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Myrick has been a longtime supporter of Clinton, campaigning for her in Pennsylvania and New York. He has also repeatedly criticized Trump, saying on his Facebook page that Trump “knows nothing and can fix nothing.”
“It is totally disingenuous for Congressman Tom Reed to claim his priority is the safety of American citizens when he stands so firm in his belief that suspected terrorists should be able to legally buy guns in the United States,” Plumb said.
Mayor Svante Myrick ’09, members of the Ithaca Common Council, and other city officials visited the Cornell campus on Tuesday evening to discuss key issues taking place in the Ithaca community, including Collegetown development and The Ithaca Plan. The event was hosted by the Student Assembly City and Local Affairs Committee.
“In Switzerland, which has 23 supervised injection facilities, overdose deaths have decreased by two-thirds,” explained Svante Myrick ’09. “If we had what Switzerland has in America, 5,000 fewer people would have died last year. The facility will keep people alive.”
Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said the high cost of housing is “the largest problem in Ithaca” in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
“We need a drug policy to make sure that we are responding in a more humane and more equitable way,” Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said. “The war on drugs … has failed.”
To curb heroin overdoses in Tompkins County, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 announced Monday that he hopes the City of Ithaca will host the first supervised heroin injection facility in the United States. According to his proposal, at such a facility, heroin users would be allowed to inject themselves under the supervision of a nurse and be connected with recovery services. While Myrick worked to model his plan after similar facilities in Canada, Europe and Australia, the plan’s feasibility — given the significant legal and political hurdles to come — remains questionable. While we find Myrick’s emphasis on prevention addiction through mental health professionals admirable, we question whether this is the correct solution in regards to heroin usage given the emphasis on creating an injection facility. Myrick has not yet identified how the facility will be funded — through tax dollars or otherwise.
Four candidates running for local government positions presented their platforms at a candidate forum hosted by the Collegetown Neighborhood Council Tuesday. Elie Kirshner ’18 defended against questions about whether he is experienced enough to represent the Collegetown and Commons neighborhoods in the Tompkins County Legislature. Kirshner, the Democratically-endorsed candidate, is running against local attorney and independent candidate Rich John ’81. Although only 19 years old, Kirshner said he has many experiences to bring to his position, if elected. Last year, he interned at City Hall, where he said he organized the Commons reopening celebration and wrote press releases about city hall events.
Presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 is part of a team of 100 New Yorkers that will lead Clinton’s campaign in the state, according to The Syracuse Post-Standard. Myrick is accompanied on the Hillary for New York Leadership Council by the mayor of Syracuse, Stephanie Miner, and other high-profile officials such as Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). Cuomo and Miner have both made statements endorsing Clinton, according to The Post-Standard and the Observer. On his Facebook page, Myrick said he would also be endorsing Clinton because he believes that she is “the most qualified candidate for president and the best bet to build upon Barack Obama’s transformational presidency.”
“I believe that her platform will yield progressive policy successes — and I believe strongly in the power of the pioneering nature of her candidacy,” Myrick wrote. He added that he believes a Clinton presidency would make strides for women in America today.