The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/raphygendler/page/3/)
Raphy Gendler '21 is a student in the ILR School. He is a senior editor on the 138th editorial board and was the sports editor on the 137th editorial board. Follow him on Twitter @raphy_gendler.
With the COVID-19 outbreak requiring most New York State residents to stay home and stripping thousands of workers of their jobs, activists are calling for a rent freeze to protect Ithacans who have lost income.
“Cornell cannot thrive without Ithaca,” the petition reads. “With the spread of Covid-19, however, thousands of our most vulnerable neighbors face threats of a kind and degree unseen in our lifetime.”
As Cornell’s shift to online classes and students’ departure from Ithaca continues to impact the local economy, Ithaca mayor Svante Myrick ’09 called for a rent and mortgage freeze on Thursday.
Junior Alex Green played in all 29 games and posted a plus-19 rating.
Morgan Barron and Yanni Kaldis were named to the first team while Matt Galajda and Alex Green earned third-team honors.
The sudden shift from pre-March Madness excitement to a sports-less spring — heartbreaking for players and fans around the country — is nobody’s top concern right now. The NCAA and pro sports leagues are 100 percent right to shut down.
But please understand – hosting or attending a large party is exactly the opposite of what you should be doing in this moment. There are many Cornellians and community members who are particularly vulnerable to this rapidly spreading virus. We are a small town that has a limited capacity to care for all of those who could be impacted should the virus continue to spread locally.
“If the worst happens, we’re looking at layoffs, vacancies, people defaulting on loans,” mayor Svante Myrick ’09 told The Sun. The director of a non-profit that helps people with disabilities find employment is worried that layoffs might have to occur.
“We used to have a nine-month business and now we’re down to seven,” Collegetown Bagels and Rulloff’s owner Gregor Brous said. “So if we lose April and May then we’re down to five this year.” George Papachryssanthou, who owns a downtown restaurant and two Collegetown stores, said “There’s no way to sugarcoat it. … It’s gonna hurt.”
Cornell men’s hockey was initially scheduled to take on Princeton in the ECAC quarterfinals, but received a bid to Lake Placid after Harvard and Yale pulled out of the tournament.