For me, a single woman in her 70's, my home in Ithaca, which has become a city of high-rise developers and ever-rising taxes, where I have lived for the last 30 years, is affordable for me because of my Airbnb room.
In October, a student on a school bus threatened to kill everyone on the bus with a gun they claimed to have. The bus driver reported the incident to his supervisor. The supervisor reported it to the principle plus other administrators, none of who notified the police. Only a parent did. Now…
It is with profound sadness that I write to the Ithaca Times. Last Sunday, while walking with friends on the Ithaca Commons, I was appalled to see the window display of Zaza’s Exotic Market and Smoke Shop. The display had 3 hookahs (water pipes) in the shape of machine guns, studded with r…
On Mental health issues, mass shootings and violent crime.
That a wealthy landowner has been permitted to let this historic building sit uninhabited and unused -- especially when it could be rehabilitated and repurposed for the entire community's benefit -- points to one of the biggest problems in our capitalist system.
I suggest it would be worthwhile to publish a report on why so many business locations in Ithaca stay vacant for months or even years.
Ithaca needs additional city planning and engineering interventions to make biking safer for all of its citizens. Another great next step would be to implement PHASE TWO of the Plain Street Bike Boulevard plan. Compared to the successful Bike Boulevard of North Tioga Street through the Fall …
Ithaca needs a mayor committed to implementing the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND) in its entirety, and Sunrise Ithaca believes that Katie Sims is the only candidate up to the task. Katie Sims has a track record of advocating for people, community, and the environment, and our city needs her co…
Unless you are attuned to the Binghamton area, you likely don’t know Leah Webb. When the primary season started I didn’t. But then I went to her campaign events, read about her impressive background, her record of accomplishments, and her positions on issues I care about. Now I’m all-in. You…
I was outraged to see the headline in the September 28th issue of the Ithaca Times: “Two at the Center of Ethics Investigation Deny Wrongdoing.” This implies that Karen Yearwood and Eric Rosario, co-leads of the Reimagining Public Safety Working Group, are under investigation for illicit or …
An important referendum is on the ballot for City of Ithaca voters on November 8 (or by early voting beginning October 29) calling for the appointment of a City Manager. Common Council unanimously passed a resolution in November 2021 promoting this reform. As in our current structure, the M…
I am writing to lend my support and admiration for both Karen Yearwood and Eric Rosario. I have known them and worked with them both for many years. I first met Karen when she was hired as Director of The Village at Ithaca. Eric and I met 10 years before that. When I heard that they were ste…
I just read the article titled “Two at Center of Ethics Investigation Deny Wrongdoing.” I write this letter as a resident of the city and as one who has known Eric Rosario and Karen Yearwood, the two at the center of the ethics investigation, for many years. I was very excited when Eric and …
I would like to express my dismay and bring awareness to the fact that [the Downtown Ithaca Alliance] invited The Yellow Deli (Twelve Tribes) to be on the list of food vendors for Apple Fest. As you have published, the Twelve Tribes have been investigated for child labor, ties to domestic te…
In three different segments, I have lived in Ithaca for 30 years. When I returned to Ithaca nine years ago, I was disheartened to find that community policing, with officers walking the neighborhoods, had ended, and that a SWAT truck had been put into action. So with great hope, I have watch…
The hardworking men and women of the Ithaca Police Benevolent Association thank Alderman Jeffrey Barken for continuing to stand up for transparency and true press freedom in our community.
I have been awakened again by the sound of the City street sweeper in operation at sometime between 4 and 5 a.m. Superintendent of Public Works Throne, might I direct your attention to the City Noise Ordinance. This machine is definitely louder than any party or sound amplifying equipment. I…
with Trees Up Tompkins (TUT) to remove extensive portions of invasive privet and to create open spaces for future tree planting near the inlet of Cayuga Lake at Lighthouse Point. For an entire morning, this cohort of students lent their hearts and hands unreservedly to backbreaking tasks in…
In an area that has some of the most beautiful parks in the world, why is it that the bathrooms are such crap? There are so many wonderful people living around the Finger Lakes area. I'm certain folks would donate their time to paint rusty doors and brush away cobwebs. Perhaps stores would s…
Earlier this morning [September 2] Ithaca Police Officers responded to another terrible situation that unfolded on the Ithaca Commons, a call for help involving a member of our community experiencing a mental health crisis. This incident was hastily reported on by Ithaca Times reporter Matt …
For me, a single woman in her 70's, my home in Ithaca, which has become a city of high-rise developers and ever-rising taxes, where I have lived for the last 30 years, is affordable for me because of my Airbnb room.
In October, a student on a school bus threatened to kill everyone on the bus with a gun they claimed to have. The bus driver reported the incident to his supervisor. The supervisor reported it to the principle plus other administrators, none of who notified the police. Only a parent did. Now…
It is with profound sadness that I write to the Ithaca Times. Last Sunday, while walking with friends on the Ithaca Commons, I was appalled to see the window display of Zaza’s Exotic Market and Smoke Shop. The display had 3 hookahs (water pipes) in the shape of machine guns, studded with r…
On Mental health issues, mass shootings and violent crime.
That a wealthy landowner has been permitted to let this historic building sit uninhabited and unused -- especially when it could be rehabilitated and repurposed for the entire community's benefit -- points to one of the biggest problems in our capitalist system.
I suggest it would be worthwhile to publish a report on why so many business locations in Ithaca stay vacant for months or even years.
Ithaca needs additional city planning and engineering interventions to make biking safer for all of its citizens. Another great next step would be to implement PHASE TWO of the Plain Street Bike Boulevard plan. Compared to the successful Bike Boulevard of North Tioga Street through the Fall …
Ithaca needs a mayor committed to implementing the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND) in its entirety, and Sunrise Ithaca believes that Katie Sims is the only candidate up to the task. Katie Sims has a track record of advocating for people, community, and the environment, and our city needs her co…
Unless you are attuned to the Binghamton area, you likely don’t know Leah Webb. When the primary season started I didn’t. But then I went to her campaign events, read about her impressive background, her record of accomplishments, and her positions on issues I care about. Now I’m all-in. You…
I was outraged to see the headline in the September 28th issue of the Ithaca Times: “Two at the Center of Ethics Investigation Deny Wrongdoing.” This implies that Karen Yearwood and Eric Rosario, co-leads of the Reimagining Public Safety Working Group, are under investigation for illicit or …
An important referendum is on the ballot for City of Ithaca voters on November 8 (or by early voting beginning October 29) calling for the appointment of a City Manager. Common Council unanimously passed a resolution in November 2021 promoting this reform. As in our current structure, the M…
I am writing to lend my support and admiration for both Karen Yearwood and Eric Rosario. I have known them and worked with them both for many years. I first met Karen when she was hired as Director of The Village at Ithaca. Eric and I met 10 years before that. When I heard that they were ste…
I just read the article titled “Two at Center of Ethics Investigation Deny Wrongdoing.” I write this letter as a resident of the city and as one who has known Eric Rosario and Karen Yearwood, the two at the center of the ethics investigation, for many years. I was very excited when Eric and …
I would like to express my dismay and bring awareness to the fact that [the Downtown Ithaca Alliance] invited The Yellow Deli (Twelve Tribes) to be on the list of food vendors for Apple Fest. As you have published, the Twelve Tribes have been investigated for child labor, ties to domestic te…
In three different segments, I have lived in Ithaca for 30 years. When I returned to Ithaca nine years ago, I was disheartened to find that community policing, with officers walking the neighborhoods, had ended, and that a SWAT truck had been put into action. So with great hope, I have watch…
The hardworking men and women of the Ithaca Police Benevolent Association thank Alderman Jeffrey Barken for continuing to stand up for transparency and true press freedom in our community.
I have been awakened again by the sound of the City street sweeper in operation at sometime between 4 and 5 a.m. Superintendent of Public Works Throne, might I direct your attention to the City Noise Ordinance. This machine is definitely louder than any party or sound amplifying equipment. I…
with Trees Up Tompkins (TUT) to remove extensive portions of invasive privet and to create open spaces for future tree planting near the inlet of Cayuga Lake at Lighthouse Point. For an entire morning, this cohort of students lent their hearts and hands unreservedly to backbreaking tasks in…
In an area that has some of the most beautiful parks in the world, why is it that the bathrooms are such crap? There are so many wonderful people living around the Finger Lakes area. I'm certain folks would donate their time to paint rusty doors and brush away cobwebs. Perhaps stores would s…
Earlier this morning [September 2] Ithaca Police Officers responded to another terrible situation that unfolded on the Ithaca Commons, a call for help involving a member of our community experiencing a mental health crisis. This incident was hastily reported on by Ithaca Times reporter Matt …
Did anybody ask Senator Gillibrand why it’s called the “Inflation Reduction Act” when the Congressional Budget Office predicts it will have “a negligible effect on inflation”? Or the Penn Warton Budget Model group who predict “the impact on inflation is statistically indistinguishable from z…
[In response to Charley Githler’s column, “It Don’t Rain in Indianapolis] I was born in Indiana in the 40s, lived in Indianapolis for most of my life before recently moving to Ithaca. We got very little snow in central Indiana. If that could somehow be a new trend for Ithaca, it’d be alright…
I was shocked to read that the property at 417 South Aurora Street was sold against the will of the owner for $6662 because of unpaid taxes. I don't agree that local officials had an obligation to find someone who spoke the owner's native language. I think the owner and resident of 40 years …
Twenty years ago, Congress authorized the use of force against Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. Saddam is long gone, but the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq remains on the books and open for abuse. Last summer, Senator Chuck Schumer spoke passionately about h…
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. Read moreOP-ED: Legislators Must Center the Needs of Early Childhood Education Providers
For me, a single woman in her 70's, my home in Ithaca, which has become a city of high-rise developers and ever-rising taxes, where I have lived for the last 30 years, is affordable for me because of my Airbnb room. Read moreAgainst Plans to Regulate Airbnb
In October, a student on a school bus threatened to kill everyone on the bus with a gun they claimed to have. The bus driver reported the incident to his supervisor. The supervisor reported it to the principle plus other administrators, none of who notified the police. Only a parent did. Now after an investigation, who has been fired? The BUS DRIVER! What sort of school district do we live in? It is a sad state of affairs when our school officials, after not properly taking reporting this out of concern for the safety of our students, respond by laying the blame on the lowest possible person on the totem pole Read moreIthaca School District Fires Bus Driver
It is with profound sadness that I write to the Ithaca Times. Last Sunday, while walking with friends on the Ithaca Commons, I was appalled to see the window display of Zaza’s Exotic Market and Smoke Shop. The display had 3 hookahs (water pipes) in the shape of machine guns, studded with rhinestones. Read moreZaZa’s Window Display
On Mental health issues, mass shootings and violent crime. Read moreMental Health, Mass Shootings and Violent Crime
Today I write because I am very deeply affected by the general impoverishment that Cornell University creates, entrenches, and perpetuates in Ithaca and this region, and my family and I are directly affected. Read moreGuest Opinion: Cornell Employee Pressures Board of Trustees to do more to Ithaca’s affordability crisis
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