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Tompkins County authorizes Cherry Street site for 2025–26 Code Blue shelter; legislators urge better city–county coordination
Summary
The legislature authorized use of the county-owned property at 2227 Cherry Street as a temporary Code Blue shelter and co-located navigation hub for the 2025–26 season, after county staff determined a previously planned location would not be ready in time; vote carried 10–1 amid criticism that the county and city did not collaborate sooner.
The Tompkins County Legislature voted 10–1 on Sept. 16 to authorize development of the county-owned Cherry Street property for Code Blue emergency sheltering during the 2025–26 cold-weather season and to continue collaboration with the City of Ithaca on a long-term navigation hub and shelter plan.
Why it matters: County policy requires emergency shelter for people during Code Blue conditions, defined in the resolution as when temperatures drop below 32 degrees; county staff determined the previously selected location at 100 Commercial Avenue would not be ready by Nov. 1 after necessary flood mitigation and mechanical upgrades.
Anne Korman (Legislator) read the resolution and explained the…
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