Quality Housing as a Human Right

• Bring rent stabilization to Ithaca, and put caps on rent hikes for thousands of Ithacans through ETPA (Emergency Tenant Protection Act). 

• Implement a housing first approach to housing and homelessness, because we all deserve a safe and dignified place to live. Housing first is an evidence-based response to homelessness that includes rapid and permanent housing, and supportive services. It is best laid out in Ithaca with the Home Together Tompkins plan. 

Make Cornell Pay

• Increased funding from Cornell University to invest in our failed transportation system and lower the tax burden for renters and homeowners. 

The PILOT renegotiation is coming up, and it’ll take a city-wide effort to make sure Cornell pays their fair share — that’s why the Solidarity Slate is working alongside DSA to ensure the negotiations result in a higher contribution from Cornell.

Transportation

• Expand TCAT with payments from Cornell, and make it free to ride.

• Municipal snow and ice removal from sidewalks, to make them more accessible, especially to disabled and older Ithacans.

• Expand Complete Streets, which include safe infrastructure for people using buses, bikes, or mobility devices, with well-maintained sidewalks and safer crossings.

Ithaca Green New Deal

• Investing 50% of all Green New Deal funding in people who are most affected by climate change because of systemic exploitation and underfunding. 

• Sustainable transportation, carbon-neutral buildings, and renewable electricity infrastructure.

• Including protections against displacement in green building renovation plans

• Ensuring the city's response to rising flood risks and new insurance requirements does not leave out people already facing gentrification

Justice for Workers

• Preventing workers’ unjust and arbitrary firings by passing Just Cause labor protections, which require employers to have a reason to fire workers and gives workers a way to fight unfair or discriminatory firings.

• Supporting city workers with fair wages, fair negotiations, and good working conditions.

Public Safety

• Creating a Civilian Accountability Board that would actually have the power to investigate and sanction the police department. 

• Renegotiate a contract with our police union that gives the city the ability to create real safety through social services and civilian responders. 

Dignity & Systemic Justice for Black and Brown People

• Reparations for Black Ithacans, including a committee for the creation of wealth and resource redistribution.

• Fully funding Black institutions in Ithaca, and a direct payment program for Black Ithacans.

Support for People Returning from Incarceration

• Resources and legal protections to ensure people returning from jail and prison can thrive

Support for LGBTQ+ people

• Make Ithaca a sanctuary city for people seeking gender affirming healthcare.

• Protect and expand rights for transgender and queer people against a growing nationwide campaign to strip them away.

Remain a Sanctuary City

• Protect or expand Ithaca’s Sanctuary City policy for immigration and abortion care

Support for Community Organizations

• Support community organizations providing essential services to our community, like affordable childcare, supporting people in reentry from jail and prison, and programs for seniors.