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Unofficial Primary Results Build Anticipation for Absentee Ballots in Tompkins County
TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — Unofficial primary election results are in for the City of Ithaca Common Council races, the Tompkins County Legislature races, as well as races for elected town officials in Groton and Danby. These results don’t include absentee ballots, and the official count will likely be completed sometime next week. There’s no clear…
Read MoreTompkins County Urges New York State to Keep it “Whole” in 2021 Redistricting Process
Tompkins County State Senate Districts 2021 (SUNY) TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — The Tompkins County Legislature unanimously passed a resolution at their Tuesday meeting, urging that New York State’s 2021 redistricting process place Tompkins County completely in one congressional district and one state senate district. The resolution was written by Tompkins County Legislator Martha Robertson. Tompkins…
Read MoreTompkins County Supports State Moratorium on Cryptocurrency Mining
The Tompkins County Legislature unanimously passed a resolution supporting a state moratorium on Cryptocurrency mining. The moratorium is a part of a bill before the New York state legislature, drafted by Assemblymember Anna Kelles. Cryptocurrency mining can be very energy intensive. Greenidge Generation LLC is a gas-fired power plant on Seneca Lake. They’re currently mining…
Read MoreTompkins County Legislature Officially Establishes the Community Justice Center
The Tompkins County Legislature passed a resolution at Tuesday night’s meeting to establish the Community Justice Center. The Center will serve as the administrative backbone of the Reimagining Public Safety Plan, passed early this year by the County Legislature and City of Ithaca’s Common Council. Rich John is the Chair of the Legislature Public Safety…
Read MoreLisa Holmes to Serve as Interim Tompkins County Administrator
Lisa Holmes is set to serve as Tompkins County’s Interim County Administrator. She was unanimously voted into the position on May 4th’s County Legislature Meeting. Many legislature members expressed Holmes was an obvious choice. She has worked in Tompkins County government for over 20 years. She’s filled many roles in that time. She began in…
Read MoreNicole LaFave, Candidate for Tompkins County Legislature District 1
Nicole LaFave is running for election to get onto the Tompkins County Legislature. She seeks to represent District 1. In the conversation you can listen to here, LaFave goes over the main points of his platform: Living Wage for All Quality Housing for All Union Strong Ithaca Green New Deal End the School-to-Prison Pipeline Systemic…
Read MoreTravis Brooks, Candidate for Tompkins County Legislature District 1
Short version: Long version: Travis Brooks is running for the District 1 seat on the Tompkins County Legislature. He spoke to WRFI News Director Jimmy Jordan in late April. In the conversation, Brooks goes over the main points of his platform: Affordable housing–gentrification has removed our most vulnerable people from their communities and placed them…
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