ITHACA, N.Y.—Local activist and First Ward Common Council candidate Yasmin Rashid has dropped out of the race, becoming the second First Ward candidate to drop out just days before early voting begins. Rashid’s announcement means the Democratic field will be clear for incumbent Cynthia Brock (though it is unclear if Rashid and Shaniya Foster, who […]
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Community activist Yasmin Rashid puts her hat in the ring for Common Council seat
ITHACA, N.Y. –– Yasmin Rashid, the woman who made headlines over the summer for her involvement in the Sunday racial justice rallies, has announced her candidacy for City of Ithaca Common Council. Rashid is vying for a seat to represent the city’s 1st Ward –– currently represented by Alderperson Cynthia Brock who will be seeking […]
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Transcript: HOME Part 2—Ithaca’s housing present
The Ithaca Voice has published HOME Part 2, the second and final part of its series on the Ithaca housing crisis. The link to watch the video is here, or you can view it on this page below. Below the video is a transcript to follow along with the video. Here is the link to […]
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Solidarity Slate announces replacement candidate for First Ward election
ITHACA, N.Y.—There will indeed be at least one third party candidate in the November election for Ithaca Common Council, as the Solidarity Slate group has announced a replacement candidate for Shaniya Foster, who dropped out of the First Ward race in early June. The Slate, a newly-formed progressive group aiming for political power that claims […]
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Update: 2021 Primaries finalized, showing tight results in almost all races
Update (10:30 a.m., July 1): The final tallies for each race have been made official by the Tompkins County Board of Elections. They are as follows: Tompkins County Legislature, District 1 Travis Brooks……….396 votes Nicole LaFave……….362 votes Tompkins County Legislature, District 2 Veronica Pillar………309 votes Leslie Schill………271 votes Tompkins County Legislature, District 8 Vanessa Greenlee……….253 […]
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Ithaca names police reform working group, initial report by September
ITHACA, N.Y.—Former City of Ithaca Common Council member Eric Rosario will lead the Reimagining Public Safety Working Group, designed to coordinate the implementation of the reforms approved by the City of Ithaca Common Council on April 1. The team of 15 people is expected to deliver initial recommendations to Common Council by September, according to […]
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Updates from the polls: Tompkins County Primary Elections and local thoughts
ITHACA, N.Y. –– Today across Tompkins County voters have been showing up to polls to vote in this year’s local primary elections. The Ithaca Voice stopped by some of the polls midday June 22 to catch up with both workers and voters and here’s what they had to say. Poll workers at the Mclean Fire […]
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It’s Primary Election Day! Latest coverage, voter guide and candidate info here
TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y.—It’s (primary) Decision Day in Tompkins County, as thousands of voters will flock to polling stations around the county to choose who will advance through the primary races for a variety of different offices. The most significant of those are the Ithaca Common Council and the Tompkins County Legislature, which have accordingly grabbed […]
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Early voting underway in local government primaries; details, deadlines here
TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y.—Tompkins County is about to undergo some of the most sweeping changes in leadership, both in county government on the legislature and in the City of Ithaca’s Common Council. With half of Common Council’s terms ending (and four of the five potential candidates declining to run), plus several longtime Tompkins County Legislature figures […]
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Solidary Slate candidate Shaniya Foster drops out of Common Council race
ITHACA, N.Y.—One of the trio of Solidary Slate candidates has announced that she is dropping out of the race for Common Council, as Shaniya Foster confirmed to the Ithaca Voice that she will not seek the seat representing Ithaca’s First Ward. Foster had announced her challenge to incumbent Cynthia Brock as part of the Solidarity […]