The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/common-council/)
Right after finishing his first semester in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Clyde Lederman is running as a Democrat for a seat as alderperson of Ithaca’s fifth ward in the Common Council.
In its monthly meeting, Ithaca Common Council opened up floors for residents to voice their concerns and issues. Mayor Laura Lewis appointed a new fire chief, and the Common Council voted in favor of the new labor contract of public workers.
The City of Ithaca Common Council’s Wednesday meeting attracted nearly a hundred community members as City workers aired their grievances over contract negotiations.
City employees expressed to Common Council their concerns over recent contract negotiations in a Wednesday meeting.
Every October, the Ithaca Common Council dives into its budget process and decides our tax rates, which departments receive funding, the allocation of federal money and more. My role as a city councilman representing Collegetown and West Campus allows me to directly contribute and vote in the budget. But the influence constituents and students have on the budget cannot be understated. As the process is only halfway through, I encourage all Cornellians to take a look, form an opinion and tell the city what you want to see.
Ithaca officially became an abortion sanctuary city on July 6, making the city a safehaven for those seeking abortions from more restrictive states.
With 100% of precincts reporting, Tiffany Kumar ’24 is the presumptive winner of the Democratic party primary for Ithaca’s 4th Common Council ward. Kumar and her opponent, Patrick Mehler ’23, spoke to The Sun about the race and the issues at stake.
On Nov. 3, the City of Ithaca’s Common Council voted to begin decarbonizing all 6,000 of its buildings, becoming the first city in the entire United States to do so.
Robert Cantelmo, grad, won the Fifth Ward Common Council seat in the general election and will be taking office in January tackling issues on housing and sustainability.
Solidarity Slate candidates Phoebe Brown and George Defendini ’22 share their new vision after winning seats on the Common Council.