ITHACA, NY The Democratic primary is coming up on June 22, so the Ithaca Times talked with candidates in the contested races on this year’s ballot. Marty Hiller and
ITHACA, NY The vote for a switch from a mayor-council to council-manager government in Ithaca will not be offered to the public this November. At the April City Administration
ITHACA, NY Big changes could be coming to the structure of Ithaca city government. At the April 28 City Administration Committee meeting, a subcommittee charged by the mayor at the beginning of the year, proposed moving from a mayor-council government to a council-manager government.
A mayor-council government, the closest to the way Ithaca operates, has a mayor elected separately from the council who is often full-time and paid with significant administrative and budgetary authority. The council is elected and maintains legislative powers, and some cities with this type of government appoint a professional manager who maintains limited administrative authority, which would be similar to Ithacaâs chief of staff Dan Cogan (who is stepping down this month). Itâs the second most common form of municipal government and is most commonly found in larger, older cities or in very small cities.
ITHACA, NY Ithacaâs Common Council unanimously voted to approve the Reimagining Public Safety resolution on March 31. The resolution was due to the governorâs office on April 1 after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed executive order 203 last summer, whichrequired municipalities to reexamine their law enforcement agencies through the lens of marginalized communities in an effort to reduce unequitable policing toward Black and brown communities.
The monumental vote came after six weeks of meetings and public forums in which everyone from council members, residents, parents of college students and Ithaca police officers had the chance to share their opinions.Â
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