City of Ithaca Democratic Committee

03/07/2026

03/07/2026

Gas up 11% in ONE week. $3.32 a gallon — highest in 18 months. 92,000 jobs gone. You started an unauthorized war AND killed the job market simultaneously.

Drill baby drill was supposed to LOWER prices.
How’s that working out?

03/06/2026

Wonderful to be here today with the Tompkins County Democratic Committee to start off the petitioning season strong!

We need over 500 signatures to get on the ballot this year and we need your help to do it. Join us at our campaign petition launch tomorrow 4-7 pm to talk to neighbors and help us get on the ballot.
RSVP here: https://forms.gle/VFFHU3pWRZqd28cGA

03/06/2026

07/10/2024

Lawn signs help boost candidate name recognition and show who you support in upcoming elections. Interested in hosting signs? Sign up to let TCDC know where it'll go, and whether you will pick it up or it needs to be delivered:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScanUxslYd6s8RWiGIbWlqBtjxNc7Mw14paQ82zndhaav-DAw/viewform

07/08/2024

Equal Rights: Right for New Yorkers
By Mickey Belosi, Vice Chair of the
Central New York National Organization for Women.

What excites you about the upcoming election? Is it the Presidential race? The Congressional battle? A local race where you personally know a candidate? I invite your excitement about the ballot measure on equality.

New Yorkers will decide this year if equality in our state is for everyone. The ballot asks if we will update our state constitutional statement on nondiscrimination.
The grassroots New York Equal Rights Amendment (NY ERA) campaign, led by a coalition of 225 reproductive and civil rights organizations, is committed to passing this ballot measure to guarantee that New Yorkers, not the government, can control their own lives, bodies, and futures—no matter who they are, who they love, where they come from, or what reproductive health care choices they make.

Each of us can vote to guarantee abortion rights and gender rights for others. In New York a majority of voters rank these two issues as incredibly important. State laws already protect LQBTQIA folks and reproductive health. Changing the constitution by passing NY ERA will bring greater security of those rights. As we have seen, too often politicians and courts change laws in ways that threaten individual lives and freedoms. A constitutional change is more robust than laws.
In addition to reproductive rights and LQBTQIA protections the ballot initiative will protect citizens from discrimination for age, disability, religion, creed, sex, race, color, ethnicity, and national origin. It is a bold statement that is suited for today and our future.

Ballot initiative language and title are expected from the New York Board of Elections by July 5. Look for the sample ballot, which will be posted at the Tompkins County Board of Elections website in September, and plan to Vote Yes.
To find out more about the ballot initiative go to New Yorkers for Equal Rights (https://nyequalrights.org/).

04/07/2024

https://www.wamc.org/podcast/the-roundtable/2024-04-03/congressional-corner-with-josh-riley

Democrats running for the House hope President Biden’s numbers improve.In today’s Congressional Corner, Democratic hopeful Josh Riley of New York’s 19th district continues his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded March 27.

04/06/2024

Democrat Josh Riley is attempting to unseat the Republican rep.