The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cares-act/)
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.