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Struggling Ithaca Businesses Hold Breath for Biden Stimulus, Potential Wage Increase

By Brendan Klein and Annabel Li | February 22, 2021

As Ithacans wait for Biden’s $1.9 trillion dollar stimulus proposal to pass the Senate, questions remain as to how the money will be allocated, and whether Biden can successfully use it as leverage for his policy goals, which include raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Businesses

Businesses Continue Virus Precautions as Ithaca Welcomes Back Cornell Community

By Olivia Cipperman | February 12, 2021

Ithaca businesses are working hard to limit COVID risk as students return to campus. Strategies include mask requirements, plastic barriers and curbside pickup.

Money & Business

How Ithaca Businesses Are Adapting to COVID-19

By Lucas Schiffman | July 8, 2020

Although necessary to reduce infections, Papachryssanthou compared such [health department] bulletins to “Scarlet Letters,” which have significant long-term impacts because “people just won’t forget that someone was infected there.”