The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cares-act/)
The University announced plans to continue its CARES Act grants this semester, revealing Wednesday afternoon that it will deliver an additional $8.5 million to students in need.
The CARES Act funds “may have saved the University from spending more of its own resources,” Ehrenberg said.
On May 11, an S.A. branch called the Office of Student Government Relations wrote a letter to federal representatives on student concerns on the impacts of COVID-19.
Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 updated the Ithaca community on hiring freezes and furloughing of city employees in a live stream Tuesday afternoon.
Federal assistance from the CARES Act is not sufficient to help Ithaca during the pandemic, Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said.
The CARES Act contains a stimulus package of $1200, the largest the U.S. has ever had. The Act will have impacts across the nation, including on Ithaca and Cornell.
Although the Congress passed the CARES Act that would secure a base income for most Americans, the College Democrats argues college students that are claimed as dependents will be left behind.