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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

After lengthy negotiations and an overwhelmingly-approved strike authorization vote, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) workers and management have reached a tentative agreement and have made a commitment to maintain "uninterrupted service.”

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The Tompkins County IDA has transferred a $5.3 million tax abatement for Library Place to the building’s new ownership. Developers previously struck a deal with the IDA by acquiring an “additional investment,” which now seems to have likely referred to the building’s sale. Latest -

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Cornell University has instituted a four-month hiring freeze during a time of “significant financial uncertainty,” citing potential cuts to research funding and anticipated shifts in tax legislation under the Trump administration.

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

In Ithaca - Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) workers represented by @uaw.org Region 9 have been negotiating for a fair contract for three weeks without reaching an agreement with management. One worker tells me a strike is “very feasible” at this point. @ithacatimes.bsky.social

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

ITHACA, NY - At today’s rally on the commons, local leaders @rgc.bsky.social, Assemblywoman Anna Kelles and more called for action to stand up for democracy and support working class families. Reporting for @ithacatimes.bsky.social

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The Advocacy Center, the only local resource for domestic violence victims in Tompkins County, is paring down their services after hitting financial roadblocks that placed all staff on temporary furlough last week. The center is maintaining "limited crisis services."

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Amid broader moves from the U.S. Department of Education to eliminate “harmful” DEI initiatives, the dept.’s Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into the Ithaca City School District for hosting annual events which allegedly intentionally excluded white students.

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Following the sharp increase in property assessments last year, Tompkins County’s Office of Assessment is expected to halt reassessments on most homes in 2025 as the local real estate market faces its weakest sales in over a decade. My latest for @ithacatimes.bsky.social

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

After the Tompkins County IDA denied Travis Hyde’s proposal to open up Library Place to younger tenants last month, developers have acquired an investment, permitting 10% lower rents for two years, on the condition that the 55+ age restriction for tenants be removed 🧵

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The Industrial Development Agency has just denied the developer’s request to lower the age requirement for Library Place, a tax-abated luxury senior housing project. A motion that would require 20% of the units to become affordable housing also failed. Story to come for @ithacatimes.bsky.social

ithaca.com

Demand Falls Short for Luxury Senior Housing at Library Place

Travis Hyde may soon abandon their vision of a strictly 55+ community at luxury senior apartment complex Library Place and transition into “intergenerational housing” as developers struggle to fill em...

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Maddy Vogel @maddyvogel.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

After years of delays, NYS Parks has officially bought former Boy Scouts Camp Barton in Seneca County for $5 million. The former property owner, the Baden-Powell Council, owes a $1.4 mil. share of the Boy Scouts of America’s multi-billion sexual abuse settlement. @ithacatimes.bsky.social

ithaca.com

Waterfront Property on Cayuga Lake, Formerly Camp Barton, Sold to NYS Parks for $5 Million

Dozens of acres of waterfront property, previously home to Camp Barton of the Baden-Powell Council of the Boy Scouts of America, has officially become the property of the New York

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