The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/tompkins-county-legislature/)
In the first-ever airport town hall, the status of the Ithaca Tompkins International Airport was discussed, including the challenges faced after American Airlines left and the national pilot shortage.
Susan Currie, former director of Tompkins County Public Library, is running for County Legislator with voting on Tuesday.
As Ithacans cast their last votes for Common Council representatives on Tuesday night, they decided a new slate of local officials — including two Cornell students.
The City of Ithaca and Tompkins County have approved funding for the Community Justice Center, a new establishment intended to implement the 19 recommendations from the historic Ithaca Police Department overhaul proposal.
Taking her oath of office on Tuesday, Leslie Schill will serve as a Tompkins County legislator, hoping to improve housing security and vaccine distribution.
The Tompkins County Legislature voted Tuesday to pass the Reimagining Public Safety Plan, with the county committing to the 17 police reforms that intend to rebuild trust between law enforcement and residents.
Legislator Leslyn McBean-Clairborne (D-2nd District) was elected Chair of the Tompkins County Legislature. She is the first person of color to ever serve in this role.
The county legislature unanimously agreed last Tuesday to adopt the five-cent paper bag fee to reduce single-use waste, which will take effect on March 1, 2020. The local law will be enacted alongside a New York State-wide bag waste reduction act that bans most plastic bags from retail sales and allows individual counties to opt into the paper bag fee.
Earlier this month, the Tompkins County Legislature narrowly voted in favor of a resolution that would allow rifle hunting for big game in the area, joining 58 other upstate New York counties that already granted such permission.
What was predicted to be a close contest between the incumbent and a challenger from the left is now a one-man race after Rich John ’81’s opponent withdrew.