortable quoting numbers of events.”

According to Houghton, “we projec to to receive over $11 million in new local taxes over a 20-year period and over $8 million in new annual spending.” He continued saying, “These are funds that may have been foregone due to not having ample event space to welcome large conferences and meetings in the past.”

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Whether or not you think Ithaca needs a conference center, there’s no question that the affordable housing component of the project is highly necessary. The plan calls for at least 140 affordable apartments to be constructed above the conference center. These apartments will be made available to people who make between 50 percent to 80 percent of the area median income.

The Vice President of the Vecino Group, Bruce Adib-Yazdi said that rents are likely to range from $740 to $976 per month for studios, $786 to $1,146 per month for one-bedroom apartments, $942 to $1,455 per month for two bedroom units, and $1,091 to $1,587 per month for three bedroom units. “These may have slight adjustments ahead of lease up, but these are current projections,” Adib-Yadzi said.

These affordable apartments are more necessary than ever in a city that has some of the most expensive housing costs in the state. In fact, a recent survey has ranked Ithaca as the second most expensive small city in the country to rent a one-bedroom apartment and Zillow estimates the median price to rent an apartment to be $1,913 a month.

FUNDING

The Executive Director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, Gary Ferguson said “the conference center is an investment in our community: specifically in the hospitality sector; in downtown; and in Ithaca as a place to visit and host meetings.” Ferguson continued saying that the project “has been set up with layers of financial protection and support, so that it would not be risky to the taxpayer.”

Joblonski said that funding for the conference center has come through partnerships with “several entities committed to its success.” According to Joblonski “a 5% City hotel room occupancy tax is the primary source of funding for the Center.”

Additionally, an agreement between the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County will see the County contribute a 4% of hotel room occupancy tax annually to fund the project. The City, Downtown Ithaca Alliance, and four downtown hotels are also contributing through the Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

The hotels supporting the project are Canopy by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Hotel Ithaca, and Marriott Ithaca Downtown. Joblonski says that “They have agreed to collaborate and provide funds in support of the conference center through the establishment and maintenance of reserve funds.”

Joblonski continued saying “The City has provided a financial assistance agreement to support the $34 million bond financing for the project. Additional funding includes a $5 million Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); $2 million grant from New York State Empire State Development; capital investments by operator ASM Global and the downtown hotel group; and reallocation of mortgage recording tax by the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County.”

Ferguson says that the construction of the conference center is an important factor in putting the City on track to meet the growth expected in the future. “We believe that Ithaca’s hospitality industry is important and strong; We believe that downtown Ithaca will be a place people want to visit in the years ahead, we believe in Ithaca as a destination,” Ferguson said.

Downtown Ithaca Alliance Executive Director Gary Ferguson says that the Conference Center project is a responsible investment that will prepare the city for future growth.

Suzanne Smith Joblonski says that the total cost of the project will be ready to open to the public in JanuaryFebruary of 2024

IHS Serves Up Success

Boys Tennis Team is Undefeated Heading for States

By Steve Lawrence

Many local sports fans are well aware that some young athletes are very fortunate to have such robust developmental programs. There are many youth hockey leagues, lacrosse leagues, Cal Ripken baseball, wrestling clubs – but what about that Ithaca High boy's tennis team? 11-0, defended its STAC and Sectional titles, sending six players to the States.... How did that team get so good?

Second-year head coach Shane Taylor, who bleeds Little Red red. He played for the varsity tennis team (graduating in 2004), he has been employed by the district for 14 years (he is the Dean of Students at Ithaca High), and he has been involved with this group of varsity players since coaching them in Modified when they were in seventh and eighth grade.

Asked about the developmental system, Shane said, “We are blessed to have access to the Reis Tennis Center (at Cornell). Other schools are not able to utilize such state-of-the-art facilities.” The fact that the program is able to give young players the opportunity to play in tournaments and attend clinics is indeed a big plus, and the roster numbers are robust. Taylor gives a lot of the credit for the players' development to Helen Evans, saying, “We have both coached different groups at different times, and we run the whole program.”

This season, the coach said, “We had 56 kids come out for the modified and varsity teams, and we kept 22 on varsity and since there is no jayvee program, we have also implemented an intramural program.” He expressed his gratitude to the school's tennis boosters, who have generously made it possible for the play-

ers to train at Reis on Saturdays and Sundays, because obviously, the more court time the better.

Coach Taylor is clearly proud of his “longtime connection,” and to be a part of building such a solid program. He said, “Our goals were to win the STAC and Sectional titles again, and we are very pleased that we are sending the maximum number of players to States. Ithaca has a very long history of being in top, and this is one of the best teams I ever remember in terms of depth of talent, the friendships they have built... This is a very special group of students and they are playing at a very high level.” He added, “The six players moving on will play at the National Tennis Center from June 2 – 4. That is a great opportunity, and I am happy for them.” Taylor pointed out that one of the players - Liubov Kryshchuk- is a young woman, and she is here from Ukraine. Her coach calls her “a college-level player,” and given the circumstances, a waiver was granted for her to compete in mixed competition.

The Little Red players moving on to States are: David Riccio and Andrew Brown in Singles, and the Doubles teams of Jasper Agarwal/Lyndon Hess and Liubov Kryshchuk/Aiden Xie.

On May 18th, Ithaca High proudly hosted its annual National Letter of Intent signing ceremony, and the following athletes signed on the dotted line to

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David Riccio is one of six Little Red tennis players headed to the States.

Start Your Engines

The Summer Movie Season Goes into High Gear with the Latest Fast & Furious

By Bryan VanCampen

“Fast X” is the tenth picture in the “Fast and Furious” series, but doesn’t it also sound like some digestive aid on the pharmacy shelf next to the Pepto-Bismol?

I thought Justin Lin’s “F9” tipped the tone too far into the red, but newcomer director Louis Leterrier (“Unleashed”, “The Incredible Hulk”) manages to steer the latest epic chapter back on track, delivering what fans of the “F & F” movies love, namely Vin Diesel and a constantly growing cast of characters, gigantic action sequences featuring planes, trains and automobiles shot in the kinds of exotic locales that used to be James Bond’s territory, and a certain kind of soap opera storytelling that lets the guest stars come and go at their leisure. In the “F & F” universe, speed means everything, physics mean nothing, and there is no story problem that can’t be fixed

with a well-shot credit cookie somewhere in the end titles.

“Fast X” shifts into gear with a flashback to Lin’s “Fast & Furious 6”, and we see Diesel and the late Paul Walker dragging that huge safe all over Rio de Janeiro, killing that flick’s big bad, Joaquim de Almeida (“Desperado”). But this time around, we see the scene from another angle and learn that de Almeida had a son named Dante Reyes, played by Jason Momoa (“Aquaman”); he’s having the most fun in this huge ensemble, playing a big, theatrical formidable foe bent on wreaking revenge on Diesel, his whole gang, and seemingly any thug that’s ever taken a driving test. (There’s a scene featuring Momoa cheerfully chatting away and applying nail polish to the toes of

two goons he’s just murdered. I’ve never seen him enjoy being so evil before.)

There are so many central characters that the story dictates that everyone be split up into their own subplot groups. Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, “computer hacktivist” Nathalie Emmanuel and Sung Kang are off on their own part of the mission. Meanwhile, Diesel’s young son played by Leo Abelo Perry and his uncle, played by MVP John Cena, are on their own road trip to track down Diesel before it’s too late. And if that weren’t enough, Rita Moreno (“West Side Story”) and Brie Larson (“Captain Marvel”) join the ensemble and make the world of the films even more expansive.

With such a big group of actors and such a reliable formula, Universal can conceivably keep making these movies forever. I just worry that they’re going to run out of cool new locations and may soon exhaust every conceivable mode of transport. (I certainly noticed a few new, shall we say, custom cars that came from the production designer’s drawing desk, and not Ford or Fiat.)

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” certainly got the summer silly season off to a promising early start, but “Fast X” feels like the smart “stupid” action blockbuster we’re all in the mood for right now.

“Fast X”

Arts & Entertainment

(Universal Pictures-Original Film-One Race Films-Roth/ Kirschenbaum Films-Perfect Storm Entertainment, 2023, 141 min.) playing at Regal Stadium 14.

Rita Moreno and Helen Mirren join in the latest Fast and Furious movie but the cars are still the stars.

It wouldn’t be a Fast & Furious movie without some exploding vehicles

Hiding in Plain Sight

In the Midst of Mall Court is Cafe DeWitt

By Henry Stark

Café Dewitt reminds me of its own small food court in a mall. It’s located in the middle of the Dewitt Mall in downtown Ithaca and has been popular with diners since 1973. It has an open feeling with high ceilings and recessed lighting adding to the casual feeling as passersby move freely past tables with people enjoying their breakfast or lunch. Adding to the lighthearted atmosphere is a wall-to-

Café Dewitt

Dewitt Mall

215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca, Thurs. – Sat.: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.; Sun.: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

(607) 273-3473

wall goldfish tank and a small assortment of fresh flowers on every table. The servers are enthusiastic, friendly, and efficient. Because of its limited size, seating just over two dozen diners, there often is a wait for tables.

One feature of the menu that might appeal to some readers is that you can order breakfast or lunch at any time. In addition to the regular menu there are weekly specials written on a wall blackboard and printed on a card on every table. These might include a muffin, soup, grain bowl, quiche, or anything that fits the season and the kitchen. I think you’ll also be impressed by a blackboard on the wall showing more than a dozen local producers and suppliers.

At a recent breakfast I selected the Omelette. For the price of $12 you can include up to three fillings. I chose Swiss cheese, spinach, and mushrooms. I couldn’t resist finding out what tomato chutney was so I added it to the mix. Each extra item

costs $2 and I was happy with the chutney which blended well with the other ingredients and added just a hint of heat to the dish. I was also pleased to receive Shitake mushrooms instead of the cheaper button ones many restaurants offer. Many chefs overcook omelets to make sure all the ingredients are fully cooked but this one was perfect. Two pieces of toast were included, and I chose multigrain from an offering of rye, sour dough, pumpernickel, and gluten

free. Toast isn’t buttered in the kitchen and served with a paper covered patty. Since breakfast and lunch can be ordered anytime the restaurant is open, I once chose Corned Beef Hash ($14.40) as a late breakfast and let it serve as my lunch as well. The hash, like many items at Dewitt Café, is homemade with corned beef, onions, potatoes, and herbs. It had been fried

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Denise O’Leary and Ben Roach are hands-on owners at Café Dewitt

Middle School Hip-Hop

DeWitt Middle School Orchestra Shakes Things Up

By Matt Dougherty

If you thought Hip Hop and Classical music couldn’t mix, students from DeWitt Middle School are here to prove you wrong.

Make your way down to the Kulp Auditorium at Ithaca High School to see sixth, seventh, and eighth graders from DeWitt Middle School present their first ever Orchestra Hip Hop Concert on May 26 at 7 p.m.

The orchestra will be joined by Guest Violinist Stephen Spottswood and DJ Ramsy on the turntable.

Director of the DeWitt Middle School Orchestra, Aron Buck, has said that his students are “excited to be jumping into a different type of music than we have done in the past.”

“It is fantastic to be able to collaborate with so many talented people with this project. It definitely shows the power that music has to bring people together.” Buck said.

The concert is coming after months of preparation and rehearsals. It also comes as a result of the hard work the orchestra has done to regain student interest after many students did not return to playing following the pandemic.

That hard work has paid off as middle schoolers have started to visit elementary schools in the district to encourage younger students to get involved in the district's music scene. Once again, students are building a sense of community that many felt had been lost during the pandemic.

The performance will also help highlight an upcoming trip to Pittsburgh that the DeWitt orchestra is planning. The trip will give students the opportunity to take a master class with a professional conductor, attend a concert by the Pittsburgh Symphony, and sightsee.

Donations to help fund the trip can be made online at dewitt.memberhub.com.

DeWitt Middle School Orchestra Director Aron Buck

ITHACA SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Adam Krantweiss says that he wants to enact policies that would help current teachers feel “valued and supported.” He hopes that collaborating with board members and the community to find “innovative solutions to increase employee retention,” in addition to increasing transparency about problems and solutions will help to address staffing shortages that have taken a toll on the district.

In addition to the high turnover rate experienced by the Board of Education, proposition one — the $158,588,080 budget for fiscal year 2023-24 passed with 73.17 percent support. The budget received 2,395 yes votes and just 878 no votes.

Proposition 2 which related to the appropriation and expenditure of capital reserve funds passed with 81 percent support. It received 2,643 yes votes and just 622 no votes.

The approval of proposition will enable the district to appropriate funds from the

ASYLUM SEEKERS

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Black has told the legislature, “Regardless of how this plays out, we can no longer endlessly debate proposals and leave those in need and unhoused without actions to ensure stable housing and effective services.” She continued saying that the issue is “complicated – but it is also possible.”

Black has said that the U.S. has an imperfect immigration and asylum system, and “regardless of inaction at the State and

SPORTS

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follow their passion and become college athletes. Those athletes are: Benjamin Ruth-Niagara University (Baseball) - Elle Decatur-University of Massachusetts (Rowing), Zachary Cartmill- Le Moyne College (Lacrosse), Julia Blakeslee- Le Moyne College (Lacrosse), Aliou Cisse-St. Michael’s College (Soccer), Nkosinathi Volmink-Houghton University (Soccer), David Riccio-University of Rochester (Tennis), Moss Dengler-RPI (Pole Vault ), John Anderson-SUNY Cortland (Hurdles), Jesse Rinzel-University of Rochester (Cross Country), Cameron GrangeCanisius College (Volleyball), Ainslie Reimer-Houghton University (Volleyball), Gabriella Thurmond-Le Moyne College

District's “2022 Capital Reserve Fund” in the maximum amount of $2,750,000 and to spend these combined funds for the following purposes:

1) Installation of a new electrical panel to power up to four bus chargers

2) Purchase of up to five electric buses, utilizing rebates to defer costs of said buses.

3) Purchase of up to three ultra low emission propane buses

4) Purchase of up to six passenger vehicles for the purpose of transporting students and supporting student programming, including but not limited to Drivers Education, and supporting district departments, including but not limited to the Facilities Department?

The installation of new electrical panels for bus chargers will involve a new panel to be fed from existing electrical service in the building, using previously installed underground conduits from Phase 1 of the District’s 2019 capital project. It also calls for the installation of new chargers, electrical panels, communications to the building data rack, and software to support management of chargers.

Federal levels, welcoming communities like ours can do our small part to offer safe harbor.”

Instead of advocating for banning the transportation of asylum seekers to the county like several other counties across the state have done, Black has asked for increased communication from the Governor “to give us some notice so that we can be prepared,” to take care of those in need.

According to Black, “those who seek asylum in Tompkins County will be welcomed as our new neighbors.”

(Volleyball) William Holmes-Hamilton College (Basketball ), Justin YearwoodSUNY Geneseo (Basketball), Tatyanna George-TC3 (Basketball),\ and Mia LittleNiagara CCC (Basketball). ● ● ●

A big congratulations to the Ithaca Bombers baseball team. The Bombers stepped up their game at the right time, winning the Liberty League title as a #4 seed, then blowing out big rival Cortland by a 15-0 score in the Regionals. Cortland was the #1 seed, but Ithaca jumped on the Red Dragons early, banged out 17 hits and never looked back.

Ithaca is now 31-14 on the season and will face the winner of the Bridgewater State Regional next weekend.

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protect our waters and our fields and our community. That ordinance was passed by the Town Board in 2011.

Immediately, Anschutz sued the Town of Dryden over this ban, and the issue escalated. It went to higher and higher courts. Eventually, our effort attracted national attention and Earth Justice came to help, bringing their legal clout, funding, and know-how. The case made its way to the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state.

And there, the residents of Dryden won. There would be no fracking in Dryden. We were the first municipality in the country to ban fracking.

Could one person have done that alone?

Talk to everyone you know about the climate crisis and the amazing local

DINING

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before coming to the table which gave it an unwelcome crunchy, chewy crust. Since the hash was prepared with potatoes and there were potatoes on the side, I felt like I had a lot of them. The hash comes with two fried eggs and they too, were cooked a bit more than I like. I had asked for “sunny side up” as I like to let the yolks run over the hash.

An interesting lunch item I’ve enjoyed is Cold & Crisp ($13.20) which is basically a salad served between two pieces of sourdough bread — a salad sandwich. The main ingredients are beets, carrots, mixed greens, and chevre. The beets are pickled and grated, the carrots are cut in ribbon thin slices, and the chevre is mixed with herbs and spread thick. I think I identified rosemary as one of the herbs. The three main ingredients complemented each other nicely and although I could taste the pickling on the beets and the herbs in the cheese, nothing was overpowering.

I like Reuben sandwiches, which are normally made with corned beef. Here, however, they’re made with smoked ham and the item is called Reubenesque. Since I’m not wild about smoked ham I chose Rachel ($14.40). Rachels are made with turkey, which I do like, along with a cabbage slaw, and Swiss cheese. Since the slaw was homemade, it didn’t have a lot of gloppy mayonnaise as served in many establishments, and the cabbage, which was fresh, had a welcome crunch. The sandwich was spread with a homemade honey mustard and Russian dressing and served on rye toast. I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a Rachel as much.

solutions. In fact, talk to people you don’t know — your dentist, the check-out person, your landlord, your neighbor. You can start with “Weird weather we’re having.” Or “Have you heard about…” Get your people together to make noise, make demands, get your voices out there, organize.

Hundreds of thousands of people organized to stop the Viet Nam war. Tens of thousands of people protested Trump’s Muslim Ban. Standing Rock protests went global. No one paid any of those people to protest and organize. We did it because something we cared about was being threatened. And we found that lots of other people cared about it too. It’s the numbers. And it spreads once it has started.

Don’t be shy. Another victory is waiting to happen. Think of it as helping to develop a community-wide sense that we are all in this together. Because we are.

There’s a large selection of non-alcoholic beverages including a variety of coffees.

Tid Bits: The men’s and ladies’ restrooms are in the same complex outside the boundary of Café Dewitt and are shared with other establishments in the mall. You’ll need to get a key to enter and only one person, male or female, can use the facilities at one time, so you may have to wait a bit.

Don’t wait at the table to get a bill. The system is, when you’re ready to leave, go to the desk by the kitchen and it will be prepared for you.

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saying, “My message to the council and the mayor is please tell the cops to stay away. They’re going to mess things up.”

Other community members voiced their concerns about how the plan has seemingly prioritized city property for future development over the lives of unhoused people currently living there.

In response to public comments, Common Council member Cynthia Brock said that she wouldn’t want to be associated with a community that does “police sweeps” of homeless encampments. “I don’t think anyone at this table is considering anything like that,” Brock said.

According to Brock, the city’s plan has been designed “to work with our partners to deliver services to where the homeless are and to help support them and get them into services. The intention is to create places where they can be because we know there’s not enough housing.”

“There is no intention to use law enforcement to sweep through areas where people who are most vulnerable are housed,” Brock said. She continued saying that if there is any aspect of the plan that results in police sweeps of homeless encampments “then I think all of us at the table are committed to making sure that doesn’t happen.”

Common Council member Phoebe Brown responded to Brock asking where the concerns from community members

are coming from if there is no plan to use the police to clear the encampments. “If there’s not a policy creating a camping ban and encampment sweeps then where’s that coming from? Because these are valid questions that have been asked,” Brown said.

Brown also said that community members could be concerned about the language used to describe the city’s policy towards encampments. According to Brown, “when we use words like enforcement, people think police, they think law enforcement.” She continued saying “they do know what you mean when you say assistance.” As a result, Brown said that the committee should think about using language such as “look at the needs of that person” rather than “enforcement.”

Common Council member Jorge DeFendini responded to public comments saying that he sympathizes with the concern regarding how the city is going to enforce camping bans on certain city property designated as red zones. “I personally don’t believe law enforcement should be involved in that process and that’s something that’s being untangled in our working group,” DeFendini said.

The Director of Planning for the City of Ithaca, Lisa Nichols, said that “we have never discussed police sweeps and I don’t even think that would be possible, but we want to have something that can be enforced which requires a structure of people communicating with each other and we don’t have that.” Nichols continued saying that “it’s proving tricky to do that because we don’t already have a structure in place to do that.”

MIX Art Gallery Presents: Meet & Greet with artist Amy Hauer | 12 p.m., 5/28 Sunday | MIX Art Gallery, 156 E. State Street (2 nd Floor) | Meet our wonderful artist Amy Hauer

Film

Cinemapolis

120 E. Green St., Ithaca

May 26-31 Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New lms listed rst.*

You Hurt My Feelings* | A novelist’s long standing marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. | 93 mins R

Music

Bars/Bands/Clubs

5/24 Wednesday

T-burg Farmer’s Market: Dee Specker & Bob Walpole | 4 p.m. | Trumansburg Farmer’s Market, 69 W. Main St

Deep Dive Swingers Happy Hour w/ The Pelotones | 5 p.m. | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd

Helen Gillet | | The Downstairs, 121 WestM.L.K. Jr. St.

5/25 Thursday

Howl Studios Showcase | 5 p.m. | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd

Community Concert Series: Janet

Batch / Michael Callahan | 5:30 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road

Singer Songwriter Series with Sarah Noell | 6 p.m. | Atwater Vineyards, 5055 State Route 414 | Free

Brewhouse Blues Jam | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, 1771 Dryden Road | Free

Swamp Rats x Strange Heavy x The Blackjack Brothers | 8 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 West M.L.K. Jr. St. | $10.00

Live Music at Six Mile: O the Rails

Blues | | Six Mile Creek Winery, 1551 Slaterville Road | Free

THIS WEEK

5/26 Friday

Living Myths | 5 p.m. | South Hill

Cider, 550 Sandbank Road

Friday Sunset Music Series - ft.

Bettys Ghost | 5 p.m. | Wagner Vineyards, 9322 State Route 414

Destination After Dark | 6 p.m.

| Treleaven Winery, 658 Lake Rd |

$10.00

Friday Night Music - The Tarps | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd

GLOW PARTY: 2 STAGES and 8+ DJs | 8 p.m. | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd

Skeleques Residency | | The Downstairs, 121 West M.L.K. Jr. St.

5/27 Saturday

Live Music feat. Darkwine | 2 p.m. | Treleaven Winery, 658 Lake Rd

Petty Thieves | 8 p.m. | Morgan Opera House, 370 Main St. | Free

Strong Maybe Residency | | The Downstairs, 121 West M.L.K. Jr. St.

5/28 Sunday

Jazz Guitar Brunch with Dennis Winge | 10:30 a.m. | Antlers Restaurant, 1159 Dryden Rd. | Free

Honky Tonk Happy Hour w/ Cast

Iron Cowboys & Kid Bess and The Magic Ring | 4 p.m. | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd

Jazz Jam Session | 5 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St. | Free

5/30 Tuesday

Austin MacRae, Tenzin Chopak and Muhammad Seven, Songwriters In The Round | 7 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 West M.L.K. Jr. St. | $10.00

5/31 Wednesday

T-burg Farmer’s Market:Good Bones | 4 p.m. | Trumansburg Farmer’s Market, 69 W. Main St Midweek Melancholy with NFW and Friends | 8 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St | Free

Concerts/Recitals

5/25 Thursday

The Front Bottoms | 7 p.m. | Beak & Ski Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road

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

5/26 Friday

Mt. Joy Spring 2023 Tour | 7 p.m. | Beak & Ski Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road

5/27 Saturday

Oso Oso & The Gaslight Anthem | 7 p.m. | Beak & Ski Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road

OFF THE RAILS

THURSDAY, MAY 25TH AT 6:00PM

Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd |Six Mile’s

5/28 Sunday

CCO Chamber Series: Iberian Enchantment | 3 p.m. | First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, 306 N. Aurora St | $12.00 - $38.00

Stage

Golden Moon Cabaret | 9:30 p.m., 5/25 Thursday | Martha Hamblin Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, 330 E State St, 3rd Floor | Once, twice, THREE TIMES THE SLAY- Femme De Violette is back again with a stacked cast of burlesquers, singers, and drag artists! | $10.00 - $15.00

e-Motion | 7:30 p.m., 5/26 Friday | The Cherry Arts, 102 Cherry St | eMotion, created by Saviana Stanescu and Daniel Gwirtzman, is a dance/ theater hybrid that explores the complexities of arti cial intelligence, neuroscience, and what it means to be human. | $10.00 - $35.00

Performance Art Workshop

Series: Nonbinary nery | 4 p.m., 5/30 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Learn how to build a costume on a budget! Bring pieces that you already have in your own closet and we will create some sickening looks together.

What the Constitution Means to Me | 7:30 p.m., 5/30 Tuesday | Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State / W. MLK, Jr. Street | Co-produced with The Hangar Theatre. May 30 - June 11, 2023 at KTC. June 15 - 24 at the Hangar. 15-year-old Heidi paid her way through college by debating the merits of the U.S. Constitution. Now, as an adult, she is reexamining her

teenage convictions in a witty and relevant piece of theater.

Art

Visit the Exhibit Hall | 10 a.m., 5/24 Wednesday | The History Center in Tompkins County, 401 East State Street | Walk through local stories and discover the history of Tompkins County Open Hours Our Exhibit Hall is open Wednesday-Saturday 10am-5pm throughout the year.

I See You 2023 | Ithaca College and Cornell University Printmakers | 1 p.m., 5/24 Wednesday | The Ink Shop, 330 E. MLK/State St | I See You 2023 showcases the talent of printmaking students from Ithaca College and Cornell University, featuring a diverse range of printmaking techniques. | Free

Bubbletrees and the Forest Fantasia | 12 p.m., 5/25 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 West State Street | Daniel McPheters is showing his Bubbletrees and the Forest Fanatasia show lled with intriguing images of trees and forests at State of the Art Gallery. | Free Young Adult Art Open Hour | 4 p.m., 5/25 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | TCPL is inviting Teens 13+ and Young adults 19 - 24 to a weekly open arts hour in the Makerspace.

Entre Sombras / Between Seams | 1 p.m., 5/27 Saturday | The Cherry Gallery, 102 Cherry St | Entre Sombras / Between Seams is the newest Cherry Gallery installation, come view these wonderful works at the Gallery on Saturday and Sunday afternoons!

E-MOTION

The Starling Girl* | 17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church. | 116 mins R

Master Gardener | A meticulous horticulturist who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager. w/ Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton. | 111 mins R

Monica | The intimate portrait of a woman who returns home to care for her dying mother. A delicate and nuanced story of a fractured family, the story explores universal themes of abandonment, aging, acceptance, and redemption.| 113 mins R

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 |

Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful. | 170 mins PG-13

Polite Society | Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting her friends’ help, she attempts to pull o the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.| 103 mins PG-13

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The Cherry Arts, 102 Cherry St, Ithaca,| A movementbased collaboration exploring arti cial intelligence, neuroscience, and what it means to be human, taking form through Stanescu’s mind-bending text and Gwirtzman’s intricate choreography. The resulting work is a hybridized form where dance meets theater. (Photo: Provided)

Summer Sunset Live Music Series has begun! Enjoy a night of dancing and libation every Thursday this summer. This week get your Blues on with O the Rails. (Photo: Facebook)

Blackberry |The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s rst smartphone. | 120 mins R Little Mermaid (2023)| The liveaction remake of the Disney classic. | 135 mins, PG Fool’s Paradise | A fool for love becomes an accidental celebrity only to lose it all. | 98 mins R

Thursday, 5/25 |Special Indie Movie Night: Blackberry (8:50pm) & Fools Paradise (11pm) |

Friday, 5/26 |The Little Mermaid (2023) (8:50pm); Fools Paradise (11pm) |

Saturday, 5/27 | Triple Feature: Little Mermaid (2023) (8:50pm); Fools Paradise (11pm); Blackberry (12:35am) |

Books

Cynthia Neale Book Talk: Catharine, Queen of the Tumbling Waters | 6 p.m., 5/25 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Catharine, Queen of the Tumbling Waters, by Cynthia Neale, author of The Irish Dresser series, is being released by Bedazzled Ink Publishers in April 2023.

A Future - Reading with A.C. Howard | 4:30 p.m., 5/29 Monday

| Bu alo Street Books, 215 North Cayuga Street | Join Bu alo Street Books and zinemaker A.C. Howard for a reading from A Future, a short story and zine focused on trans community organizing and community care. | Free Open Mic Night at Center for the Arts | 7 p.m., 5/30 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!

In This Together: A Conversation on Fighting the Climate Crisis | 12 p.m., 5/31 Wednesday | Bu alo Street Books, 215 North Cayuga Street | In This Together explores how we can harness our social networks to make a real impact ghting the climate crisis.

Author Marianne E. Krasny shows us the power of “network climate action”—the idea that our own ordinary acts can in uence and inspire those close to us. | Free

Kids

Weekly Snake Feeding | 4 p.m., 5/24 Wednesday | Sciencecenter, 601 1st Street | Wednesday, May 24 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!

Preschool Story Time | 10:30 a.m., 5/25 Thursday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Stories, songs, and activities with a di erent theme each week. All ages are welcome but this program is designed for children ages 3-5 yrs. Registration is recommended for each child.

Tyke Tales Story Time | 11 a.m., 5/25 Thursday | Lodi Whittier Library, 8484 S Main St, | Join us for Story Hour! Snacks, crafts, stories...we can’t wait to see you! | Free

TCPL AAPI Craft and Play: YoYo and Kendama | 4 p.m., 5/26 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | In celebration of AAPI month TCPL is highlighting the founder of the YoYo, Pedro Flores! Pedro immigrated from the Philipines in 1927 to attend law school at UC Berkley.

Family Storytime: Baby Doll Circle Time™ | 10:30 a.m., 5/30 Tuesday | New eld Public Library, 198 Main Street | Special Storytime Events! Baby Doll Circle Time™ children experience attachment, attunement, & social play for optimal brain development. Develops attention, impulse control, language, numbers, cooperation, & strengthens connections with caregiv-

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SUNDAY, MAY 28TH AT 3:00PM

First Unitarian Society, Ithaca | Ten musicians join forces in CCO’s nal Chamber Series concert for a program of winds, strings and piano. Experience the sparkling and lively Turina, the quick dance steps of the Sarasate, and the riveting musical journey of the Farrenc. (Photo: Provided)

Spanish Storytime | 4 p.m., 5/31

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!

Play & Learn | 11 a.m., 5/24 Wednesday | Montour Falls Library, 406 W Main St | Play improves the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional wellbeing of children and young people. Through play, children learn about the world and themselves. | Free

Story Time with Miss Clay | 11:30 a.m., 5/24 Wednesday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main Street | Join Miss Clay the Librarian for stories, songs, and activities! Best for children birth to ve and their caregivers. | Free

Notices

Lunch & Learn: The Fundamentals of Investing | 12 p.m., 5/24

Street | Memorial Day at Woodlawn Cemetery 328 Main St, New eld: Setting Memorial ags 5/26 3:30 pm, and Memorial Day Service 5/29 10:00 am with benediction by Rev. Dale Ford, owers & Taps. All welcome! | Free Food Pantry | 12 p.m., 5/27 Saturday | GYM-Southside Community Center, 305 S Plain St |

Sunday Morning Meditation | 9 a.m., 5/28 Sunday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road | Sunday morning meditation, free and open to all.

ers and parents. Tue, May 2, 9, 23 and 30 10:30 am. | Free Baby/Toddler Time | 10:30 a.m., 5/30 Tuesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Rhymes, stories, and songs designed for children from birth to age 2 and their caregivers. Registration is recommended for each child.

Crafty Kids | 4 p.m., 5/30 Tuesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | We will meet to make a di erent craft each month. Meets monthly on the last Tuesday at 4 p.m. Open to ages 6 – 12 yrs. Registration is limited & is required each month.

LEGO Build Night for Families | 5 p.m., 5/30 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.

Journey of Water | 2 p.m., 5/31 Wednesday | CSI Water Testing Lab, 95 Brown Rd | Learn how water gets “dirty” and can be made “clean” again through both natural processes and human e orts.Kids work in teams to build lters out of natural materials and then run some tests to determine how “clean” the water is before and after. Register at communityscience. org/4h2o/ | Free

Wednesday | Southworth Library | Learn the fundamentals of investing with Jeremy Downs, Associate Vice President and Financial Advisor on the Llenroc Team at Morgan Stanley and get some tips on how to keep your money safe and watch it grow. | Free Candor Historical Society Talk | 7 p.m., 5/24 Wednesday | Candor Town Hall | Rufus Troyer will be on hand to explain how the Amish came to be in Candor, and educate the community in regards to their way of life. Rufus will be open to questions from those attending. This talk is free and open to the public. | Free Bridge Club of Ithaca | 10 a.m., 5/25 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

Healthy Cooking Basics | 5:30 p.m., 5/25 Thursday | Cornell Cooperative Extension | Join SNAP-Ed for FREE cooking classes covering the basics of cooking and healthy eating. Each week will focus on di erent topics to simplify nutritious eating. | Free Memorial Day Events: Setting Memorial Flags 5/26, Memorial Day Service 5/29 | 3:30 p.m., 5/26 Friday | Woodlawn Cemetery, 328 Main

Dance Church | 11:30 a.m., 5/28 Sunday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd | Dance Church Ithaca continues in person — and online — every Sunday from 11:30 AM to 1 PM at the Foundation Of Light. Come join the dance!Masks are required, and air puri ers are running inside. Dancing on the lawn is encouraged! | Free Ithaca Chess Club | 12 p.m., 5/28 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

Halsey Valley Fire Dept Chicken BBQ | 12 p.m., 5/29 Monday | HVFD, 506 Hamilton Valley Rd | $13, drivethru only, until gone! | $13.00

Pearls of Wisdom Senior Support Group | 11 a.m., 5/24 Wednesday | Mental Health Association in Tompkins County | Free Senior Support Group on Zoom | Free

One-on-One Tech Help | 12 p.m., 5/24 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Book a librarian or volunteer technology tutor for help with digital downloads, such as borrowing eBooks, or basic computer questions.

Virtual Mid-Day Mindfulness Meditation | 12:15 p.m., 5/24 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | This is a 30-minute meditation session led by Anna Salamone RN, LCSW, certi ed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher.

MIX ART GALLERY PRESENTS: MEET & GREET WITH ARTIST AMY HAUER

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MIX Art Gallery 156 E. State Street (2nd Floor) Ithaca | Amy has been creating abstract pours during this exhibition. This is the last weekend to nd your personal work of art before they are gone! Meet & chat with Amy for her rst appearance at Mix Art Gallery Ithaca!!! (Photo: Provided)

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