The Tompkins County Legislature announced the launch of the Tompkins Community Recovery Fund (TCRF), which will provide more than $6.5 million in grant funding to eligible organizations, government entities, and
During two meetings of the expanded budget committee of the whole Legislature, legislators considered and voted on several member filed amendments to the Interim County Administrator’s recommended 2022 county budget.
TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY (WSKG) – Even with state and federal moratoria in place, the fear of eviction still exists. A coalition in Ithaca, powered by a $1 million grant, is trying to address the problems faced by tenants vulnerable to eviction.
Liddy Bargar, a housing expert at the Tompkins County Human Services Coalition, said evictions are a racial equity issue.
“We know that based on the local data that we got that Black, female head of household is the highest, the most likely to be evicted in the City of Ithaca,” she said.
Ithaca Tenants Union protests outside a landlord’s office in downtown Ithaca. (Celia Clarke/WSKG)
ITHACA, NY Joe Sammons will continue serving residents of Tompkins and Cortland Counties as the eighth executive director of Hospicare & Palliative Care Services.
 Sammons, who succeeds Kimberly De Rosa, is scheduled to join Hospicare Feb. 15. Former County Administrator Joe Mareane stepped in as interim executive director after De Rosa left the nonprofit in September 2020.
 The Board of Directors of Hospicare made the announcement earlier this month. Betsy East, president of the Hospicare Board of Directors, said Sammons has a strong background in managing community-based nonprofit health organizations such as Hospicare.Â
 Weâre so excited that Joe has agreed to join us,â East said. âHe has such extensive experience in healthcare leadership and has been successful in leading all of those organizations forward with strategic thinking and great listening.â