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Community Newspapers serve as the primary dedicated source of coverage for communities in Tompkins, Seneca, and he Ithaca Times has announced a Tioga counties, many of which would “new era” with a management and otherwise be news deserts. One of the ownership transition to position papers, the Ovid Gazette, is over 200 the Ithaca Times, Ithaca.com, and the years old.

Finger Lakes Community Newspapers to The new organizational structure will survive and thrive in the modern media allow a news organization primarily supenvironment. ported by print advertising to transition to Longtime publisher Jim Bilinski will a non-profit focused on increased combecome publisher emeritus as he retires munity engagement and educating the after 53 years with the news organization, next generation of media entrepreneurs 50 as owner and publisher. Ownership and journalists while will transition to being eligible for Pathways to Equity, a community support newly formed nonby members, donors profit organization. and grantors. The Larry Hochberger, non-profit format who has been Ashas been increasingly sociate Publisher of popular as local news the Times and Finger organizations move Lakes papers for the from local indepenpast six years, will dent family ownership become publisher. to non-profit commuThe Ithaca Times nity resources. is one of the counThe new organizatry’s few remaining tion is committed to alternative newscontinue its legacy papers which has while working to evolved to an awardincrease its service winning source of — Larry Hochberger, Publisher to the community by coverage of governcollaborating with ment, arts, entertaincommunity, media ment, sports, politics, and educational organizations to earn supbusiness, personalities and lifestyle. It is port and preserve its future. well-known for its longstanding and tal“We are realistic about the challenges ented group of contributors, critics, and a news organization faces and are deterguest writers. mined to do everything possible to attract Ithaca.com is the best-known online the participation of volunteers, contribunews source serving Ithaca and the surrounding communities. The Finger Lakes tors, sponsors, advertisers, stakeholders

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and citizens in our community,” Hochberger said. “We will need to do more with less and will look for help wherever we can find it.”

Bilinski started at the organization as an intern while a student at Ithaca College and preserved and grew the business, acquiring or starting newspapers in Ovid, Dryden, Interlaken, Lansing, Groton, Spencer and Newfield. He has been a longtime board member, past president and active member of the New York Press Association, one of the founders and a longtime board member of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance and an avid Yankees fan.

He will remain involved as a mentor and special advisor to both Hochberger and Pathways to Equity, continuing to support the Ithaca community and the future of local journalism. Bilinski said the transfer of the Ithaca Times , Ithaca.com and Finger Lakes Community Newspapers Contin u ed on Page 6

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X Ithaca Removes Unpermitted Banners Along Route 13 Over Safety, Code Concerns ITHACA, N.Y. — City officials have removed a series of unauthorized banners and large signs affixed to chain-link fences along North Meadow Street (Route 13), citing safety concerns and violations of city code.

The signs, many of which lacked proper permitting, were placed on government-owned property where signage is prohibited, according to a statement from the City of Ithaca. The city’s Code Enforcement Division acted in response to multiple complaints from nearby property owners and the New York State Department of Transportation.

“The abundance of signage creates a potentially dangerous distraction

for drivers in the busy corridor,” the city said, referencing Chapter 272-8 of the municipal code, which regulates the use of temporary signs.

Under city law, banners are classified as temporary signs and typically require a permit unless advertising an event lasting fewer than 10 days.

Off-site advertising and commercial signs on public property are prohibited.

Organizations that recently had signage removed are encouraged to contact the Building Division at 607-274-6509 to arrange for pickup.

Additional information on temporary sign permits can be found in Chapter 272-11 of the City Code.

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INQUIRING Hundreds Rally in Ithaca on May Day for Workers’ Rights and a Living Wage PHOTOGRAPHER I N e w s l i n e

By Mark Sy ve r t son

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: “THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE OPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND. WHAT SECTION DO YOU HEAD TO FIRST?”

“As a teacher, I get children’s books for families who don’t have transportation to get to the sale.”

– Vicky

“I just peruse. I never know what I’m going to walk out with!”

– Suzanne

“I look for board books with flaps or tactile elements for my special education students.”

– Sarah

By M at t D ough e rt y

THACA, N.Y. — More than 200 people marched through downtown Ithaca on Thursday evening to mark International Workers’ Day, commonly known as May Day, calling for stronger worker protections, a $25 living wage, and an end to exploitative at-will employment policies.

The rally came just one week after hundreds of residents gathered on the Ithaca Commons for an Earth Day rally focused on climate justice and sustainability. It also followed the massive “Hands Off ” rally on April 5, which saw more than 3,000 people attend — one of the largest public demonstrations in Ithaca in recent years.

Among the key campaigns promoted at the rally were the Ithaca Teachers Association’s push for a fair contract and sustainSpeakers at Ithaca’s May Day rally in DeWitt Park addressed a range of labor issues, including teacher burnout, graduate worker protections, at-will employment, the able work hours; Cornell Graduate Stufight for a $25 living wage, and the role of unions in defending democracy. dents United’s enforcement of their newly ratified labor contract; and the Tompkins for education as the foundation of democ- need exhausted, burnt-out adults. They County Workers’ Center’s efforts to pass racy,” Lieberwitz said. “Those are the very local Just Cause legislation and raise the need people who are rested, prepared, and things Donald Trump and his billionaire minimum wage to a living wage level. supported.” backers want to destroy.” She added, “Ev“These are the fights that define our Another concern is Ithaca’s growing ery day is a good day to fight fascism, but moment,” said Aurora Rojer, secretary of teacher retention crisis. “People are leavMay Day is the best day to fight.” the Ithaca Teachers Association and one ing the profession, especially in the first of the event organizers. “Tonight isn’t just five years,” Chapin said. “Thats why we’re a celebration, it’s a strategy session for proposing a step-and-lane salary system Ithaca Teachers Association Contract Negotiation how we defend democracy, organize our and a temporary raise to bring us to parity Jules Chapin, a teacher at DeWitt workplaces, and fight back.”

Middle School and associate business chair with surrounding districts.”

Risa Lieberwitz, a professor of labor law of the Ithaca Teachers Association, gave And as artificial intelligence creeps into at Cornell University and president of the more classrooms, Chapin emphasized the an update on the union’s first-of-its-kind campus chapter of the American Associaneed for clear boundaries. “The district contract negotiations with the Ithaca City tion of University Professors, reminded won’t put into writing any protections School District. the crowd of the origins of May Day. against AI replacing human educators,” “We’ve been bargaining since January “It was May 1, 1886, the day of the genthey said. “We believe human children and we’re proud to be the first teachers’ eral strike in the U.S. deserve human adults.” union in New York for the eight-hour State using open Cornell Graduate Student Union Approves workday,” Lieberwitz bargaining,” Chapin said. “Most people said. “That means no First Contract don’t realize it, but secrets, anyone can Maggie Foster, a teaching assistant in May Day started here. stream our sessions Cornell’s Department of CommunicaIt’s time we grab it, and see how the saution and a bargaining committee member hold it, and celebrate with Cornell Graduate Students United — Risa Lieberwitz, Professor of sage is made.” it again.”

So far, the union (CGSU), spoke about how CGSU recently Labor Law at Cornell University While May Day has won key protecratified its first contract with overwhelmis widely celebrated tions for educators, ing support — with 97% of members around the world, it has often been including private lactation spaces, safevoting in favor. overlooked in the United States despite its guards for teaching controversial topics, “This contract includes historic wins,” origins in the labor movement. Lieberwitz and an end to mandatory biweekly afterFoster said. “Twelve weeks of parental connected that legacy to today’s struggles school meetings. But Chapin said the fight leave, clear workload caps, protections for for academic freedom, job security, and is far from over. international workers, and a strong union the rights of international students.

“We’re still pushing for the right to shop clause.”

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“Every day is a good day to fight fascism, but May Day is the best day to fight.”

“I teach pre-K so I always look for books for my classroom. I especially keep an eye out for books that I loved as a kid. Provided they aged well.”

– Audrey

“Hands down: Cookbooks.”

– Cheyenne

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Ithaca Tenants Union Ramps Up Pressure for Rent Stabilization Amid Soaring Rents

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Kendal at Ithaca is proud to announce the community’s recognition as one of Senior Care’s Best Places to Work for 2025 by WeCare Connect, marking the second consecutive year it has earned this prestigious honor.

By M at t D ough e rt y

THACA, N.Y. — With approximately 75% of Ithaca residents living in rental housing and the majority of those renters classified as cost burdened, the Ithaca Tenants Union (ITU) is pushing the city opt-in to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETA) to stabilize rents as housing costs continue to skyrocket.

From 2022 to 2025, the fair market rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Ithaca rose from $1,127 to $1,489 — a 32% increase. Over a similar period the average wage has increased by just 4.6% while the area’s living wage increased by 34% These increases in the cost of living, coupled with stagnant wages, have contributed to A comparison of the percent increase in average rent and average wages in Ithaca from 2022 to 2025.

While rents surged by 32%, average wages rose just 4.6%, highlighting a growing affordability gap for local residents. an affordability crisis that tenant organizers say can no longer be ignored. period (similar to Ithaca’s Good Cause “It is totally unconscionable that people According to federal standards, a household is considered cost burdened if it spends are… being forced to decide between going Eviction law), and allow municipalities to lower unit size thresholds from six to one. to the doctor and paying rent,” Rand said. more than 30% of its income on housing, It would also allow municipalities to use and severely cost burdened if housing costs “The city has the option to stabilize these data such as homelessness statistics and people’s rents…and it has not been done.” exceed 50% of household income. In Ithaca, rent prices compared to wages to declare The ETPA was enacted in 1974 to allow nearly 60% of renters are cost burdened, acfor the declaration of a housing emergency housing emergencies, rather than requircording to U.S. Census data and the Tomping a vacancy study. Rand said the REST that would impose rent stabilization if kins County Housing Snapshot Report.

Act would extend rent stabilization to at the rental vacancy rate falls below 5%.

The problem is particularly acute for least 30% of Ithaca’s housing stock. low-income residents, students, and service Once adopted, the ETPA allows for the In order for Ithaca to adopt the ETPA, a establishment of a workers in a city city-conducted vacancy study must verify local Rent Guidewhere wages have that the rental vacancy rate is below 5%. lines Board, which not kept pace According to data presented at the recent sets annual rent with rising rents.

Tompkins County Economic Summit, increase limits for According to the the city’s vacancy rate is estimated to be qualifying proper2025 Tompkins between 2.4% and 2.9%, based on figures ties. The law origiCounty Living from the 2022 Tompkins County Housing nally applied only Wage Study apSnapshot. Despite this, the study required to New York City, proximately 47.4% to certify eligibility under state law has not but the Housing of wage earners in been completed.

Stability and ProTompkins County “The process to do it is very clearly tection Act of 2019 earn less than the lifted the geograph- outlined in state law,” Rand said. “All you updated living wage of $24.82 per hour, — Genevieve Rand, an ITU Member ic restrictions of the need to do is pull a list of eligible properties…send a piece of mail that’s a survey to law so municipaliwhich translates Leading the Campaign ties the owners…count non-responses as no across the state to just over 23,000 vacancies…and do some audits. That’s all can opt-in if they workers out of the that needs to happen.” county’s approximately 48,894 wage earners. meet the vacancy requirements.

Rand said the failure to complete the Currently, the law only applies to buildIn response to these affordability issues, study is emblematic of broader dysfuncings with six or more units built before ITU hosted a town hall event in March 1974, which makes up an estimated 10% to tion in City Hall. “There’s been a lot of to organize support for Ithaca’s Common projects that the city has undertaken that 20% of Ithaca’s housing stock. To expand Council to opt-in to the ETPA, which there is democratic will for among elected would allow the city to implement rent con- the impact of rent stabilization organizers are pushing the New York State Legislature officials…and then it just doesn’t get done,” trol on certain ETPA qualifying buildings. she said. “We’ve been spending so much more to pass the Rent Emergency Stabilization Genevieve Rand, an ITU member money on the administrative side of the city, for Tenants Act (REST). leading the campaign, said tenants shared and I don’t feel like we’re seeing that return.”

REST is an update to the ETPA which how high rents have limited their ability would change the cutoff year from 1974 to to access health care, nutritious food, and 2009, introduce a rolling 30-year inclusion other essentials.

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“It is totally unconscionable that people are… being forced to decide between going to the doctor and paying rent.

The city has the option to stabilize these people’s rents… and it has not been done.”

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After Trump and ‘DOGE’ placed a majority of AmeriCorps employees on leave and terminated nearly $400 million in AmeriCorps grants nationally earlier this month, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today revealed this has impacted over 3,600 NY community service members slashing over $26 million in federal funding for local community projects in every corner of New York State.

HEARD&SEEN Heard

Ithaca College Alumnus Bob Iger, the chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company, will be recognized with an honorary degree at this year’s Commencement ceremony. Iger will receive a “Doctor of Letters” degree at the college’s 130th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18.

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Jerry Gordon, a former part-time environmental consultant and adjunct professor at Cornell University, was arrested by the FBI on April 25 at Newark Liberty International Airport after allegedly sending threatening emails to law enforcement, indicating plans to target specific individuals and suggesting potential violence on the Cornell campus. The emails detailed intentions to use a .223-caliber rifle from a “sniper’s nest” and mentioned a “trifecta” of targets, with court records identifying one intended victim by the initials “J.W.”

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Are you excited for Foodnet Meals on Wheels 12th annual Mac 'n Cheese Bowl at the Farmers Market on May 7?

47.6% Yes. 38.1% No. 14.3% I don’t care.

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Against The Food Security and Farm Protection Act

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The Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S. 1326) has a deceptive name that makes it seem like it would be beneficial for farmers. Truthfully, this bill would put great pressure on farm workers and their market opportunities.

Formerly known as the EATS Act, this legislation’s aim would be to pry market opportunities away from farmers, in order to place all of the power in the hands of global agribusinesses. Huge corporations would profit and local American farmers would crumble.

Doesn’t it make sense that local farmers would understand their own agriculture and agronomics best? Why, then, does this legislation aim to strip away state and local lawmaking abilities and remove hundreds of good existing laws? S. 1326 sets a dangerous tone of blockading state control over local land.

I strongly urge Representative Joshua

Riley and Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to vote against this threat to American democracy and provide hardworking local family farmers with the strength and potential they deserve.” — Hannah Weir

tan, I am concerned about the needs of New Yorkers, as well as climate change and affordability. I urge Governor Hochul to act now to support the NY HEAT Act. The lives of so many New Yorkers will be improved by it.” — Eli Rethy

RE: Josh Riley NYSEG Investigation

Why is there a statue of Frances Perkins on North Cayuga Street?

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My name is Eli Rethy, a sophomore at Cornell University and a member of CU Sustainable Design, the largest sustainability-driven organization on campus.

I am writing in response to the April 17 article regarding Josh Riley’s investigation into the NYSEG. It is clear that we need systemic change to make sure that New York residents have access to sustainable sources of energy for heating and cooling.

Governor Kathy Hochul must prioritize passing the NY Heat Act before the next gubernatorial election. This bill would lower energy bills for families across the state, implement a price ceiling for low-income and middle-income households, and transition New York State to start using cleaner, cheaper energy sources. It would also hold utility firms such as NYSEG accountable by aligning their operations with the needs of their clients, not maximizing shareholder value.

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The easy answer to this question is because Frances Perkins spent the last 6 years of her life in Ithaca, teaching at ILR at Cornell University, attending St. John’s Episcopal Church and being a friend to many a student and citizen.

The real reason is because Frances Perkins, born in New England, educated at Mt. Holyoke, saw poverty as she taught and worked in Chicago and volunteered at Hull House with Jane Adams, and then moved to New York to work for the Consumer’s League.

While in NYC, Perkins witnessed the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire when 146 women and girls died, trapped in the building. She went on to work for the state Industrial Commission looking into the working conditions in state factories, became an aide to Al Smith while he was governor, and then to Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he became governor of the state.

When FDR was elected president of the United States, he asked Perkins to become Secretary of Labor for who knew more about the conditions of working people than she? Perkins brought FDR a list of the things that she would work for if she took the position. Would he support her efforts?

The list comprises all those things that have provided an economic safety net for everyone in this country: old age insurance [now known as Social Security], workers compensation, the minimum wage, child labor laws, the 40-hour work week, and aid to dependent children. RooITHACA TIMES AND ITHACA.COM ANNOUNCE contin u ed from page 3

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sevelt’s response was that she should try and in so much she succeeded! She also wanted to fight for universal health insurance—the one program that she could not bring about.

Perkins helped shape the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Works Progress Administration, and the Civilian Conservation Corps—that group of young people who built the pathways in our state parks. She aided Jews in Europe find a home here during the years leading to WWII. Her efforts in the 1930s affect each and every one of us today. We honor Frances Perkins as a great American who saw beyond her own situation to understand that many in this country needed aid that they might live lives of dignity. As Roosevelt said, her work provided “the economic security of the citizen and his family through social insurance.”

In 2009, the Episcopal Church of the United States declared May 13 Frances Perkins Day, naming her a Public Servant and Prophetic Witness.

Frances Perkins sits on a bench on North Cayuga Street inviting conversation and companionship. The piece of art was sculpted by Meredith Bergmann and installed on August 17, 2024, in a moving ceremony when her grandson Tomlin Coggeshall sat down on the bench with her, reached up and touched her cheek. There was hardly a dry eye in the crowd that surrounded her as he connected with his grandmother, for we all knew that she had touched our lives in profound ways.

That is why Miss Perkins sits on North Cayuga Street: We too can touch Frances Perkins and thank her. Won’t you go sit with her with appreciation for all that she brought about, listen to her words using the QR code, and as she said, when there are problems or issues, “Don’t be afraid to meddle.” — Carol Kammen, Tompkins County Historian publisher of the Times and Ithaca.com for the past six years. He was previously associate publisher of the Chestnut Hill Local in Philadelphia, publisher of the Springfield, Va. Times and founder and owner of Type Inc. a publishing company published more than 100 student newspapers in the Washington, D.C. area. He currently serves on the board of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance.

For more information: Larry Hochberger (607) 277-7000 x 1214 or email larry@ithacatimes.com

GUEST OPINION

U.S. Universities in Crisis: The Implicit and Explicit Threat of Nationalization

By Da n S ch wa rtz , E ngl ish P rofe s s or at C or n e l l Un i v e r si t y

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sing the threat of withholding research funds and taxing endowments, Trump and his acolytes are trying to nationalize universities. Under the guise of fighting antisemitism, they want to put universities under the auspices of various kinds of monitors, perhaps in some cases judges, who will control what universities do.

Disregarding democracy, autocrats are bullies who stifle dissent and debate to impose their worldview. The Trump administration lives by intimidation, whether it be directed at the press, the legal establishment, cultural resources or the media.

Defending the right to express factbased opinions and different interpretations of the same facts, universities must resist intimidation by an authoritarian regime that seeks compliant silence in the face of outrageous demands. Universities’ leadership must not follow the example of some leaders of the U.S. media, medical, educational, legal and corporate worlds who have been cowed into silence and succumbed to threats.

Despite Columbia University agreeing to his conditions, it still has not had its $400 million released because Trump’s end game is to continue making new demands on universities until they capitulate to his conditions on admission as well as his stipulations for muzzling free speech, hiring conservatives, test-

ing the politics of foreign students and dismantling programs that encourage diversity and inclusion.

The failure of the GOP majority in Congress to resist or challenge Trump enables him to rule by executive order, which means ruling by decree. As Frank Bruni and others have remarked, we have entered a world of unpredictable darkness.

A personal note: When I was a guest at Peking University four years after the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protest demonstrations, which ended with the army massacring 200 protestors, the university was run by the army. Professors were humiliated when they came to work, having to show their credentials every day. I was told my lecture would be heard by party factotums whose reports could jeopardize my hosts. That is what happens when universities fall under government control.

U.S. universities must be independent of government control. Those who understand the role of universities in a democracy applaud Harvard’s president, Alan M. Garber, who refused to capitulate: “Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.” Nor, I would argue, can the great public universities submit to government interference even though they are vulnerable to state interference.

Because I was a guest columnist for

especially in the medical fields, where the The Sun in 2023-2024 and because I have consequences of suspending grants will taught at Cornell for 57 years, I am often lead to needless deaths. asked what I think of the evolving politiUniversity leadership must defend cal situation and how Cornell and other what universities do in terms of encourmajor research universities should be aging opportunity and possibility for responding. all students and of fostering objective Cornell must work with other major research. At the same time, universities universities, especially the Ivies and othneed to seek public support by commuers under attack, to develop a resistance strategy and seek legal recourse whenever nicating better what we do and why in terms of research and teaching. possible. I believe that there is no alternaIn a recent New York Times Podcast tive but to take legal action in the form — and before that in an article in The of universities suing as a group. We can Atlantic — the President of Princeton, hope that the courts will rule that Trump Christopher L. Eisgrub, has stressed that has overreached and that he will adhere he will fight for the integrity of his unito the rule of law.

Even while knowing the Trump admin- versity: “[A]s we look at efforts to influence what universities are doing, how istration will do everything possible to they teach about Israel and Gaza, how subvert and ignore court rulings, universithey teach about climate, how they teach ties have no other recourse than to depend about American history, how they teach on the legal system. They are joining about diversity, we are seeing threats of together to sue the government with the significant intrusion into the freedom of hopes that the courts will not permit this scholars to raise the kinds of ideas that attack on universities, which is an attack enable change to take place in our society upon knowledge, truth and facts. and enable people to pursue truth.”

Even if universities lose federal fundWhether it be about possible links ing, they must do as much as possible to between childhood inoculation and carry on research, not only in STEM but also in the social sciences and humanities, autism or supposed election fraud or knowing that research greatly benefits the rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrections and claiming those conquality of life in the world. victed were “political prisoners,” both I am aware that the leading universiUniversity research as well and intelties, including Cornell, are planning for lectual and political discussions must be the worst if Trump withholds federal based on factual evidence rather than research funds. The universities will do everything they can to minimize job losses and sustain crucial research, Contin u ed on Page 13

GUEST OPINION

Could that Knock on the Door be for Democracy?

By M ich e l l e E . Wr igh t

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o we still live in a community where a knock on the door is a welcome event? As an independent candidate petitioning to get on the ballot for the County Legislature seat in District 14, I need to go door-to-door to ask my neighbors to sign my petition so I can appear on the ballot this November.

As I begin this process, I’ve noticed that a knock on the door has become a rare occurrence in many neighborhoods. At one residence I was told through an unopened door that the

cops would be called if I did not walk away. I have also had incredible conversations with my neighbors. These conversations are why I wanted to go through the petitioning and campaign process in the first place. Our community cares about democracy and recognizes how our local democratic systems help ensure our quality of life.

Petitioning is required to get on the ballot for an elected seat–it’s the first step if you want to run for an elected position. In this context, a knock on the door might serve an important purpose: strengthening our local democracy.

I am running for this elected position to: 1) ensure there is a contested election in District 14 (contested elections are a vital sign of a healthy democracy) and 2) to help increase visibility of our local democratic systems.

An Invitation: Is your voter registration active and up to date? Do you know which County district you live in? This November, Tompkins County voters will cast ballots in newly drawn districts. To check your voter registration status, polling location and to find out which County district you’re in, visit: voterlookup.elections.ny.gov May

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A Neighborly Reminder: If you receive a knock on your door during this season of independent petitioning, consider the possibility that it might be an opportunity to support a vibrant local democracy.

Democracy isn’t something we simply receive–it’s a verb, it’s something we must do. It’s an action, not a gift.

If you’re interested in getting more involved in your local democracy, check your municipality’s website for volunteer opportunities on committees and boards, consider running for local office yourself, or, visit the County Board of Elections website to find out how you can be a paid poll worker!

If democracy is the engine, we, the people, are its fuel. I hope to see you out there, participating as active civic members of our democracy!

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The Ithaca Times: A New Chapter for a Community Institution

By Charley Githler

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ast week, ownership of the Ithaca Times was transferred to Pathways to Equity, Inc., an Ithaca—based non-profit organization. Jim Bilinski, publisher of the Times for over 50 years, since even before it was the Ithaca Times, will close his laptop and ease into a well-deserved retirement, though staying on for a year as a publisher emeritus and special advisor. This move marks the beginning of a new chapter for the newspaper, which has its roots in the underground newspaper scene of the early 1970s. Against all odds, it has also weathered the vicissitudes of decades of social change as well as the recent tectonic upheavals in the news media industry to remain a community news bulwark in Ithaca. As such, this is an altogether fitting and proper opportunity to reflect on the history of the Ithaca Times, and the challenges it faces moving forward.

The origin story of the Ithaca Times goes back to the local college environment of fifty years ago ,and the heyday of alternative and underground newspapers. The Ithaca New Times, which debuted August 31, 1972, was the brainchild of two Ithaca College students who had been frozen out of the college’s student newspaper. Back then, it was by no means a far-fetched enterprise for two college kids to think of launching an alternative newspaper. The culture was ripe for alternative, creative, and often irreverent news sources, and the cachet of seeming to be ‘underground’ captured the spirit of the times, especially among college students.

Up to the mid-1960s, news media was dominated by three television networks and two wire services that delivered a uniform package of national and international news to daily newspapers. Underground newspapers emerged to break into that monopoly, publishing on subjects and with viewpoints that couldn’t be found in mainstream media, and using layout designs and graphics that deliberately thumbed their nose at convention. It was every bit as disruptive in spirit as the social media revolution of today.

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The papers were seemingly everywhere, and the phenomenon burst into being remarkably quickly. In 1965, there were just a handful of such newspapers, mostly in big cities. By 1967 they were proliferating wildly, and by the early 1970s there were over two thousand alternative/underground papers throughout the country, with readership in the millions.

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Technology played a role. With the advent of photo offset printing in the 1960s, newspaper production became much cheaper and easier. With a competent typist and a willingness to cut and paste, creatively-designed layouts, with text fitted around drawings and photos, could be photographed, reproduced, and printed for a few hundred dollars. Still, while start-

ing an alternative newspaper in Ithaca was hardly an unusual or particularly audacious idea at the time, there would have been little justification for thinking that the paper would still be chugging along in any form for 53 years later.

A twin paper, the Good Times Gazette, was introduced the next year. The New Times focused on features and news, including national issues like the Vietnam War and Watergate, and the Good Times was all about entertainment, local and national. The vibe for both was decidedly more anti-establishment than the Ithaca Journal, which had run an editorial that fall mocking anti-war protesters at Cornell for interfering with defense contractor Honeywell’s recruiting efforts and calling it “silly season”.

To poke through those early editions of the Ithaca New Times is to take a walk down memory lane for any Ithacan who was around back then. There are ads for businesses no longer with us, like the Unicorn, the Salty Dog, Mayer’s Smoke Shop, Harold’s Army-Navy, and Nite Court, plus listings for the dozen or more live bands playing in bars and venues around town every weekend. The layouts were a hodgepodge of photos and text, and some of the ads were hand-written. They are decidedly artifacts of a different time.

It was during the very early months of the New Times that Jim Bilinski began his association with the paper. Answering a general advertisement, he was hired more or less on the spot, still as a college student, to sell advertising space. By the November 16, 1972 edition he was listed on the masthead as “Jim Blinsky”, account executive.

Within five months, he had risen to the exalted status of associate publisher, by then his name approaching its correct spelling (“Bilinsky”), and as of September 1973 he was the publisher of the paper, name spelled correctly, a position he held until last week.

In 1978, the Ithaca New Times and the Good Times Gazette merged, in part because of the ceaseless grind of putting out two papers every week, and became one paper. Renamed the Ithaca Times, issue

Number 1 appeared on June 22, 1978. In the preceding five years, the paper had changed, gradually reinventing itself to reflect the changing nature of the culture.

As youth rebellion was losing its mojo, alternative papers were disappearing by the hundreds. The underground press boom, wild and fresh and creative as it was, was withering as quickly as it had flowered. Of the thousands of papers that had burst into being in the late sixties and seventies, most were gone by 1980, and maybe a dozen would survive into the 21st century. The Ithaca Times is one of them.

That’s not to say that it had surrendered its role as an alternative to the old-school media sources. The same day that the first issue of the Times appeared, the Ithaca Journal was running a quarter page photo of Pat and Dick Nixon out on the town for their 38th wedding anniversary, accompanied by Julie and David Eisenhower. But by the time of its emergence as the Ithaca Times, the paper had shed some of its earlier stitched-together appearance. It kept some of the alternative vibe, though, and even today a low hum of underground/alternative energy can still be detected. As an amalgam of the New Times and Good Times, the Ithaca Times retained the dual focuses of long-form journalism and entertainment news. The first issue was in two sections: the first was devoted to news, features and commentary (12 pages), the second to entertainment, reviews, and entertainment calendar listings (16 pages).

A partial explanation for its enduring success is the Ithaca Times’ personality.

Often quirky, with a homespun, local flavor, it has seemed uniquely suited to Ithaca, a city that has courted an image as something of a bastion of the counterculture.

That being said, it would be inaccurate to describe the Times as a liberal newspaper.

Bill Chaisson, a former editor with more than a decade on the Times staff, points out, “it’s not like other alt-weeklies. I’d describe it more as “skeptical” in tone. Jim [Bilinski] understood that the larger Ithaca community was actually very diverse.”

In the ensuing years, the Times hit its stride and fleshed into a true community newspaper. Through the 1980s and 1990s, it ran typically 30 pages, though sometimes as many as 50 pages long.

The format familiar to readers today developed, though the paper changed with the times. There aren’t three full pages of television listings every week, for example. The features that have come to characterize the Times, like Readers’ Writes, and the Best Of contest, and the various guides, gradually became part of the rhythm of the year.

Putting out a weekly paper is relentlessly demanding. The Ithaca Times hits newsstands between 8:00 and 10:00 AM on Wednesday, and the editorial meeting to plan out the next issue convenes at 10:01 that morning. There are stories, columns, calendars, and photos to organize, advertisers to line up, a battle plan to map

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Jim Bilinsk i is r etir ing after 53 years with the It h ac a Ti m e s , a n d ow n e r s h i p o f t h e pa p e r , It h ac a .c o m , a n d the Finger Lakes Commu nity N e w s pa p e r s i s t r a n s i t i o n i n g t o a n e w ly f o r m e d n o n p r o f i t, Pat h way s t o E q u i t y. ( P h o t o : M a r k S y v e r t s o n) out. Then, the staff hits the ground running. Thursday and Friday are solid work days, with reporting, attending community meetings, selling advertising, mapping out the issue. The weekend provides little respite, though the paper has already started to take form by late Friday. Sometimes stories fall through, or deadlines are missed, and a backup plan has to be improvised. Monday morning there’s a meeting to take stock and see where things are, and by late Monday afternoon a solid 80% of the week’s issue is sitting in place. Tuesday morning and early afternoon is for tightening up, and then it all goes to the printer somewhere between 3:00 and 6:00 Tuesday afternoon. The trucks go out to deliver the paper to 100 locations Wednesday morning and the whole process starts over again.

Even that grueling schedule doesn’t take into account the ongoing work on the seasonal guides, the Newcomers’ Guide, Summer Camp Guide, Business pages, PrimeTime, Holiday Gift Guide and Student Survival Guide. Also, there’s the online business, and the email business to manage. It’s a testament to staff dedication that the Ithaca Times has never missed a scheduled issue in all those years. Even through COVID. The staff might be one of the Times’ most important secret ingredients. Rob Montana, editor from 2008-2013, says, “I worked with some amazing people. There were some incredibly talented writers, photographers, and designers. This community has a lot of creative, intelligent and thoughtful people to draw from.”

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As the Times entered the 21st century, it was and continues to be buffeted by the epic upheavals and disruptions in the print news industry. The statistics are grim.

Since 2000, at least 2500 daily newspapers have gone under in the United States. Another 2000 weekly or non-daily papers have closed during that same period. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, estimated weekday circulation of U.S. daily newspapers was at a high of 55.8 billion in the year 2000, and had dropped to 24.2 billion by 2020, losing half their ad revenue.

Even among those papers still technically in business, many have shrunken their staff to the single digits, becoming what are called “ghost newspapers”, providing scant local news and relying on national news for content. It’s no secret that the shift has been from print to digital media.

It’s also no secret that print media has been fatally slow to adapt.

Earlier this year, as I was walking out of Wegmans with my 20-year-old daughter, I saw her reach over, grab a New York Times, tuck it under her arm, and proceed toward the exit. Upon inquiring (‘what the hell are you doing?’), I learned that she honestly thought it was free. I was afraid to ask how long she’d been under that impression, but such is the perception of the print media among the young in 2025. I suppose I should be heartened that she picked it up at all. People want real-time information on their phones and computers. News that is 12 hours or more old might as well be written on papyrus.

The Ithaca Times itself went digital with an online version in 2000, making it something of an early adopter, at least compared to other print news sources. It’s an additional demand on management resources, but also another source of ad revenue, and a much easier platform with which to monitor what people are reading. It’s also updated daily, an impossibility for the print version. In 2025, the online presence is every bit as important as the printed paper.

Larry Hochberger, until last week the Ithaca Times’ associate publisher, is now the publisher of the paper as it enters this next chapter and Scott Manson, a founder of Pathways to Equity will serve as Associate Publisher. With decades of newspaper experience, Hochberger is keenly aware of the challenges moving forward. “We’re lucky in Ithaca to have access to a spectacular group of writers and content providers,” he says, “It has to be acknowledged that all the technological change has unleashed a revolutionary disruption of just about every industry, and it’s adapt or die.” The historically heavy reliance on advertising as

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PERSONAL HEALTH

Seen Nutrition Promotes Real Food Calcium Chew for Women’s Bone Health

By Staf f Re por t

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THACA, N.Y. — As part of National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, Ithaca-based startup Seen Nutrition is drawing attention to a critical but often overlooked aspect of women’s health: bone density. The company is promoting its flagship product, a real food calcium chew made from natural dairy, which it says is a more effective and approachable way to support bone health for women of all ages.

Osteoporosis, often called the “silent disease,” affects nearly 10 million Americans—

most of them women—while tens of millions more have low bone density, according to federal estimates. The disease frequently goes undiagnosed until a fracture occurs.

“Too many women don’t think about bone health until they’ve already had a fracture,” said Seen Nutrition co-founder Jenny Han, PharmD. “We want to change that by making prevention not only possible, but actually appealing—and grounded in the power of food.”

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Thank You, Nurses Each year, Guthrie recognizes and honors our amazing nurses during Nurses Week, celebrated nationally from May 6-12.

Thank you to every Guthrie nurse for your dedication, compassion and tireless efforts in keeping our communities healthy and safe.

Thank your nurse today at www.Guthrie.org/gratitude.

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Why Hearing Loss Matters Hearing loss is very common, especially in people over 60. But many people ignore it or wait a long time before doing anything about it. That’s a problem, because hearing loss doesn’t just make it hard to listen, it can also make it harder for your brain to do its job.

When you have trouble hearing, your brain must work extra hard just to understand sounds and conversations. This can make you tired and affect your memory, focus, and thinking speed. Over time, this can lead to more serious problems with brain health.

Hearing Loss and Memory Problems Studies have shown that people with hearing loss are more likely to have memory problems or even develop dementia. The worse the hearing loss, the higher the risk.

Why does this happen? Experts believe a few things might be causing it: • Less social time: If it’s hard to hear, people may avoid talking to others. This can lead to feeling lonely or sad, which can hurt brain health.

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Healthy Habits for a Healthy Brain Taking care of your hearing is a great first step. But there are other ways to keep your brain strong, too: • Stay social: Talk to friends and family. Join clubs or go to community events. Being around others keeps your brain active.

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Arts&Entertainment Arts& &Entertainment

Little Feat Returns to Rock the State Theatre

Little Feat to perform during their “Strike Up the Band” tour, bringing decades of Southern rock, blues, and funk to the State Theatre in Ithaca on May 10, 2025.

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illusion of cohesiveness in their setlists. The current “Strike Up the Band” tour and album was so named because Payne has, Phoenixresurrected and rejuvenated like, resurrected the band after guitarist Paul Little Feat, the iconic and Barrere’s long illness and death and the Covid influential rock band from the 1970s returns to the State lockdown which forced a hiatus, one of many the band has taken over the years. “This is a Theatre on May 10, one day reiteration of the band, once again,” says piaafter the release of their first nist Bill Payne in an exclusive interview with new album in 13 years, “Strike Up the Band.” the Ithaca Times. “We’ve Take any rock taxonomy chart–which been through this several systematically plots rock’s subgenres and times.” their relationships–and you’ll find Southern When asked if “Strike rock close to the center, surrounded by the other styles. Little Feat is almost always listed Up the Band” was a continuation of what there, absorbing, and influencing the other they’ve always played styles that surround them. Their previous or a progression to new album, “Sam’s Place,” was nominated for a material, Payne replied, 2024 Grammy Award for Best Traditional “It’s both. It’s certainly a Blues Album. progression to new mateLittle Feat has always remained solidly rial. Our predecessor to Southern blues-based, integrating elements of this record was ‘Let It Chicago’s style of electric blues with guitar solos that insinuate Gregg Allman’s lyricism and Roll’ (their 1988 hit). We confidence. Pianist Bill Payne mixes a dose of are in a similar position to introduce Little Feat Dr. John-like New Orleans honky-tonk piano playing with occasional wanderings into pop, once again with this new collection of songs. It funk and even jazz-fusion. Country-tinged is my feeling that, from lyrics are about people, places, and good what we had been playing times that wreak of “weed, whites and wine,” over the last few years, there’s no question as their perhaps most famous lyric from their that the overwhelming majority of fans would first hit, “Willin’,” goes. accept the album for what it is; an unmistakBands have for a long time named their able iteration of Little Feat that highlights the tours, partially to inflect different points very best of an ongoing legacy.” in their careers and to provide at least the The blues-based new album is classic Little Feat, featuring co-founder Bill Payne on piano, Sam Clayton on percussion, Kenny Gradney on bass, Fred Tackett on guitar, Strike Up the Band Tour Scott Sharrard on guitar, and Tony Leone on drums. They all share vocal duties.

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tated New Orleans. It opens with an uncharacteristic gospel-like reverent reflection that momentarily yields to a New Orleans marching band figure and then triumphantly vamps into a three horn funk groove that is as tight in its playing and writing as any Tower of Power tune. ‘Too High to Cut My Hair’ features percussionist Sam Clayton’s signature growl and is the cleverest and catchiest cut on the album. The video, based on a true story, is mainstream spoofy, catching a moment when band members attempt to get their haircut from someone who shouldn’t be running with scissors.

So put on your blue jeans and flannel shirt or crop-top or both–Ithaca weather being what it is–and don’t forget your dancing shoes, because one of the legendary bands from rock’s golden age is making a local whistle stop, touting a new — Payne album release with an onstage mix of veteran and new band members. If you love the enduring power of rock from a set of band members who, individually, have worked with everyone from Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Bob Weir, and Mick Fleetwood to Robert Palmer and the Doobie Brothers. Bring the earplugs…just in case.

“From what we had been playing over the last few years, there’s no question that the overwhelming majority of fans would accept the album for what it is; an unmistakable iteration of Little Feat that highlights the very best of an ongoing legacy.”

Peter Rothbart is a Professor Emeritus of Music at the Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre and Dance where he taught electroacoustic and media music for 40 years. He remains active as a classical, jazz and pop musician.

PERSONAL HEALTH

SEEN NUTRITION PROMOTES

larger complex of nutrients that includes fats, proteins, and other minerals that help the body absorb and use it better. That’s contin u ed from page 10 why we chose dairy as our foundation. It’s that upended her expectations about when familiar, functional, and actually works.”

The chews, which are soft and palatable, bone loss could occur. That experience aim to provide a more enjoyable experiinspired her to co-found Seen Nutrition ence compared to the chalky pills and with Adrienne Bitar, PhD, a food studies powders often associated with calcium scholar and author who shares a belief in supplements. Seen Nutrition says the the healing power of food. product is aligned with what leading “Bone loss can start much earlier than medical experts recommend for osteopomost people think—during pregnancy, rosis prevention and treatment. postpartum, even in your twenties,” Han “Calcium doesn’t work in isolation,” said. “There’s a huge gap in awareness, Bitar added. “It needs co-factors—like and even fewer products designed with vitamin D and magnesium—to do its job, younger women in mind.” and those are often present when nutrients Seen Nutrition’s calcium chew is come from real food. That’s the philosophy designed to address that gap. Unlike behind our entire product.” traditional supplements that use synthetic As Seen Nutrition grows, the startup or rock-based calcium, which can cause is also building a community of women bloating or constipation, the company’s chew uses calcium derived from real dairy— focused on preventative health and education. Their Instagram handle, @thecalcian approach its founders say is both more umqueens, blends science, empowerment, effective and gentler on the body. and lifestyle content to spread awareness “As a food studies scholar, I believe deeply about early bone health intervention. that nutrients are best delivered in the conTo learn more about the company and text of whole foods,” said Bitar. “Calcium its mission, visit www.seennutrition.com. isn’t just an isolated mineral—it’s part of a U.S. UNIVERSITIES IN CRISIS contin u ed from page 7

unproven hypothesis or worse yet, outright falsehoods.

As Cornell President Kotlikoff has insisted, universities must welcome diverse points of view as long as they are expressed in dialogic form — “this is true, isn’t it?” — and not by violent actions that interfere with the rights of others. Political interferences and threats that open the door to nationalization must be excluded.

I have written about past antisemitism on Ivy campuses and how Jews were not

welcome until after WWII. I have no problem with this administration monitoring how Jews or any minority are treated on campuses. But that is different from using the claim of campus antisemitism to threaten withholding research funds as a way of dictating curriculum and stipulating what books should be in the library of the Naval Academy or demanding that Columbia University and Harvard University change their admission policies.

As a scholar specializing in narrative, I am concerned with the increasing acceptance of false narratives without a scintilla of evidence. While we can hold Trump, Fox News, Truth Social and other right-

Jenny Han, PharmD, and Adrienne Bitar, PhD, co-founders of Ithaca-based Seen Nutrition, created a real food calcium chew to help women prevent bone loss and raise awareness about osteoporosis.

wing sites responsible for these untruths, we also need to inquire about why so many people believe falsehoods about our universities, including the lie that their focus is on indoctrinating students. The nationalization that Trump implicitly and explicitly proposes would deprive US universities of the spirit of inquiry — includ-

ing the search for truth about diseases and climate change — that has made them the envy of much of the world.

Daniel R. Schwarz is Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University where he has been a faculty member for 57 years.

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One of the biggest breakthroughs, she said, was securing grievable just cause protections across all three types of discipline grad workers can face: work-related, academic, and non-academic conduct.

“Cornell and other universities often impose interim measures that block students from working or progressing in their degrees,” Foster explained. “Now we can challenge those actions, which is especially important for international workers who are often the most vulnerable.”

Foster said CGSU is also working with other UE-affiliated graduate unions nationwide to push back against government targeting of foreign students for political speech.

“A strong union isn’t just about a good contract, it’s about showing up,” Foster said.

“And being in coalition with all of you tonight is how we keep our movement strong.”

Workers Center Push for Just Cause and Living Wage

A large portion of the rally was dedicated to the grassroots efforts of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center, which has spent the last year building support for two major local policies: raising the minimum wage to $25 per hour and passing Just Cause legislation that would prevent workers from being fired without a valid reason.

Hannah Shevets, who is running to represent Ithaca’s Fifth Ward on Common Council, spoke as a representative of the Workers Center, saying “Living in Ithaca is expensive and no one should be making $15.50 an hour. That’s absurd.”

Backed by research from Cornell and MIT, the Workers Center is pushing the

Common Council and the Tompkins County Legislature to adopt a living wage as the legal minimum in Tompkins County.

Last August the county legislature agreed to fund a $50,000 study to get input from both workers and employers to find out how increasing the minimum wage to a living wage would impact them, however that study has not yet taken place.

Shevets also spoke in favor of Just Cause employment protections, saying, “Just Cause is about basic dignity at work. It means you can’t be fired for arbitrary reasons or for speaking up. It gives workers a path to get their jobs back and stand up to retaliation.”

Another member of the Just Cause employment campaign said, “At-will employment gives bosses enormous coercive power.” He added, “They can fire you for refusing unpaid overtime, for organizing, or for no reason at all. That’s

not freedom, it’s economic control.”

He added that with federal protections being dismantled under the Trump administration, local protections are more urgent than ever. “Trump’s DOJ, OSHA, the NLRB, they’re being gutted,” he said. “This is about building democracy from the ground up.”

He described Just Cause as one piece of a much broader struggle for democratic rights. “We’re not just fighting for labor protections,” he said. “We’re fighting for community control of policing, for public schools, for reproductive justice, and for an end to U.S. complicity in the genocide of the Palestinian people.”

Rojer concluded the rally with a call for more workers to unionize. “This is what it means to be a union town,” Vasquez said, closing out the event. “Ask the person next to you where they work. Are they organized? If not, maybe it’s time.”

“We have been working on a number of other housing initiatives that were on our work plan ahead of a vacancy study,” Nicholas said in a statement. “These include STR [short-term rental] legislation, ADU [accessory dwelling unit] legislation, zoning changes to increase density, [and] comprehensive zoning reform.”

Ithaca’s Common Council approved their short-term rental law in 2024 and it officially went into effect this year. The council is also scheduled to take a final vote on the ADU ordinance on May 7 — so the vacancy study should be nearing the starting line.

While tenant advocates appreciate the

city’s work on broader housing reforms, they argue that the vacancy study is both urgent and already funded. “The money is just sitting there and it’s very easy to do,” Rand said. “Over a dozen cities have started the opt-in process, and all of them have stalled somewhere related to the vacancy study.”

that is to say, businesses that have been around for a long time (25+ years) and serve an important community function.

Like the Ithaca Times, these businesses often have deep historical ties to the area, preserving cultural traditions and values that define the community's identity. It’s part of a larger vision that seeks to use preservation tools to protect those businesses and similar institutions, much as there are land trusts to protect open space, land banks to modernize aging residential real estate, and special purpose funds to protect historically significant buildings.

Preservation strategies will include philanthropy, looking for grants, tax credits, community investment funds, and internship programs.

Hochberger and Manson are committed to continuing the mission of the Times as an essential community resource. “We’re the only all-purpose newspaper. We cover the arts, politics, the community meetings, and the news. We’re also story-tellers. This is the legacy that Jim [Bilinski] is leaving behind, and it’s an important one. We fill what would be a huge void in the local news scene, and we’re going to continue to do that.”

The Ithaca Times has seen massive changes over the course of a half century. In an American landscape increasingly characterized by news deserts, ghost papers, and questionable online sources, Ithaca is lucky to have one of the remaining viable weekly newspapers, and one whose character is so well aligned to the spirit and history of the community. As Jim Bilinski hands over the reins, the essential qualities of the paper look to be safeguarded, even in the face of the undeniable challenges that lie ahead.

Marchers process down East State Street during Ithaca’s May Day rally, led by performers in costume and members of Indivisible Tompkins.

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Ithaca Director of Planning Lisa Nicholas acknowledged the delay, explaining that the planning department has been prioritizing other initiatives.

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the main source of revenue has left newspapers vulnerable as that advertising has declined. “We’ll be looking at grants, contributions, and other revenue streams. We’ll have to do more with less, for sure, and will try anything and everything, but I’m optimistic that we’ll be able to continue to provide quality content.”

Pathways to Equity, Inc., the new owner, is dedicated to preserving and sustaining small to midsized “legacy businesses”,

Risa Lieberwitz, a Cornell labor law professor, reminded attendees that May Day began in the U.S. with the 1886 general strike for the eight-hour workday.

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ill Bryant — the Athletic Director at Ithaca High for two-plus decades and the current Section IV’s Executive Director pointed out that while there is plenty to celebrate, there are some growing pains as well. According to Bryant, Girl’s wrestling is expanding steadily, but flag football has grown more quickly than any sport in history. In fact, in Year 1, there were about fifty teams in New York State, and that grew to 120 in Year 2, and there is already a state championship tournament.” He added that the New York Giants are pumping sponsorship money into the sport, aiding its visibility and expansion.

One of the challenges facing girl’s wrestling, Bryant offered, is the fact that too few referees are qualified to officiate, but efforts are underway to remedy that. Another big obstacle comes into play for flag football, given the dual-participation rule allows athletes to compete in two different sports during the same season, and that

can cause conflicts. For example, in 2024, the girl’s flag football and softball teams both made it to very crucial post-season games, but the watered-down rosters caused some athletes to miss what could have been the most important games they have ever played, as Owego had to forfeit the Section IV Class A championship game. Bryant explained that the schedules were in place too far in advance to have avoided that conflict, and stated that efforts will be made to avoid any such future headaches.

I asked the former Ithaca College standout wide receiver (who will soon be wrapping up his five-decade career in education) if any other new sports are forthcoming, and he said that plans are being made to bring in boy’s volleyball.

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Congrats to the Ithaca College Bomber baseball team on earning the #1 seed and the opportunity to host the Liberty League tournament, and to Ethan Daddabbo for helping his team make that happen. In the first game of the crossover tournament, Ithaca and Vassar were tied at 9-9 at the end of nine innings, and the Bomber pitching staff did its job, keeping it tied heading into the bottom of the 10th. The drama was resolved quickly when Daddabbo — a junior catcher from Montclair, New Jersey, led off the inning with a bomb to end it. The Bombers earned the sweep with a 9–1 victory the following day. The Liberty League tournament will be played on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 8.9 and 10.

The #1 Cornell men’s lacrosse team took to the wet and cold turf at Schoellkopf Field Sunday for the Ivy League Tournament final against the #2 Tigers of Princeton. The game was nerve-wracking for three quarters — with Cornell trailing 14–10 at one point — before the Big Red stepped on the gas in the fourth quarter to pull away and win 20–15. CJ Kirst had four goals and two assists, Ryan Goldstein had three goals and four assists, Michael Long had two goals

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5/10 Saturday Village Swing ft. Alice Saltonstall | 7:30pm| The Downstairs, 121 W M.L.K. Jr. St.

5/11 Sunday Penelope Voss: Songs of Sadness, Joy, and Opposing Tyranny | 7 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 W M.L.K. Jr. St.

5/12 Monday Jazz Mondays with Dave Davies RhythmMakers | 5:30 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Rd.

VENISSA SANTI 3RIO AFRO-CUBAN MUSIC EVENT | 7 p.m. | Orozco Gallery, 115 S Cayuga St | Free Concerts/Recitals

5/8 Thursday CU Music: Annette Richards, organ recital | 7:30 p.m. | Anabel Taylor Chapel, 548 College Ave | Free

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Film Honors Thesis Screening | 5 p.m., 5/8 Thursday | Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 430 College Ave. | Join PMA for the Honors Thesis Screening on Thursday, May 8, at 5:00 p.m. in the Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. This exciting showcase of honors film projects by the Cornell Senior Class will feature “Top of My School” by Katherine LynnRose ‘25. | Free Sub-Basement Docs | 6:30 p.m., 5/8 Thursday | Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 430 College Ave. | Join PMA for SubBasement Docs on Thursday, 5/8, at 6:30pm, Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center. This showcase of student films from Advanced Documentary Production (ANTHR/PMA 4401/7401) will feature “Women’s Court” by Can Cao, “The Milking Parlor” by Gus Dupin, and “Radical Ritual”

by Jacob Berma | Free Screening “A Romance of the Air” (1918) | 6:30 p.m., 5/8 Thursday, 110 North Tioga Street within the Tompkins Center for History & Culture | A Romance of the Air is a 1918 American silent drama based on En L’Air, the memoir of Lt. Bert Hall, a WWI combat aviator, produced in collaboration with Ithaca’s Wharton, Inc. Student Film Screening | 5 p.m., 5/9 Friday | Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 430 College Ave. | Join PMA for the Student Film Screening, on Friday, 5/9 at 5:00pm, in the Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center. The Student Film Screening will feature unique, empathetic, and collaborative works from students in PMA 3570: Film and Video Production I and PMA 1410: Media Production Laboratory. | Free

Special Events 17th annual Spring Writes Literary Festival - May 7-22 (Live & Zoom) | 6 p.m., 5/7 Wednesday | Multiple Locations for Live Events, multiple locations | 17th Annual Spring Writes Literary Festival features 40 free events with 100 writers, both live in downtown Ithaca and on Zoom. | Free CFCU Summer Concert Series Kickoff Party | 4 p.m., 5/8 Thursday | Monks on the Commons, 126 East Green Street | Join us as we launch the Summer Concert Series with a festive kickoff party in the heart of Downtown Ithaca!

Queer Pride Dance Presents: Knights Of The Pink Pony Club | 9 p.m., 5/9 Friday | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd | It’s time to dig into your closets and don your chainmail, corsets, and fairy wings-our next Queer Dance is quickly approaching!

Spring Ephemeral Walk | 10 a.m., 5/10 Saturday | CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue | Spring ephemerals are harbingers of the changing season. They pop up before early before trees have leafed out and fill the forest with a short burst of color. | $20.00 Cornell Men’s Lacrosse vs NCAA Second Round - Second Round Game | 5/10 Saturday | Schoellkopf Field, 513 Campus Rd |

Books 17th Annual Spring Writes Literary Festival / May 7 to 22 (Live & Zoom) | 6 p.m., 5/7 Wednesday | 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 Friends of the Library BOOK SALE | 10 a.m., 5/10 Saturday | Regina Lennox Book Sale Bldg, 509 Esty St | Friends of the Library Book Sale at 509 Esty St, Ithaca. 2 more long weekends: May 10-12 & 17-20, hours: 10am-8pm. | Free Ithaca Book and Zine Fair | 11 a.m., 5/11 Sunday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 North Cayuga Street | On Sunday,

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mons, 171 E. State St./ Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd | Healthy Eating Support Community | 4:30 p.m., 5/8 Thursday | Cornell Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Avenue | Free Preparing Delicious Healthy Greens and Other Local Farm Foods | 4:30 p.m., 5/8 Thursday | Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, 615 Willow Avenue | Join Debbie Branker-Livermore in an interactive cooking session on how to incorporate kale, chard, collards, turnips, beets and other local farm favorites into delicious every day staples of your meals! | Free Ages 8 to 108 Board Game Club | 5 p.m., 5/8 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Are you between the ages of 8 and 108 and love playing board games?

Then come join our board game club at TCPL! We meet in the Borg Warner Room on Thursdays from 5 to 7pm.

Adult Board Game Night! | 5 p.m., 5/8 Thursday | Riverwood , 116 E State St | Adults-only board game night in our game room here on the Commons! | Free 420 at 402: A space for cannabis enthusiasts, & 420-friendly connections! | 3 p.m., 5/9 Friday | NRE Event Space, 402 W. State St | 420 at 402 is where growers, farmers, and cannabis enthusiasts connect. | Free Newfield Old Home Days Sam’s Spaghetti Dinner | 5 p.m., 5/9 Friday | Newfield Fire Department, 77 Main Street | Newfield Old Home Days Spaghetti Dinner includes Bread, Salad, Dessert, and the BEST Spaghetti and Meatballs by Sam Kopf. Adults $12, children under 12 $8 | $8.00 - $12.00 Friday Night Magic: Commander | 5 p.m., 5/9 Friday | Riverwood, 116 E State St | Come down to Riverwood for a recurrent night of Commander-style Magic play! | $5.00 Newfield Green Up Day | 9 a.m., 5/10 Saturday | Newfield Town Hall, 166 Main Street | Newfield Greenup Day, dedicated to cleaning up roadside trash, is Saturday, May 10, 2025 from 9 am to noon. Volunteers sign in that day at Newfield Town Hall. | Free Ithaca Farmers Market : Saturdays on the Waterfront | 9 a.m., 5/10 Saturday, 545 3rd St. | Ithaca Farmers Market is thrilled to welcome back our

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May 11, 2025, the fourth annual Ithaca Book and Zine Fair will be held at Buffalo Street Books as a part of the Community Arts Partnership’s Spring Writes Literary Festival. | Free Teen Creative Writing Workshop | 5:30 p.m., 5/13 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!!

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

Kids Story + Craft | 4 p.m., 5/8 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., 5/9 Friday | CCE-Tompkins Educa-

tion Center, 615 Willow Avenue | Free 6 weeks series, May 2 - June 6 Spring Baby & Toddler Storytime | 10:30 a.m., 5/9 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. Rainbow Family Fridays | 3 p.m., 5/9 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Rainbow Family Fridays are social events for parents, children, and families who identify as LGBTQIA+.

Family Storytime | 11 a.m., 5/10 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.

Tote Bag Decorating | 3 p.m., 5/10 Saturday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main Street | Mothers, children, and people of all ages are invited to the Newfield Public Library for a tote bag decorating event! All essential materials will be provided, feel free to bring any craft supplies you want for your bag. | Free

Families Learning Science Together | 3 p.m., 5/10 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children ages 5 and up and their families are invited to a free science program co-hosted by Chemists for Outreach and Graduate Inclusion (CoRGi) at Cornell University.

Science Connections: Exploring Shapes Through Bubbles! | 2 p.m., 5/11 Sunday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St | Hexagons are everywhere! Explore the fascinating world of hexagonal shapes—from bubbles to bees— with Cornell University’s Dr. Nils Napp.

Science Together: Worms | 10:30 a.m., 5/13 Tuesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St | Observe and measure live worms! Science Together activities are designed for ages 0-4.

LEGO Family Build Night | 5:30 p.m., 5/13 Tuesday | Tompkins County 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.

Notices 40th TST BOCES PLANT SALE | 8 a.m., 5/7 Wednesday | TST BOCES Greenhouse, 555 Warren Road | 40th

BOCES PLANT SALE happening through Friday, 5/9. | Free Wednesday Market at East Hill | 3 p.m., 5/7 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.

NARCAN Training with REACH | 4 p.m., 5/7 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Join the REACH Project to learn how to recognize an overdose, respond to an overdose emergency, and administer NARCAN. This skill could help you to save a life.

Foodnet Meals on Wheels: Mac ‘n Cheese Bowl | 4:30 p.m., 5/7 Wednesday | Ithaca Farmers Market, 545 Third St. | Who makes the best mac ‘n cheese in town? You decide!

Taste them all and vote for your favorites! Foodnet Meals on Wheels Mac ‘n Cheese Bowl: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 from 4:30pm - 7:00pm, at the Ithaca Farmers Market. | $0.00 - $15.00 Common Council Meeting | 6 p.m., 5/7 Wednesday | Council Chambers, 3rd Floor City Hall | LACS Broadway Trip Bake Sale | 11:30 a.m., 5/8 Thursday | Ithaca Com-

TAPESTRY UNRAVELED: THE MUSIC OF CAROLE KING SUNDAY, MAY 11TH AT 7:00 PM

Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca | Singer Tina Naponelli and her bold five-piece band bring you a unique and unforgettable tribute to Carole King, who is hailed as one of the most successful and talented female pop artists in music history. (Photo: Facebook)

SATURDAY, MAY 10TH AT 7:30 PM

St. Paul’s Methodist Church, 402 N Aurora St., Ithaca |The Ithaca Community Chorus & Chamber Singers will present beloved pieces by two eminent twentieth-century composers: Randall Thompson’s “Frostiana” and “Alleluia,” and “Lux Aeterna” and “O Magnum Mysterium” by Morten Lauridsen. (Photo: Facebook)

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loyal customers and new visitors with a wide variety of products including farm-raised meat, eggs, and dairy; fresh vegetables and fruit; So You Think You Can’t Dance? | 9 a.m., 5/10 Saturday | The Whimsy Mercantile, 2075 East Shore Drive | Learn Choreography each week!

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Mamas For Peace Benefit Show | 5 p.m., 5/10 Saturday | Stone Bend Farm, 196 Porter Hill Road | MAMAS FOR PEACE is a family friendly Fundraiser (for Women’s Opportunity Center + Moms Demand Action), featuring 10 women-led bands, a women curated bar, tulip bouquets, chocolates, flower crowns, Mother’s Day card making station & more at Stone Bend Farm on Saturday 5/10 from 5:00 til 11:30pm. | $15.00 - $30.00 Budget Hearing & Meet the Candidates | 6 p.m., 5/12 Monday | Spencer-Van Etten High School Library | Queer Craft Club | 6:30 p.m., 5/12 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Join other LGBTQIAP+ adults to do arts and crafts, hang out, and have fun. | Free CAYUGA BIRD CLUB MEETINGS | 7:30 p.m., 5/12 Monday | Cornell Lab Visitors Center, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd | THE CAYUGA BIRD CLUB is now holding their monthly meetings in person on the second Monday of the month. For information, refer to the bird club’s website: http://www.cayugabirdclub. org/ and go to the Meetings and Speakers page information on the upcoming meeting. | Free Doug’s Fish Fry TO GO | 11 a.m., 5/13 Tuesday | First Presbyterian Church of Horseheads, 2943 Westinghouse Rd. | Delight in some great fried Haddock, Shrimp, or Scallops from Doug’s TO GO trailer. This is the only event to be held in Chemung County during the month of May. Meet with staff from the office of Congressman Riley | 1 p.m., 5/13 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Representatives from the office of Congressman Josh Riley are available to discuss federal issues they may have. | Free

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