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Resident urges county review after years of complaints about Asteri shelter; chair says county has no financial stake
Summary
A public speaker presented photos and an Ithaca Voice article alleging unsanitary conditions, deaths and theft at the Asteri shelter and asked the legislature to calculate taxpayer costs; the county chair clarified that Tompkins County has no financial stake or oversight of the facility.
A member of the public told the Tompkins County Legislature on Aug. 19 that photographs and a recent Ithaca Voice article show unsanitary and dangerous conditions at the Asteri shelter and asked the legislature to determine how much taxpayer-funded emergency response and services the facility has required since it opened.
The speaker (identified in the meeting transcript as a resident) said the photos they submitted show human and animal waste, syringes and trash. They…
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