Black Ithacans News Today

Revised FEMA flood maps significantly broadened risk zones enveloping the Southside neighborhood, which has provided Black residents with a sense of community for more than 150 years.

During a rally held on the Ithaca Commons on April 8 Common Council candidates Kayla Matos, West Fox, and Nathan Sitaraman joined incumbents Phoebe Brown and Jorge DeFendini to announce

The holiday, long celebrated by Black Americans, was declared a federal holiday last year. Now Ithaca’s city employees will also get the day off.