BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (Oct. 22, 2024) — New York State Senator Lea Webb is encouraging high school seniors in New York to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to maximize their opportunities for financial aid for college. During a recent event at Binghamton High School, Webb emphasized the importance of early FAFSA submission,…
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tuesday’s City of Ithaca Planning Board meeting was not the typical fare for the board that controls development within the city. Several projects returned to the board Tuesday to seek re-approval for site plans from two or more years ago. Even more rare, several projects came forward to ask for retroactive approval…
This article was co-published with Documented. For nearly a decade, Jean Xie recalled making it a habit to search online for two things: “Fresh Meadows Hotel” and “New York City.” A resident of Shenzhen in China, Xie had become an investor in the Mayflower International Hotel Group’s Fresh Meadows Hotel EB-5 program which allowed foreign…
The City of Ithaca’s proposed 2025 budget tops $107.5 million, an increase of about 6% from last year.
As the saying goes, the third time is the charm. City of Ithaca officials are hoping that’s true, as the No.2 Fire Station at 309 College Avenue in Collegetown is once again being placed up for sale.
Climate protesters demonstrated on Cornell University’s campus on Friday morning to demand its Board of Trustees and the Cornell University Council accelerate the pace of their climate action.
Administrators at Cornell University temporarily suspended four students and imposed a three-year “persona non grata“ status for their involvement in a Sept. 18 pro-Palestinian protest where attendees pushed past police officers to shut down a career fair. Persona non grata status bans the students from campus.
Federal prosecutors on Friday pushed back forcefully on a motion by Mayor Eric Adams to dismiss a key bribery count against him. In fighting his indictment by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, Adams moved to dismiss a bribery count by insisting he was not doing favors for the Turkish government. Adams was merely performing routine…
City-funded shelter providers collecting millions of dollars to provide shelter to a near-record number of homeless New Yorkers are rife with nepotism, bloated executive pay and double-dipping, according to an extensive report released by the city’s Department of Investigation on Thursday.
Over the last few years, staff at law enforcement agencies in the county have developed and released their own data dashboards for public use as part of the Reimagining Public Safety police reform efforts.