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Residents and reporters push county and city to act after Asteri building fire and repeated safety incidents
Summary
A resident-journalist and tenants’ advocates urged Tompkins County and the City of Ithaca to press the Asteri building owner and manager for rapid safety fixes after a fire investigated as arson and repeated prior incidents.
Zach Wynne, who said he has been reporting on a string of small fires in stairwells before a larger blaze at the Asteri building, told the Tompkins County Legislature the incident was “foreseeable” and described unsecured doors and broken locks at the building.
“Find out how much it is costing taxpayers to pay for the continual responses to the building by law enforcement, fire, and ambulance personnel,” Wynne said, urging the county to consider modifying or rescinding the tax abatement offered…
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