Citing a “dismal budget climate,” TCAT raised some fare prices and eliminated several bus routes in its plan for the spring of 2012, which went into effect on Sunday.

Just two years after he graduated from Cornell, 24-year-old Alderperson Svante Myrick ’09 (D-4th Ward) defeated seasoned politician Tompkins County Legislator Pam Mackesey ’89 (D-1st District) and Alderperson J.R. Clairborne (D-2nd Ward) in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Ithaca Tuesday.

The Sun asked the three Democratic candidates for Ithaca Mayor where they stand on important issues related to Cornell.

After spending the last several months pitching their ideas to voters, Ithaca’s three Democratic candidates for Mayor will see where their efforts land them on Tuesday in the city’s Democratic primary. 

Ithaca Mayoral candidate Svante Myrick '09 has been criticized for his connections to the University.

Common Council member Svante Myrick ’09 (D-4th Ward) has jumped out to a narrow fundraising lead in the race for Mayor of Ithaca, according to campaign finance reports filed with the New York State Board of Elections this week. 

Alderperson J.R. Clairborne (D-2nd Ward) became the third Democrat in the race for mayor of Ithaca on Friday.

Despite long odds, local activist and Ithaca College graduate Anthony Gallucci is running for Mayor of Ithaca under the newly-founded independent People’s Emancipation Party.

Ithaca City Council member Svante Myrick ’09 (D-4th Ward) officially declared his candidacy for mayor of Ithaca on Tuesday. 

Kicking off the 2011 campaign for mayor of Ithaca, Tompkins County Legislator Pam Mackesey ’89 (D-1st District) announced Sunday that she will run to replace Mayor Carolyn Peterson.