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concept” of participatory budgeting and test elements of the process, such as public voting and idea submission.

THACA, N.Y. — The City of Ithaca Residents currently have until May 19 is introducing its new participatory to take a survey to vote on improvements budgeting process through a smallsuch as green space, café seating, public scale redesign of City Hall Plaza. The pilot art, shade structures, or activity areas project aims to educate the public about how participatory budgeting works to help through a simple online survey.

“It’s a way to increase democratic build momentum for its full-scale rollout engagement and participation with local in 2026. government,” Evans said. “And it’s open to The pilot is part of the Ithaca Green more than just regisNew Deal’s Justice50 tered voters; it includes initiative, adopted residents as young as in May 2024, which 16 and undocumented commits to ensuring at community members least 10% of the capital as well.” budget is allocated Looking ahead to through participatory the 2026 launch of budgeting and that a full participatory at least 50% of city budgeting cycle, Evans investments benefit said proposals could communities most imgo far beyond physical pacted by climate and infrastructure. “People economic injustice. might want to use the “This pilot is very, for things like very different from — Rebecca Evans, funds help paying utility bills what we’ll see in 2026,” Ithaca’s Director of Sustainability or energy assistance,” said Rebecca Evans, she said. “We’re buildIthaca’s Director of ing a process flexible enough to support Sustainability. “But it introduces the community-identified needs, and we’re concept, the voting platform, and the idea that residents, not just elected officials, can working internally to understand what types of proposals can be implemented decide how money is spent.” legally, whether through city departments The City Hall Plaza project was included in the adopted FY25 capital budget or partner entities like the Urban Renewal with an allocation of $50,000. Evans said it Agency.”

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will allow residents to submit their own proposals. “Let’s say someone wants to build a new skate park on West Hill,” Evans said. “They could submit a proposal, create a budget, and rally support. That’s the vision for 2026.”

Evans emphasized that one goal of the full-scale program is to level the playing field when it comes to who gets a say in how to use city resources. The city plans to offer training so that people from all backgrounds, not just skilled grant writers,

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X New Travel ID Requirements Took Effect On May 7 ITHACA, N.Y. — Beginning May 7, 2025, travelers will no longer be able to use a standard New York State driver’s license to board domestic flights in the United States. According to the Tompkins County Department of Motor Vehicles, residents will need either a REAL ID, a New York State Enhanced License, or a U.S. Passport Card for domestic air travel.

REAL IDs are marked with a star in the top right corner and can be obtained at the DMV with documents proving identity, residency, Social Security number, and citizenship. There is a $12.50 transaction fee.

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Enhanced Licenses feature a U.S. flag and cost $30 in addition to the $12.50 fee. They also require proof of citizenship and legal name changes.

While they are valid for domestic flights and land or sea crossings from Canada, Mexico, and some Caribbean countries, Enhanced Licenses are only issued by five states, so TSA agents may not recognize them. Travelers are encouraged to carry Homeland Security documentation explaining the Enhanced License if using it at airports.

U.S. Passport Cards are also accepted for domestic flights and land or sea border crossings

and may be a good alternative for individuals with multiple name changes. The cost for firsttime adult applicants is $65. For international air travel, however, a full U.S. passport is required.

First-time adult passport books cost $165.

The Tompk ins County DMV encourages residents to check their current ID status and plan ahead to avoid travel delays. To determine if your ID is compliant, check the top right corner of the license. Standard licenses will say “not for federal purposes.”

For more information, visit the DMV office at 301 Third St. in Ithaca, call (607) 273-7187, or check the DMV’s REAL ID webpage.

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INQUIRING Ithaca Approves ADU Ordinance Without Owner-Occupancy Requirement PHOTOGRAPHER I N e w s l i n e

By Mark Sy ve r t son

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: “WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE (OR MOST USED) EMOJI?”

“🥰” – Katie

“🫶” – Ryan

“😂” – Paige

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R-2, and R-3, as well as select commercial and mixed-use zones.

According to the proposed size restricTHACA, N.Y. — After six years tions detached ADUs can have a maximum of planning and debate, the Ithaca footprint of 600 square feet, while attached Common Council voted 8–3 on May ADUs can have a maximum footprint of up 7 to adopt legislation that legalizes the to 40% of the primary structure’s size, and construction of accessory dwelling units the height limit is 20 feet. The council also (ADUs) by right in most residential zones declined to include a provision requiring across the city. homeowners to live on the property where The landmark vote followed a lengthy an ADU is built, even though hundreds public hearing and council debate over of residents in the third ward supported the policy’s potential to alleviate the city’s housing crisis and its impact on neighbor- including that requirement.

In the weeks hoods, specifically in leading up to the the third ward. final vote, nearly 200 The city’s effort to residents in the South legalize ADUs began Hill and Belle Sherin 2019, but progress man neighborhoods stalled for years due inside the city’s third to the pandemic and ward signed a petition concerns that ADUs urging the Common would be used for Council to include short-term rentals an owner-occupancy (STRs) instead of requirement in the long-term housing.

ADU legislation.

As a result, the ComThird Ward Aldermon Council agreed person Pierre Saintthat STR regulations — Pierre Saint-Perez, Perez introduced a needed to be passed first to ensure ADUs Third Ward Alderperson series of amendments to the legislation in an were used for longattempt to address his term housing. Those constituents’ concerns.

STR rules were adopted in 2024, clearing One amendment called for the legislathe way for Wednesday's vote.

Under the new ordinance, homeowners tion to be formally reevaluated five years after implementation, measuring the numcan build detached or internal secondary ber of ADUs built, how many are ownerunits on their properties without special occupied, and how many are owned by permits, eliminating one of the major barriers to ADU development. The ordinance local residents. The second amendment sought to require property owners in the would allow attached and detached ADUs South Hill overlay district to live on-site in certain zoning districts, including R-1,

“More than 100 people in South Hill signing onto something is a significant number of the population there…and checking in on this policy in five years is a very small task to alleviate the community’s concerns.”

“😭” – Gillian

“😬” – Thomas

The Ithaca Common Council voted last week to approve legislation legalizing accessory dwelling units (ADUs) citywide, rejecting amendments that would have required owner-occupancy in the third ward. (Photo: File)

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Third Ward Alderperson Pierre Saint-Perez introduced a series of amendments supporting an owneroccupancy requirement for ADUs in the third ward, citing concerns from his constituents about affordability and neighborhood stability. (Photo: File)

if they wished to build an ADU. A third, more detailed amendment attempted to impose a similar requirement within a specific section of Belle Sherman known as Bryant Park.

“These neighborhoods are under extreme stress,” Saint-Perez said during the meeting. “Every year that I go around knocking on doors in South Hill, more and more residents tell me, ‘Look, I can’t afford to stay here any longer.’”

The proposed amendments were supported by Third Ward Alderperson David Shapiro and Fifth Ward Alderperson Margaret Fabrizio, who worried that without the measure, out-of-town investors would convert residential homes into rental properties, particularly near the city’s universities.

“We want to make sure this policy benefits the people who actually live in our community,” said Shapiro during a previous meeting. “Without an owner-occupancy requirement, we could see investors buying up properties, adding ADUs, and essentially turning single-family neighborhoods into rental hubs.”

However, the amendments were rejected by a majority of the council, who raised concerns regarding the process of how the amendments were proposed and the image of giving preferential treatment to one area of the city.

Mayor Robert Cantelmo spoke on procedural objections, criticizing the timing of the amendments, which were introduced on the day of the final vote. “This is tantamount to moving the item back to committee,” he said. “If that’s what the majority of the council wishes to do, that’s Contin u ed on Page 14

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Fifth Ithaca School Cited by Education Department for Academic Underperformance

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The Tompkins County Clerk’s Office will host this year’s first Naturalization Ceremony for new American citizens on Thursday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m. on the second floor of the Tompkins County Courthouse located at 320 N Tioga St.

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ayuga Heights Elementary is the latest of nearly half of the schools in the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) to be flagged by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) for performing below state standards.

NYSED has “accountability designations” that are a part of New York State’s adherence to the federal Every Student Succeeds Cayuga Heights Elementary has been designated as a Target Support and Improvement School within the Ithaca City School District, with economically disadvantaged students Act (ESSA), which replaced No Child Left disproportionately underperforming on state exams. (Photo: Mark Syvertson) Behind. The ESSA requires that states hold public schools accountable for student Comprehensive Support and Improvement Being “chronically absent” means a performance and aims to ensure that all student missed at least 10% of the instrucchildren have access to equitable education. (CSI) or Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI) designation. tional days of school. In 2023-24, economThe elementary school was designated Last year, the Ithaca Times first reically disadvantaged students at Cayuga as a “Targeted Support and Improvement” ported that Boynton and DeWitt Middle Heights had a chronic absenteeism rate of (TSI) school in November 2024, when Schools, the only two middle schools in 57%, while the rate for economically disstate data for the 2023-24 academic year the district, were identified as TSI schools. advantaged students statewide was 33.8% was released. This designation means that The prior year, Beverly J. Martin Elemenover the same period. specific subgroups in the school have had In a letter announcing the designation low academic performance for at least two tary was identified as a TSI school and Enfield Elementary was identified as a sent to Cayuga Heights Elementary famiconsecutive years.

CSI school, meaning that students are not lies and staff on February 14, Principal performing up to state standards across Aileen Grainger said that Cayuga Heights Designations Across the District the entire school. is among many other schools in the state Cayuga Heights is now one of five Days after the Ithaca Times story was struggling to increase state test scores for schools that have been identified by the published, the ICSD published a news economically disadvantaged students. state as in need of improvement. This was release titled, “Far “This data tells us what we already previously referred From Failing: What know,” Grainger wrote, “that learning to by NYSED as a Accountability Staoutcomes are disproportionately affected loss of “Good Standtus is Really Telling by factors such as economic status and ing” status.

Us” in which district membership within traditionally marginIn their first year officials defended alized groups.” of low performance, the school’s academschools are desigic performance. nated as a potential Next Steps This year, unlike TSI (PTSI), putting Receiving the TSI or CSI designations last year, the district’s them at risk of being means that the school is eligible for inwebsite now reflects officially designated creased state funding aimed at improving Cayuga Heights’ adas a TSI if student student performance. Last year, Ithaca’s dition to the TSI list, test scores don’t imschools received various levels of funding but makes no menprove the following as a result of their designations. tion of Belle Sherman year. Belle Sherman In 2024, Boynton and DeWitt Middle — Aileen Grainger, Principal Elementary inching Schools Elementary is cureach received $20,000 for the develcloser to TSI status. rently identified as a opment of their targeted support plans. CaPTSI due to their Black student subgroup yuga Heights Elementary will likely receive a having low performance on state exams. similar amount this year following their TSI Why Was Cayuga Heights Elementary Identified?

This means that if student scores on designation. Beverly J. Martin Elementary Cayuga Heights Elementary received state exams don’t improve in the 2024-25 received $50,000 in state funding because the TSI designation due to the underperacademic year, half of the 12 schools in the of its TSI status, while Enfield Elementary formance of economically disadvantaged Ithaca City School District will receive an received $200,000 due to their CSI status. students on state exams during the 2022accountability designation showcasing that “One of the silver linings of this designa23 and 2023-24 academic years. Additionthey need additional state support. Just 9% tion is that we will receive funding from ally, economically disadvantaged students of schools in the state received a similar at Cayuga Heights experienced high rates designation this year–whether that be a TSI, of chronic absenteeism.

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“This data tells us what we already know, that learning outcomes are disproportionately affected by factors such as economic status and membership within traditionally marginalized groups.”

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President Trump’s 2026 budget calls for a $674 million cut to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The move aims to reduce states use of Medicaid Section 1115 waivers to cover things like housing, food assistance and in-home healthcare.

HEARD&SEEN Heard

The Tompkins County Democratic Committee will host its annual “Wine and Cheese” gathering on Wednesday, May 28th at 6pm at the Foundation of Light in Ithaca. The event’s keynote speaker will be Member of Congress, Josh Riley. Suggested donation for this event is $25 per person; tickets may be purchased here via ActBlue. Proceeds go toward activities, programs, and electing Democrats.

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The Trumansburg Community Nursery School is hosting a Grand Opening Craft-a-thon and BBQ on Saturday, May 17 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., with a ribboncutting and group photo at 3:00 p.m.

The event will feature crafts, a chance to tour the new facility, and $15 chicken BBQ dinners (cash only), available while supplies last.

IF YOU CARE TO RESPOND to something in this column, or suggest your own praise or blame, write editor@ithacatimes. com, with a subject head “U&D.”

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Should the Common Council pass a Just Cause employment resolution to get rid of at-will employment in the City of Ithaca?

75.8% Yes. 21.7% No. 2.5% I don’t care.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR RE: Disappointment Regarding Waters Edge Development Plans

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As a long-time resident and business owner, as well as a waterfront commercial property owner for over 40 years—20 of which have been spent on Inlet Island—I am compelled to express my deep disappointment, frustration, and even anger regarding the recent decision to permit the developers of Waters Edge, Cayuga Park, and the old Johnson Marina site (whatever its current designation may be) to alter the development plans that have been meticulously crafted over the past fifty years.

I have a wealth of planning documents dating back to the tenure of Thys VanCort and Joanne Cornish in our city’s planning administration.

Throughout my involvement, particularly as a member of the Waterfront Advisory Board for Planning and Zoning, I have actively contributed to the rezoning plans for the entire waterfront.

This extensive effort involved dedicated community volunteers who invested countless hours to ensure that our recommendations reflected the desires of our community, in alignment with the vision laid out by former city planners.

The intention behind these plans was clear: to maintain the waterfront as a public/private cooperative, fostering a tourist-friendly atmosphere. Given that Cayuga Lake is predominantly a private body of water with limited public access, our plans were focused on developing a “vibrant waterfront” featuring retail shops, galleries, restaurants, and small enterprises—creating a minicommunity that would showcase the diverse talents of the Ithaca community.

Regrettably, instead of these aspirations materializing, we are now faced with the prospect of more private ownership and occupancy.

The mere inclusion of a walking path and a few benches cannot be deemed sufficient public access when so much consideration has been given to ensuring a vibrant, community-inclusive waterfront. I strongly urge that any plans failing to fulfill these established goals be rejected until we receive proposals that align with our community's vision for the waterfront.

Thank you for your attention to this crucial matter.” — Micky Roof, Owner, The Jewelbox

RE: Bitcoin Mining in Upstate NY

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"Burning for Bitcoin" outlines the arguments against cryptocurrency development in Upstate NY. Kazakhstan, until recently, was a popular center for crypto mining, which attracted miners due to its cheap electricity & lack of regulations.

In 2021 things changed: "Power blackouts grew more frequent & peak electricity demand jumped by 7% year on year. The Kazakh government came to its senses, & cut the electricity supply of the miners it once welcomed". The miners fled to the U.S. China, meanwhile, wisely forced its Bitcoin miners out of their country after careful study.

Trump declared, the day after his election, that he intended to make the US "the cryptocurrency capitol of the globe". This is terrible news for American electricity consumers! He was making a major policy pronouncement that would affect our citizens deeply.

Now the US is the top location for crypto mining, Trump has started his own family crypto business "World Liberty Financial". The available supply of electricity is a major consideration when setting the price for consumers, and electricity IS a necessity. With such a "Draw" from the crypto industry, are we in for black outs and building a new set of electric power plants?

Josh Riley (D-NY-19) recently launched an investigation into NYSEG (4/23-4/29 Ithaca Times due to rate hikes that are strangling his constituents.” — Dorothy Pomponio

A Call For Reconciliation, Not Division

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I stood among my neighbors at the First Congregational Church on May 5, listening to a panel meant to confront antisemitism. But instead of unity, I heard fear. Instead of empathy, I saw a community insulating itself, wielding the specter of antisemitism while ignoring the suffering of others.

Eighty years ago, my father survived the Nazi camps. His suffering was real.

But survival taught him the value of humanity, not fear. Today, I see a task force focused on defending against imagined threats while remaining silent on the suffering of Palestinians.

Not once did I hear the word “Muslim.”

This is not courage. This is moral blindness.

I call for reconciliation, not division.

We need an interfaith movement that

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speaks with courage about all suffering. Confronting antisemitism means acknowledging other forms of hatred, not turning a blind eye. Let us be builders of peace, not fortresses of fear.

To the Ithaca Area United Jewish Community: You must do better. Let us heal together.” — Neil Zusman, Ithaca, NY

RE: Planning Board Relies on Technicalities to Ignore Public and DEC Warnings on PFAS-Linked Turf Pollution

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A quick update — tonight the Town of Ithaca Planning Board voted 7–0 to grant preliminary site plan approval for Cornell’s synthetic turf field on Game Farm Road. This happened despite seven people speaking in opposition, ongoing PFAS testing, and serious concerns we raised in our formal request to rescind the Negative Declaration.

The board did not take up our request for rescission. They brief ly acknowledged it but dismissed our concerns, claiming that stormwater runoff impacts—including PFAS and microplastic pollution—are outside the scope of SEQRA and can be handled solely through the SWPPP (Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan). We strongly disagree. SEQRA requires a full environmental review, and the board failed to consider key pollution pathways identified by both NYS DEC and the Town’s own engineer. To our knowledge, DEC has not approved the revised stormwater plan—yet the Planning Board is moving forward anyway.

This is preliminary approval, not final—but the board has clearly signaled its intent to approve the project regardless of science or public input. There will still be another vote for final site plan approval.

This means we have more time and opportunities to show up and to log in comments for the public record.

If you think of anything else, please keep the comments coming. Every detail helps document the record. For example, one of the recycling facilities referenced in Cornell’s materials is located in Dalton, Georgia—the carpet capital of the U.S. and the site of multiple PFAS lawsuits related to synthetic turf and carpet manufacturing. The turf sample we’re testing came directly from Dalton.” — Yayoi Koizumi, Zero Waste Ithaca

GUEST OPINION

Hands Off Peace Corps

By G e r ry Thom a s , C i t y of It h ac a R e si de n t

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Olivia Carpenter: Coming to Ithaca

By M a rjor i e O l d s

M Peace Corps volunteers teach, build infrastructure, and foster cross-cultural understanding in over 60 countries — but 80% of the agency’s U.S.-based administrative staff now face elimination under new federal cuts. (Photo: Provided)

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ery recently, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), presumably with President Trump’s support, have ordered 80 percent cuts in Peace Corps’ administrative staff employed in the US. These civil servants are the support staff for the approximately 3,000 Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) presently serving in 60 countries, as well as overseeing recruitment of new volunteers and arranging for their placement and training. The total annual budget of the Peace Corps is $430 million, which works out to be approximately $1.30 per person living in the US. It is a miniscule percentage of our federal budget.

As in any bureaucracy there might be some “waste” or “inefficiencies,” but “reducing the cost to the US taxpayer” does not seem to be the rationale for dismantling such a small federal agency as the Peace Corps. Rather, it would appear that the motivation, as is the case in many of the DOGE cuts, is the Peace Corps “does not align with the President’s priorities.”

What is there not to like about the Peace Corps? The Peace Corps’ three goals remain the same since its beginning in 1961: providing development assistance to low-income countries, fostering understanding between Americans and citizens of other countries, and promoting understanding among Americans of other cultures — in a word, an example of countervailing “soft power.” Millions of people around the world, whose only

first-hand knowledge of the United States is having known a Peace Corps volunteer, have a very different view of our country than that projected by the news.

I have lived and worked in Tanzania for nearly seven years, spread over more than sixty years, beginning as a community development assistant, working especially in shallow wells and hand pumps.

While never a PCV, I was once hired as a Cross-Cultural Training Coordinator for a 10-week Peace Corps pre-service training program in Tanzania. Almost all the volunteers were recent college graduates, soon to be teachers in secondary schools or posted to healthcare and rural development agencies, but they made up for their lack of work experience by being highly motivated, adaptive and willing to learn.

My most recent involvement with Peace Corps has been with a Friends of Tanzania Swahili discussion group on Zoom, led by a PCV medivacked from the country in March 2020. The group’s passion for the language — the prefixes, the infixes, the suffixes, the noun classes, the noun-adjective agreement, etc. — is impressive.

With 240,000 returned PCVs now living in the US, forever changed by their volunteer experience — more compassionate, more open-minded, obviously more worldly — I think we are a better country. I need someone to explain how the President could think the Peace Corps does not align with his or our country’s priorities.

zo: Readers contacted me to ask when the second chapter of Olivia Carpenter’s courageous story would be published. (See online at Ithaca. com). As a member of the only Black family in her small Ohio town, this second chapter pick up as Olivia’s arrives in Ithaca in 2018: Olivia: “I applied to college and was offered many scholarships in Ohio for track—Ohio State, Oberlin, Miami. But I wanted to leave the state, to be in a different part of the country. I applied to Cornell and hoped I had worked hard enough to have whatever it took. However, even as state track champion, valedictorian, class president, and the list went on, they did not admit me. I thought, ‘I wonder if it’s because I’m low-income’?”

“Fortunately, I liked Ithaca, and upon application to Ithaca College in 2018, I was selected to be a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar. The MLK program provided for all 25 Scholars to live in a dorm as a group. We travelled to Selma and Birmingham, Alabama. We stood in the

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church Dr. King preached in. An elderly woman in the congregation said to me ‘You will travel the world, you will speak to people, and you will move them.’”

“On that trip, we toured the Lynching Museum and spoke with someone who had just returned from prison. As we walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a man with a Confederate Flag on his truck passed us, screaming out his window. As a freshman at IC from rural Ohio, I had always been one of the only Black people in my school and was used to that sort of behavior from racist people.”

“It was amazing to be with other Black students, celebrating such significant Black History in a part of the country where Black history runs deep. The entire trip was intense, powerful, and moving. I later created a radio spot about my visit.”

[Ithaca College Freshman MLK Scholar Visits Civil Rights Monuments: Selma, Montgomery — WRFI Community Radio] “I began my career at IC studying Journalism because I wanted to tell stories. I quickly decided it would be wise to study business and switched to the Business School. I began designing clothes and put together a modelling portfolio. I had a desire to work in the fashion industry. I would thrift clothes, pull them apart, and reconstruct them, then paint on them. I had my pieces featured in the HiFashion Show and Magazine. The IC media team also covered my work, and we did a photoshoot where I screen printed on clothing.”

“I got an internship with Luxcartel, a fashion PR house in NYC and went there my sophomore year. I also worked for a screen printing company called Prographix as their office manager.

I discovered fairly quickly that the fashion industry was brutal. I faced classism, racism, and verbal abuse in both jobs.

I remember the first phone call I ever received while working at Prographix.

I answered the call, and the lady on the other end was screaming expletives at me, saying our orders were late. I calmly introduced myself, said I was new, and that I’d see what I could do. She and I Contin u ed on Page 14

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Election Guide: Seven Candidates, Four Seats on Ithaca’s Board of Education B y M a d dy Vo g e l

S c o t t J a h n k e i s ru n n i n g f o r It h ac a’s s c h o o l b o a r d w i t h a p r i m a ry c o n c e r n t h at s e v e r a l of the schools within the ICSD a r e not per for ming u p t o s tat e s ta n d a r d s a n d p l a n s t o p r i o r i t i z e e q u i ta b l e e d u c at i o n f o r a l l s t u d e n t s i f e l e c t e d .( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d)

M adeline Cardona, a n I TA- e n d o r s e d c a n d i d at e , hopes to r epr esent the v o i c e s o f w o r k i n g fa m i l i e s on the board and mend the gap between w o r k i n g fa m i l i e s a n d t h e d i s t r i c t. ( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d)

Dav i d M c M u r ry i s a n at i v e It h ac a n ru n n i n g i n a s l at e a longside S cot t Ja h n k e a n d J ac o b S h i f f r i n h o p i n g to bring his finance b ac k g r o u n d w i t h d ata- d r i v e n and evidence-based p o l i c y- m a k i n g t o t h e b o a r d . ( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d)

E r i n C r oy l e , a n i n c u m b e n t I TA- e n d o r s e d c a n d i d at e , looks to con ti n u e h er wor k a dv o c at i n g f o r w i d e r ch a nges to su pport a s u s ta i n a b l e s t ru c t u r e f o r school fu nding if re-elected for her third term. ( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d)

even candidates are competing for three seats on the Ithaca City School District’s (ICSD) board of education in this upcoming election, each with a unique background and perspective that they hope to bring to the board.

Currently, three incumbents–Jill Tripp, Karen Yearwood and Erin Croyle–are running for re-election. There is one seat which has been left vacant for nearly a year following the resignation of former board member Katie Apker, who departed from the board after last year’s tumultuous budget process. The board had considered holding a special election to fill Apker’s seat, but ultimately left it vacant due to the large cost associated with holding a special election.

Four new candidates are running for the board, challenging long-time members for their seats. Three of the candidates are running as a slate, with similar goals and motives for running–Scott Jahnke, David McMurry and Jacob Shiffrin.

Last week, the Ithaca Teachers Association (ITA) announced their endorsements of two incumbents, Croyle and Yearwood,

along with two challengers, Shiffrin and Madeline Cardona. Notably, the ITA didn’t endorse Jill Tripp, a long-time ITA member and retired school psychologist within the ICSD who has been on the sidelines during their extensive contract renegotiations with the ICSD administration.

“If our students are not able to read, they’re not able to have the math skills needed, the basic elements of what education is, they’re not going to be successful,” Jahnke said. “We have to put a focus on that.”

Increasing teacher preparation time to better serve students and implementing a cell phone ban are two items that Jahnke believes will increase student success. He said that he hopes to increase scrutiny on the budget and the success of individual programs through data-driven research.

“I think from a budgeting perspective, we need to go to a zero-base budget,” Jahnke said.

Decreasing teacher turnover through conducting mandatory exit interviews is a priority for Jahnke.

“Turnover is a hindrance to learning, it’s a hindrance to our school communities,” Jahnke said.

and USPS worker currently working as an Uber driver.

A mom of two teenagers in the district, Cardona said that her experience with the ICSD has been challenging. Cardona hopes to represent the voices of working families on the board and mend the gap between the district and the families that the district serves.

“In order for me to support my children I have to be able to support the staff and the teachers,” Cardona said. “It’s hand in hand.”

Cardona hopes to make working families and teachers feel more heard, seen and acknowledged, creating a support system that lasts for generations.

“I just want to be there and make sure that I do my part to better the system so that by the time my grandkids come around, it’s a better system, it’s a better community where we actually listen to each other and work together to better ourselves,” Cardona said.

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SCOTT JAHNKE

Jahnke, a Senior Manager at Accenture Technology, was a vocal opponent of last year’s initially-proposed budget hikes. As an eight-year Ithaca resident, he is running for the board with a primary concern that several of the schools within the ICSD are not performing up to state standards.

“Over the last decade, we’ve seen a decline in our ELA and our math scores across the district,” Jahnke said. “In the last five years, we’ve seen a decline in our graduation rates.”

Jahnke said he hopes to prioritize eq- MADELINE CARDONA uitable education for all students and ensure that community members’ voices are Cardona, originally from Puerto Rico, heard by the board, something that he feels has lived in Ithaca for the past six years. is currently lacking.

Cardona is a former TCAT bus operator

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DAVID MCMURRY

A native Ithacan, McMurry returned to the area after 20 years to raise his children

ICSD Board Election Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Polls open from noon to 9 p.m. at various locations across Ithaca.

Must be a registered voter, a citizen of the U.S., 18 years of age or older, a district resident for 30 days preceding May 20 and not otherwise prohibited from voting under Election Law. Visit https://www.ithacacityschools.org/o/icsd/page/ budget-vote-election for more information and to find your polling location.

J ac o b S h i f f r i n , a n I TA- e n d o r s e d c a n d i d at e , i s ru n n i n g w i t h a f o c u s o n i m p r ov i n g s tat e t e s t s c o r e s at u n d e r p e r f o r m i n g school s by i m pl e m en ti ng e v i d e n c e - b a s e d p r ac t i c e s . ( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d)

K a r e n Ye a rw o o d i s a n i n c u m b e n t I TA- e n d o r s e d c a n d i d at e w i t h a f o c u s o n e n s u r i n g t h at a l l s t u d e n t s w h o g r a d uat e f r o m t h e I C S D a r e p r e pa r e d for success. ( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d)

in the area in which he grew up. He said he is primarily motivated to run to refocus the district’s goals on learning and academics.

McMurry is a self-taught art dealer with years of experience in finance. He hopes to bring data-driven and evidence-based policy-making to the board of education.

“I think there’s been somewhat of a lack of financial expertise on the board, and I think I would bring a lot of weight to the finance committee if I were elected,” McMurry said.

McMurry has previously written an opinion piece for the Ithaca Times during last year’s budget process in which he highlighted Ithaca’s declining scores on state exams.

He said that the district should reallocate their resources to ensure a quality education for all students and has major concerns about Ithaca’s declining scores.

McMurry said that if elected, his “single biggest priority” would be to improve test scores for economically disadvantaged and Black students, two subgroups who have been identified by the New York State Education Department as needing additional support.

“I want to be one of the people who can listen and effect change from the inside, and I knew that it was time,” Croyle said. “Even though I was newer to the area, I knew that the way to really change things was from the inside, to have a voice for those people who normally aren’t listened to.”

Last year’s budget cycle was impactful and eye-opening, and funding is a major challenge that the district is currently facing, Croyle said.

“The way that public schools are funded is just not sustainable,” Croyle said. “It’s not equitable for community members. It is so expensive to live in this community, and that’s pitting community members and the very schools that serve them against one another.”

Croyle said the district must find sustainable ways to fund their operations, because educating students isn’t getting any cheaper. She said she hopes to continue helping the district find a better balance and reshape how public schools are funded in Ithaca if re-elected.

“How can we look to really reshape how public schools are funded,” Croyle said, “and what can we do to make it sustainable, while also making sure that the people who work in our schools are paid enough, that the students are getting what they need, that our buildings are functional and properly cooled and heated.”

Meaningful inclusion and academic excellence are things that should be considered when shaping all district policies, Croyle said.

ERIN CROYLE

Croyle, a journalist, writer and public speaker, is running for re-election to serve a third term on the board. She is a disability rights advocate and currently works as a communications specialist with the Center for Family Involvement at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Partnership for People with Disabilities.

After moving to Ithaca in 2018, she was JACOB SHIFFRIN elected to her first term in 2019, and has seen the district before and after the COShiffrin is a Professor of Elementary VID-19 pandemic.

Curriculum Design at the Relay Graduate

J i l l Tr i p p, a n i n c u m b e n t c a n d i d at e a n d 3 0 -y e a r v e t e r a n o f t h e d i s t r i c t, a i m s to bring fiscal responsibility to the board and has s p e a r h e a d e d k e y i n i t i at i v e s t o a d d r e s s It h ac a’s p u b l i c s c h o o l f u n d i n g s t ru c t u r e . ( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d)

KAREN YEARWOOD

School of Education and has an extensive background in education. He has served in various roles in school districts across the United States with a particular focus on equitable education for historically marginalized student populations. He moved back to Ithaca four years ago to raise his children in the area.

“I care a lot about the quality of our schools and the experience of students, both as an educator and a parent, and I think we could do a lot better to make sure that every child here in Ithaca has access to a really high quality education,” Shiffrin said.

Like Jahnke and McMurry, Shiffrin hopes to improve state test scores at underperforming schools by implementing evidence-based practices.

“We wanted to run together because we think that the board of education can do better, can be more proactive and accountable and focus on real change,” Shiffrin said. “We have a shared vision for a lot of things.”

Running with a focus on academic excellence, Shiffrin hopes to help the district return their schools to “good standing status” and implement a cohesive curriculum that flows throughout the district as students move up grade levels. He additionally hopes to increase teacher support to lower teacher turnover rates.

“What I know from my experience, in particular as a principal, is that you need to have a non-adversarial relationship between teachers and administrators where there can be coaching and support to help teachers meet the needs of students in their classroom,” Shiffrin said.

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Yearwood is an incumbent candidate who has been in Ithaca since 2005. She has extensive experience in Ithaca public education, having served multiple roles with the Equity & Inclusion Leadership Council (EILC), as the 2nd Executive Director of Village at Ithaca, a representative on ICSD hiring committees, a former board member of Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI), and former board chair and member of BJM Academic Plus afterschool program.

She was first elected to the board in 2022 and believes that funding is one of the district’s biggest challenges. Ithaca is unique in that over 70% of its school budget is taxpayer-funded.

She said that as a member of the Revenue Exploration Committee, she has worked to find new revenue sources for the district that aren’t funded by single-family homeowners.

Yearwood said that if re-elected, she hopes to help ensure that all students are prepared for success when they graduate.

“My focus is on all students successfully graduating,” Yearwood said, “graduating ready for college, career, to be civically engaged in whatever community they end up in.”

JILL K. TRIPP

Tripp has been a board member for three years, but has over three decades of experience as a school psychologist in the district, a position which she has now retired from. Tripp had previously served on the City’s Six Mile Creek Advisory Committee, the Board of Public Works and the Conservation Advisory Council.

Tripp said her goals have largely remained the same, particularly aiming to bring improved fiscal responsibility to the ICSD and learn more about decision-making at the district-level.

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Sports

Lacrosse Culture

Ithaca’s Parents and Coaches Have Bred Generations of Stars

By Ste ve L aw te nc e

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ne might think that a lacrosse player might be offered a day off from practice as a reward for being named First-Team Division 1 All-American, but that was not the case for Shea Baker When I called Shea — the junior captain of the defending national champion Boston College Eagles — she said, “I’m happy to talk, but I need to get to practice in 15 minutes.”

I have no doubt that Shea would have declined a day off anyway, as she and her teammates were preparing for Sunday’s NCAA match up against Stony Brook. The 2021 Ithaca High graduate was also named the ACC Defender of the Year, she was the team captain for Team USA, which won the U-20 World Championship in Hong Kong last year, and she and her fellow Eagles are dialed in on becoming the first

back-to-back NCAA champs in over a decade.

I asked Shea if all those championships and accolades tempted her to ease up a bit, and she replied, “No. Once you get a taste of it, it’s all you dream about. Every year is a new opportunity, playing with new teammates, against new opponents, it makes you want to dig deep.”

I asked if being named the team captain by her teammates brought any additional pressure, and she said, “Yes, there is some pressure that comes with that responsibility. Being captain is such an honor, and I love the role. That extra credibility, and the confidence that comes with it makes you see outside yourself, and it inspires me to be the best leader I can be.”

I also asked Captain Baker to what extent coming from such a solid lacrosse community factored into her success, and she said, “I always played with the older

girls, like my sister, Reed, and Jamie Lasda, and that developed leadership qualities in me before I even knew it!”

Boston College is 18-2, and gearing up for a rematch with their nemesis — the 19-0 North Carolina Tar Heels, who handed the Eagles their only two losses of the season. (Those slim margins — 12-11 and 14-12 — speak to just what a great rivalry it is,) The Eagles won most of their games handily, and Baker said, “It’s an adjustment to jump from those double-digit wins into the close games, but we’re ready.”

Todd Baker, is one of the people who helped bring about the Ithaca lacrosse community. A lax player at Keuka, and now an Ergonomics/Injury Prevention Consultant, Todd told me, “Seeing how Christina, Shea and Todd Baker after last year’s Boston College national badly our girls wanted to get on the ice championship. (Photo: Provided) and on the field, we started getting involved early.”

“Those talented kids played together for a Todd mentioned a lot of players who long time, and a lot of them have gone on have gone from the early travel teams he to the next level.” and other parents started, on to sucHe said other parents (Leigh Ulrich cess at Ithaca High and far beyond. He and Brian Lasda and many others) played mentioned Jamie Lasda, who played at a huge role in developing such a thriving Ohio State, Mckenzie Rich (Syracuse) and lacrosse culture, “We had a lot of people Alecia Nicholas (North Carolina) Quinn who know a lot about the game, and the Howe (St. Joseph’s), Maddie Hall (Ithaca College), the aforementioned Reed Baker (Nazareth), and many others, and he said, Contin u ed on Page 13

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Kitchen’s “Letters from Max” is Correspondents’ Life

Erica Steinhagen as Sarah Ruhl and Jackson Janowicz as Max Ritvo play out a moving story through their correspondence. (Photo: Rachel Philipson)

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By Barbara Adams

n this digital age, receiving fewer personal letters than ever via post, we value them even more. Someone has given time and care to share thoughts directed just to us, and we can re-visit that unique connection with each re-reading.

This rich experience is the heart of “Letters from Max,” the play currently wrapping up the Kitchen Theatre Company’s first season under

“Letters from Max”

by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Emily Jackson featuring Erica Steinhagen and Jackson Janowicz.

Kitchen Theatre Company 417 W. State St., Ithaca Performances May 14-17 at 7:00 p.m. and May 15 & 18 at 2:00 p.m. kitchentheatre.org/tickets or 607-272-0570.

artistic director Emily Jackson, who also helms this production.

The play, written in 2023, emerges from the lively correspondence that playwright Sarah Ruhl (“Eurydice,” “The Clean House,” “Dead Man’s Cell Phone”) had, over four years and several cities, with one of her former playwriting students at Yale, the poet Max Ritvo. Ruhl adapted their letters and his poems first into a book and then, after Max’s death in 2016, an intimate, poetic drama.

In the play, we quickly learn that Max has cancer — Ewing’s sarcoma, but that doesn’t dent his passion for life. Jackson Janowicz (the youth from The Kitchen’s “Monsters of the American Cinema”) portrays him as imaginative and quirky, effervescent with his love of language and continual wonder at the world. Sarah, his former professor, sees his individuality, spontaneity and creativity; she delights in his spirit. Erica Steinhagen plays

her thoughtfully, a stable mentor, encouraging and questioning. She listens carefully but also generously shares her own ideas and doubts.

Inevitably, their evolving friendship tackles challenging topics — art, illness, spirituality, one’s legacy — and both writers speculate about death and the afterlife. Their increasing awareness of Max’s failing health — despite remissions, new treatments, his happy marriage — underscores all their encounters. Yet their pleasure in words and the communion of friendship is palpable, buoying the narrative; humorous, even comical, moments keep popping up, thanks to Sarah’s comfortable candor and Matt’s irrepressible wit.

In the abstract stage setting here, fragmentary “scenes” are fluidly marked by Jackson’s creative blocking. Sometimes Max and

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Dining

Tamarind, Serving Terrific Thai Tastes Since 2008

By He nr y Stark

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t’s easy to drive by Tamarind as it’s only accessible on Meadow Street going north and not on Fulton Street going south. The management of the establishment seems to have overcome that handicap as it still has the same footprint and is serving the same top quality Asian (mostly

TID BITS: I find the staff quite willing to accommodate individual spice level requests.

Most of the entrées are $14.95 or $18.95 depending on the protein you select.

Their parking lot is small with barely room for a half dozen cars and there’s not a lot of room to maneuver within the lot.

Because of staffing shortages in many restaurants, I phone ahead to check opening hours instead of relying on the web site. Tamarind “opens at 11:30” however every time I go for lunch, the server, who has another job, is late and the door is locked, therefore I recommend arriving around 11:45.

Thai), food since February 14, 2008.

The interior of Tamarind is pleasant. It’s not a large restaurant with two small dining areas with only enough room for about four dozen diners. The walls are a soft sage green with white trim, the music they play is soothing instrumentals, mostly keyboard, and every table has a vase of fresh Alstroemeria.

As a long time restaurant reviewer in the Greater Ithaca area, I very much appreciate all the wonderful authentic ethnic varieties we diners have at our disposal.

There are many Asian choices and one of the elements I like about them is the abundance of truly creative vegetarian items that are part of their culture.

One of the vegetarian entrées I enjoy at Tamarind is Pad Priew Wan ($14.95) which is a sweet and sour dish from the A La Carte section of the menu. I was happy to discover green and red pepper slices, onions, carrots, tomatoes, cucumber pieces, peas, broccoli, and pineapple chunks. If you want to add a protein, you have a choice of chicken,

Tamarind, a hidden gem on Meadow Street in Ithaca, has been serving authentic Thai and Asian cuisine since 2008, known for its cozy atmosphere, fresh f lowers at every table, and f lavorful dishes like Honey Duck and Pad Priew Wan. (Photo: Mark Syvertson)

pork, beef, tofu, and mock chicken, or for $4 more, duck, salmon, shrimp, or seafood.

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the State to help us better the academic Sarah are present together; other times All the veggies were cooked beautifully... experience and outcomes for students they’re speaking their correspondence just enough to be al dente but not so they who are not succeeding within our curaloud to each other. The overall effect is were difficult to chew. rent systems and structures,” Grainger one of unusual lightness, as if floating in There definitely isn’t a dearth of deliwrote. “I truly believe that we are well on a web of words. Designer Tyler M. Perry’s cious duck dishes in the greater Ithaca our way, with aligned ELA and math cur- elegantly shaped space reinforces this: area and one of my favorites is the riculum, celebrations of student successes, on the floor, angled rock-like platforms Honey Duck entrée at Tamarind. About and anti-marginalization case studies and provide diverse locales, while above, a half dozen slices of duck meat, coated investigations.” three curving abstract forms hang, angled with a tasty, crispy, crunchy skin, are These designations are tied to a require- to suggest motion, and throughout the air, placed on a generous bed of steamed ment that the schools and the district sheets of ivory letter paper sway and curl. al dente broccoli and raw cashew nuts. develop annual improvement plans The lighting swells and dims, washing There were also strips of marinated with school-level needs assessments and every scene with emotion. It’s pure visual raw ginger to keep my mouth on edge. surveys completed by families, staff, and poetry, complementing the story. And Under pinning all this was a honey students. All comprehensive improvement at moments, Tenzin Chopak’s original sauce except, since the honey is mixed plans that the ICSD has developed so far music adds to the mood. with water in the kitchen, the sauce has are available on the district’s website.

What’s striking about this philosophi- more of a consistency of a broth. This To be removed from the TSI or CSI cal play is that despite the intensity of dish combines a wonderful mixture of designation lists, schools must make annual contemplating death, there’s never a textures and flavors and isn’t gamey. progress for two consecutive years, accordsentimental or maudlin moment. As I was intrigued by the description of Pad ing to new NYSED guidelines implemented Jackson points out, both Sarah and Kratiam Prik Thai because it was listed as a this year. This means that Cayuga Heights Max understand how the sublime and pepper and garlic concoction and I wanted Elementary will not be removed from the mundane rub shoulders; a gentle and to be able to write about how strong the TSI list until 2027 at the earliest. forgiving irony pervades their conversapepper and garlic are…well, I could barely In the most recent results, NYSED tions. Besides, life itself is ever in the discern either one. I chose duck as a protein found that Enfield Elementary made foreground here — the joy of friendship, and those two ingredients were encrusted progress across the entire student body love, and creativity is this drama’s most on the skin and were very mild. The duck and in the economically disadvantaged profound impression. was as good as I’ve ever had: generous strips student subgroup. However, Beverly of beautifully roasted meat that were juicy J. Martin Elementary, along with both Barbara Adams is a regional theatre and Boynton and DeWitt Middle Schools, did arts journalist and retired professor of not make progress. writing, Ithaca College.

without being fatty, and the crunch on the skin added wonderful texture. The entrée was served on a large lettuce leaf with a sprig of cilantro along with a scattering of dried, crunchy, flavorless noodles.

There are five curry dishes, three of which are spicy. Massaman Curry, one of the mildest, is made with a yellow curry paste mixed with coconut milk, onions, carrots, lots of potato chunks, and sprinkled with crumbled peanuts. All the curries here have at least a modicum of heat. I chose chicken as an accompanying protein and received several large tender pieces.

Entrées are accompanied by a large mound of white rice.

BEVERAGES: The quality of the wine menu doesn’t match that of the food offerings. There are only a half dozen choices and I was surprised there wasn’t a dry Riesling among the whites or a Cabernet Sauvignon among the reds.

Glasses are $7-$10 and bottles are $27$35. There are four beers in bottles ($5), three of which are Asian imports. When I attempted to order Asahi from Japan, my server, who was from Vietnam, intervened and told me she much preferred Ithaca Beer Flower Power so, how could I resist her charms? I also like Singha lager from Thailand. Beer bottles are served cold with a cold beer glass.

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“We rely a great deal on property taxes, Tripp also aims to bring more accountability to administration and help ensure and people are feeling stressed by how high equitable and excellent academic opportu- our property taxes are,” Tripp said. “As we move forward, we’re somewhat uncertain nity to all students.

Like other candidates, Tripp believes about New York State funding, we’re very that funding exploration should be a main uncertain about the federal funding that priority for the board in the coming years. comes to us. I’m concerned about special During her time on the board, Tripp has education programs in particular. I don’t spearheaded efforts to seek an increased think we’re in a crisis by any means but I contribution from Cornell University and think it’s something we need to keep carefought for the ICSD to have a seat at the In- ful watch on.”

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kids could really look up to them.” He also mentioned Chelle Tambroni (whose husband, Jeff, was the Cornell coach way back when), and the Sposito family (Jennifer Sposito is the daughter of Richie Moran, one of the most legendary names in lacrosse). In Baker’s words, “There were a lot of committed parents, with a focus on

balance and perspective throughout.”

As Todd and Cristin Baker prepared to get in the car to make yet another 6-hour drive to Boston, I got the idea that they would do it for 20 more years if given the chance. “After this,” Todd told me, “we have one more year of living the dream.”

B.C. advanced with a 10-7 win over Stony Brook, and will host Yale on Thursday in the quarterfinals. North Carolina also advanced, beating Clemson 18-9.

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can successfully propose projects.

To ensure equity and accessibility, the city is forming a planning group of residents to shape the future process. “We don’t want to build a process that only works for wealthy or white residents,” Evans said. “We’re letting the community help build the scaffolding.”

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what they should do, but to amend this on the floor…I’m strongly opposed.”

Cantelmo has previously said that including an owner-occupancy requirement would be “tantamount to not legalizing ADUs,” because cities that have included those requirements have seen significantly less ADU development, according to Deputy Director of Planning Megan Wilson.

Fifth Ward Alderperson Clyde Lederman went even further, arguing that the amendments created unfair exceptions for the third ward. “I don’t think certain parts of the city should get special treatment,” he said. “It looks really bad that the OLIVIA CARPENTER contin u ed from page 7

later on became friends, and that was the last time she ever yelled over that phone while I worked there.”

“At Luxcartel, I was told I did not dress well enough for the office. However, I would consistently wear the nicest clothes I owned. I began to realize just how cruel the industry was. I did not have the money to buy nicer clothing, it was an unpaid internship, and I was already

In response to questions about if the city could use participatory budgeting to fund proposals like a city-wide guaranteed income pilot program, an idea previously raised by First Ward Alderperson Phoebe Brown when the process was introduced, Evans said that city officials are assessing legal and logistical frameworks for implementation. She added that such proposals might be legal through entities like the Urban Renewal Agency (URA), which administered a lo-

cal guaranteed income program several years ago.

While the FY25 capital budget included approximately $5 million, Evans noted that fiscal uncertainty at the federal level could impact future participatory budgeting funding. Still, under Justice50 guidelines, the city expects to set aside 10% of the final capital budget for the process.

That could translate to about $500,000 annually in a typical year.

For now, Evans said the pilot offers a

wealthiest, and dare I say whitest, part of the city should get a special zone.”

Fabrizio and Shapiro pushed back on Lederman’s comments, saying that the concerns of homeowners in the city shouldn’t be downplayed. “I support ADUs, but I also support a residency requirement,” Fabrizio said. She added that the residents who signed the petition were “trying to protect the stability of their neighborhoods and should not be framed as elitist.”

Shapiro agreed, saying, “These are hundreds of people that did share their concerns quite clearly…and it’s unfortunate that their voices aren’t being heard or recognized in this process.”

Saint-Perez added, “More than 100 people in South Hill signing onto something is a significant number of the

population there…and checking in on this eliminating the owner-occupancy requirement. “We need to be sober about that. We policy in five years is a very small task to need to say, yeah, that’s what we’re doing,” alleviate the community’s concerns.” he said. “I’m okay with that…but I also While a majority of the council approved the ordinance without any amend- don’t think we can skirt around the issue.”

Kuehl has been outspoken about his ments, several council members said that this legislation alone is not a “silver bullet” views that the legislation wont do much to impact affordable housing supply since the that will single-handedly solve Ithaca’s estimated $250,000 cost to build an ADU housing crisis. would likely result in rents between $2,500 Alderperson Patrick Kuhel emphasized that while he supported the ADU legislation, to $5,000 per month.

Other council members, like Shapiro, “We shouldn’t try to convince ourselves criticized the city for spending so much that this is the silver bullet to housing…I time and resources on something that don’t think this will significantly impact housing one way or another. I think a small will have a negligible impact on the city. number of ADUs will be built year over year.” “We’ve spent over five years on this policy,” said Shapiro, “It’s not going to bring afKuhel noted that ADUs already exist fordable housing, and I think it’s been a in the city under permit regulations and waste of time and resources.” that the major change in the new law was

working other jobs. For extra cash, I used my modeling portfolio that I’d built through doing photoshoots with photographers at Ithaca College and Columbus, Ohio, to submit to casting calls. I ended up modeling for Adidas, Clinique, and L’Oreal, among others.”

“The spring of 2020 came around and COVID quickly shut everything down. I was in NYC at the time, so I wrapped up my work, found someone to take my lease, and ran back home to Ohio.”

“Junior year, we all came back to

Ithaca College and I lived off campus with my sister. Our classes were online, and I was upset by the fact that now half of my college career would be spent almost completely over a screen. Since the world was filled with uncertainty, I was unable to ever do any more of the traveling that the MLK Scholars had done in prior years. It greatly saddened me not to have the opportunity to go to London or Ghana.”

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modest but meaningful opportunity to test the system and foster trust between residents and city government.

“People have said they don’t feel government trusts them to know what their communities need,” Evans said. “This is our chance to put money behind the belief that community members have the best solutions to the challenges they face.”

The online survey closes May 19. Residents can participate through the City’s OpenGov platform.

ally closed or at a low capacity, and those were some of the only jobs available to me. So, I began making cookies. The same cookies I’d made as a high schooler.

I brought them to a coffee shop called “Nothing Nowhere” and asked Caleb if he would sell my cookies. He said ‘Yes’!

This was the moment a new path began to form in my life that would change my future drastically and sweeten my college adventure.”

Mzo: Stay tuned for Olivia’s next chapter coming soon.

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THACA, N.Y. — After last week’s successful opening weekend the Spring Writes Literary Festival is heading into its next chapter, only this time, it’s online.

The festival kicked off May 7–11 with more than 20 in-person events that filled downtown Ithaca with the energy of local literature lovers. From poetry readings to a zine fair, writing panels to theater performances, the festival brought together over 100 writers at venues including the Downtown Ithaca Conference Center, Buffalo Street Books, the Tompkins County Public Library, and Lot 10.

Now, the festival is transitioning into a week of free Zoom events, from May 15 through May 22, featuring a variety of poets, essayists, and filmmakers. Organizers have said the virtual phase of the festival provides wider audiences a chance to engage with the work and voices of regional and national artists. While events are free to attend, registration is required at SpringWrites.org.

The Zoom lineup begins Thursday, May 15, at 6 p.m. with “Here to Stay: Poetry & Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora,” featuring Tobi Kassim, Jesús I. Valles, féi Hernández, and Yessica Martinez. At 7 p.m., “Poetry, Memoir and Reflections” will feature readings from LA Bourgeois, Karel Hilversum, Akua Lezli Hope, BubbleSz, Sue Meredith Mann, and Erica Rose Eberhart.

Friday, May 16, continues with “Rooted Words: Poetry and Prose of the American Landscape” at 6 p.m., presented by Liz Ann Young, Jesse Gilleland, Joseph Heiland and

Suzanne Richardson. At 7 p.m., the theme turns introspective and elemental in “The Body: Intimate Histories, Possible Futures & Nature,” with readings from Liz Ann Young, Sam Corradetti, Jordan Franklin, Joshua Green and Suzanne Richardson.

The online programming picks back up on Wednesday, May 21, with “Of Now and Elsewhere: An ‘Un-American’ Family” at 6 p.m., a conversation and reading with Yangzhou (Yao) Bian, Sandrine Dupiton, Abdul Razak Mohammed, Itzel Robles Valdez, and Süheyla Noyan.

The final night of the Zoom series, Thursday, May 22, will feature two events. At 6 p.m., filmmakers E. Stuelke, Mara Alper, Karen Rodriguez, and Lori Watt will share work and conversation in “Visualizing the Unspeakable: A Filmmakers Showcase.” At 7 p.m., “Past and Present Tompkins County Poet Laureates” will close out the virtual portion with readings from Dan Rosenberg, Janie E. Bibbie, Melissa Tuckey, Jack Hopper, Gail Holst-Warhaft and Katharyn Howd Machan.

Spring Writes will also continue throughout the summer and into early fall with a series of in-person workshops between June and September. These workshops will give local writers a chance to build skills, explore new genres, and share work in supportive environments.

The first summer workshop, “Finding the Right Voice: Writing for Young Readers,” takes place on Wednesday, June 18, from 6 to 7 p.m. at CAP ArtSpace, led by Emily Sun Li and Tommy McAree.

Dan Rosenberg will lead a Collaborative Poetry Games Workshop on Saturday, July 5, from 2 to 3 p.m. at Buffalo

Street Books. On Saturday, July 19, from 1 to 3 p.m., Yessica Martinez will guide a Creative Writing Workshop at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Then, on Thursday, July 24, from 6 to 7 p.m., Emily Mure and Nancy Holzner will host “Talking Back to the Voices in Our Heads: Building Confidence as Writers” at Buffalo Street Books.

On Thursday, August 14, from 6 to 7:15 p.m., Lee Cotman leads “How to Write Blackout Love Poems” at CAP ArtSpace. On Saturday, August 16, from 2 to 3 p.m., Amir McClam presents “Trans/Queer Poetics of Self-Making” at Buffalo Street Books. Then, on Saturday, August 23, from 2 to 3 p.m., Aishvarya Arora will lead “Inciting Poetry: Writing with Revolutionary Lineage Towards Revolutionary Futures.”

The final event of the season will be Saturday, September 6, from 2 to 3:15 p.m., when nicole v. basta leads “ECODEVIANCE: A Generative Writing Class” at Buffalo Street Books.

Writers, readers, and performers gathered across downtown Ithaca for the 17th annual Spring Writes Literary Festival, which kicked off with over 20 in-person events and now continues online with a week of virtual readings, panels, and workshops through May 22. (Photo: springwrites.com)

Full schedules, artist bios and registration details can be found at SpringWrites. org.

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Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca | The first KIDDSTUFF Production of 2025, an adaptation of the classic by Christopher Parks, will delight all ages as this interactive production weaves storytelling and song together to bring Aesop’s world of fables and valuable life lessons to the stage. (Photo: Stock)

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Special Events Garden Fair and Plant Sale | 1 p.m., 5/16 Friday | Ithaca Farmers Market, 545 Third St. | Features a wide variety of vendors who offer plants, garden accessories, and more. Plants for sale include vegetables, annuals, herbs, hanging baskets, shrubs, hardy roses, fruit trees, evergreens, and specialty perennials. Master Gardeners will be present to provide advice. | Free 2025 Garden Fair and Plant Sale | 1 p.m., 5/16 Friday | CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue | | $1.00 - $10.00 Rootstock FLX Youth Festival | 12 p.m., 5/17 Saturday | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Center Commons | Celebrate youth creativity at the 5th Annual Rootstock Festival on Saturday, May 17 at the Bernie Milton Pavilion, featuring 14 youth bands, 6 dance troupes, and 25 youth entrepreneurs launching new products and services in a free, family-friendly event coproduced by New Roots, YEM, and GrassRoots. | Free Dryden Little League Golf Tournament | 9 a.m., 5/18 Sunday | Stonehedges Golf Course, 549 Stevens Road | Calling all golfers!The “Captain and Crew Tournament” to support Dryden Little League is coming with a putting contest, longest drive and closest to the hole competition and more! | $75.00 - $300.00 The Harlem Wizards vs. Newfield Teachers basketball game | 6:30 p.m., 5/19 Monday | Newfield High School, 247 Main Street | The world famous Harlem Wizards invite you and the whole family to join them for a night of tricks, hoops, and alley-oops when they take on Newfield teachers! | $12.00 - $50.00

Barnyard Bonanza! | 5 p.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Join our special guests, 2024 Cortland County Fair Queen Court, as they share a farm animal story, craft and activities. This month come on BAAAck for some MAAAre stories and activities all about

Books Senior Day & Student Night at the Book Sale | 10 a.m., 5/14 Wednesday | Regina Lennox Book Sale Bldg, 509 Esty St | Senior Day & Student Night at the Friends of the Library Book Sale: On Wednesday, May 14, older adults (age 60+) and anyone with a disability may shop from 10am to 4pm.

Students (age 16+ with school ID) are welcome 4-8pm. | Free Return to the Sky - Tina Morris | 3 p.m., 5/14 Wednesday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 North Cayuga Street | Author Reading with Tina Morris | Free Hover - Liza Flum | 5 p.m., 5/15 Thursday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 North Cayuga Street | Join Liza Flum for her Ithaca launch of Hover. A reading will be followed by a discussion with poet Benjamin Garcia. | Free 17th Annual Spring Writes Literary Festival / May 7 to 22 (Live & Zoom) | 6 p.m., 5/15 Thursday | Dowtown Ithaca, Ithaca Commons | The Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County (CAP) is thrilled to announce the 17th annual Spring Writes Literary Festival—a lively celebration of the literary arts! | Free 4 Seasons Book Club - “Mothers and Sons” by Adam Haslett | 6 p.m., 5/15 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Join us for a discussion of Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett! At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated.

Final Weekend Friends of the Library BOOK SALE | 10 a.m., 5/17 Saturday | Regina Lennox Book Sale Bldg, 509 Esty St | Final weekend of the Friends of the Library Book Sale at 509 Esty St, Ithaca. Saturday May 17 to Tuesday May 20, hours: 10am-8pm. | Free The Bookish Club | 3 p.m., 5/17 Saturday | The Whimsy Mercantile, 2075 East Shore Drive | Join others to discuss what you’re currently reading, what you want to read, and past

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FRIDAY, MAY 16 AT 6PM; SATURDAY, MAY 17, 10AM-3PM; SUNDAY, MAY 18, 10AM-3:30PM

Ithaca Children’s Garden, Cass Park, Ithaca | Circus Culture presents a series of free shows this weekend at ICG. Titles include the familiar favorite “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” as well as “Here’s a Clue” and “A Village Circus Mix-Tape.” No reserved seating for the shows under the tent, just come on down! (Photo: Facebook)

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books that have made an impression. | Free Teen Creative Writing Workshop | 5:30 p.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Love to write your own stories?

Have ideas for your own characters and worlds, or an interest in writing fanfiction? Join Adrienne Raw for a Teen Creative Writing Workshop!

Behooved Book Launch - M. Stevenson with Isabel Sterling | 6 p.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 North Cayuga Street | Join us to celebrate Behooved on pub-day! | Free Comic Book Club Meeting: “Marvel’s Thunderbolt*s, Then and Now!” | 7 p.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | The original Thunderbolts characters debuted in the comic books in 1997, in an issue of The Incredible Hulk -- but the team has been through many changes over the years. At this week’s CBC meeting, we will take a look at the evolution of the team that now stars in the latest movie from the MCU. | Free

Kids Story + Craft | 4 p.m., 5/15 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Story + Craft is our

weekly reading + creating event for children! Join us for a read-aloud, followed by art-making or a guided craft.

Family Playgroup - Spring’25 | 9:30 a.m., 5/16 Friday | CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue | Free 6 weeks series, May 2 - June 6 Spring Baby & Toddler Storytime | 10:30 a.m., 5/16 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Caregivers and their children are invited to join us for songs, rhymes and books at the park next to the Henry St. John Building at 301 S. Geneva St. Aesop’s Fables | 11:30 a.m., 5/16 Friday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | Additional shows: Saturday, May 17 at 10 am & 12 pm and Sunday, May 18 at 12 pm. This interactive production is sure to delight audiences of all ages.

Spanish Storytime | 4:30 p.m., 5/16 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us for Spanish storytime - songs, rhymes, stories, and crafts - completely in Spanish!

Zero to Three Jubilee | 10 a.m., 5/17 Saturday | Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road | Free activities geared toward babies and toddlers aged 0–3 | Free

Family Storytime | 11 a.m., 5/17 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early literacy skills at Family Storytime. We meet each Saturday for stories, songs and hands-on fun.

Family Movies at TCPL | 4 p.m., 5/17 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | This Saturday we will be screening the pirate adventure comedy Muppet Treasure Island, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.

Science Connections: Build a Super Moon Base | 2 p.m., 5/18 Sunday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St | Do you have what it takes to live on the moon? Join us as we build our home on the moon using Superspace Tiles!

LILPAD PUPPET THEATRE: ALFONSO’S MINIATURE ORCHESTRA | 5 p.m., 5/18 Sunday | Ithaca Commons, 171 E. State St./ Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd | LILPAD PUPPET THEATRE: ALFONSO’S MINIATURE ORCHESTRA. Join us for a magical puppet show perfect for children and families!

Science Together: Ramp Painting | 10:30 a.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St | Let’s paint with gravity!

Make patterns and test ideas.

LEGO Family Build Night | 5:30 p.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Tompkins County

Notices Pearls of Wisdom Senior Support Group | 11 a.m., 5/14 Wednesday | 171 E. State Street | Pearls of Wisdom Senior Support Group | Free Al-Anon Meeting | 1 p.m., 5/14 Wednesday | Phillips Room in Muller Chapel, Ithaca College | Join the South Hill Higher Ground Al-Anon Meeting.

Anyone is welcome-students, staff, faculty, and community. In-person once again!!

Good Grief Circle | 2 p.m., 5/14 Wednesday | The Age Well Center, 165 Main St. | Description The Cortland County Office for Aging is offering class for people dealing with grief.

For people experiencing the loss of a loved one, home, job, independence or something similar.

Wednesday Market at East Hill | 3 p.m., 5/14 Wednesday | 330 Pine Tree Rd, NY 14850-2819 | Don’t have time to get to the pavilion every weekend, or need a mid-week haul? We have you covered with meat, eggs, veggies, fruit and even some dinner and pastries to hold you over.

exploratory class taught by Medium, Andrea Clare.

FUNDRAISING SOIREE FOR THE LATINO CIVIC ASSOCIATION | 6 p.m., 5/17 Saturday | Orozco Gallery, 115 S Cayuga St | FUNDRAISING SOIREE FOR THE LATINO CIVIC ASSOCIATION | $30.00 - $50.00 Outdoor Qi Gong Class- Sundays | 10 a.m., 5/18 Sunday | Allan H. Treman State Marine Park, 805 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Outdoor Qi Gong for Wellness and Nervous System Regulation. | $12.50 - $15.00 LLH Volunteer Appreciation Celebration- Free Carousel Rides! | 4 p.m., 5/18 Sunday | Stewart Park Large Pavilion, 1 James L Gibbs Dr | The 3rd annual Volunteer Appreciation event, this year will feature complimentary carousel rides, beverages and refreshments. Meg-a-Moo’s ice cream truck will have ice cream available for purchase and is donating 20% of their proceeds to the LLH Sponsored Member fund. All are welcome! | Free Wellness in Times of Chaos: Art Therapy Workshop for Helping Professionals | 5:30 p.m., 5/19 Monday | Ithaca Community School of Music and Arts, 330 East State Street | A creative and restorative art therapy workshop for professionals in education, healthcare, human services, the arts, and beyond. Led by certified art therapist Dr. Rochele Royster. | $5.00 Musical Memories Café | 12 p.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Library Place, 105 West Court St. | Musical Memories Café is a free live music experience and light lunch to enrich the lives of care-givers and care-receivers, as well as isolated adults. | Free Unity in Shades Roundtable | 12 p.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Family & Children’s Services of Ithaca, Education Suite 127 W State St | Join us for Unity in Shades Roundtable!

Empowering Caregiver Series | 2 p.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Lodi Whittier Library, 8484 S Main St | Supporting Independence Empowering Caregivers Series | 2 p.m., 5/20 Tuesday | Lodi Whittier Library, 8484 S Main St | This education series teaches caregivers how to navigate the responsibilities of caring for someone living with dementia.

Please call the Alzheimer’s Association Helpline: 800-272-3900 to register. | Free

ROOTSTOCK

SATURDAY, MAY 17TH AT NOON

FRIDAY, MAY 16TH AT 7:30PM

Bernie Milton Pavilion, Ithaca Commons | A one-day community celebration of youth artists in the Finger Lakes region. Rootstock will feature youth musicians and dancers performing on stage, and youth entrepreneurs vending throughout “bank alley.” (Photo: Provided)

Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry Street, Ithaca ||The Players present a new play by Arthur Bicknell and directed

by Rachel Hockett. During the Jazz Age, Joey danced on tabletops and pushed all barriers aside. She flapped her wings and soared high, until marriage and motherhood sent her crashing back to earth. (Photo: Stock)

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Public Library, 101 East Green Street | TCPL invites families to a weekly LEGO build night! Buckets of LEGO will be provided for participants to borrow for their builds.

Business After Hours @ GIAC Rec Center | 4:30 p.m., 5/14 Wednesday | GIAC Rec Center (GRC) 301 W Court St Ithaca, 301 W Court St | Join us in celebrating the 25-year anniversary of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County at this special Business After Hours!

Cancer Services Program | 5 p.m., 5/14 Wednesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Information and education on breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screenings for men and women.

GO ITHACA Open Hours | 2 p.m., 5/15 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Join GO ITHACA for Open Hours at TCPL! GO ITHACA is proud to help transform transportation in Tompkins County!

Our program makes sustainable commuting accessible and affordable for everyone.

Friday Night Magic: Commander | 5 p.m., 5/16 Friday | Riverwood, 116 E State St | Come down to Riverwood for a recurrent night of Commander-style Magic play! | $5.00 Trumansburg Garden Club Plant Sale | 9 a.m., 5/17 Saturday | First Presbyterian Church , 69 E Main St | Large variety of perennial plants!

So You Think You Can’t Dance? | 9 a.m., 5/17 Saturday | The Whimsy Mercantile, 2075 East Shore Drive | Learn Choreography each week!

Have fun! Move your body! All levels welcome - show up, break a sweat, have fun!

Dahlia Gardening Series | 10 a.m., 5/17 Saturday | Jenny Creek Flowers, 7048 Durling Road | Join our 4-class Growing Dahlias Series for Gardeners to build confidence in your skills and experience the joy of growing your own flowers.

Senator Lea Webb’s Community Office Hours | 11 a.m., 5/17 Saturday | Ulysses Philomathic Library , 74 E Main St | lease join the Office of New York State Senator Lea Webb for “Community Office Hours” on May 17th, 2025, from 11 AM- 1 PM at the Ulysses Philomathic Library in Trumansburg, NY | Free Intro to Energy: Exploring Mediumship, Psychic Sensing and Healing | 4:30 p.m., 5/17 Saturday | The Whimsy Mercantile, 2075 East Shore Drive | Step into the world of energy and intuition in this gentle,

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